Summer dinners get improvised far more often than they get planned. Something with olive oil, lemon and whatever the market had, in a bowl big enough to make it look like a meal. The Elba's Fish Pasta Bowl holds thirty-six ounces, generous for pasta, a grain salad or a serving of mussels. Italian artisans hand paint each fish in an intricate design of its own, so the bowl carries an image that rewards a second look. The clay is Terra Bianca, a white earthenware body used for hand painted work. The collection is named for an island off the Tuscan coast, and summer is when it makes the most sense. Dishwasher and microwave safe, it belongs on a table outside rather than behind glass.
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