The Tabletop Issue abounds in functional work for the table, yes – including a 13-page photo feature on six ceramists. But it is much more than that. Running through the issue is the theme of food and gathering with friends and family. We devote six pages to an award-winning chef whose love for the handmade extends to the tableware and furniture in his restaurant. And senior editor Julie K. Hanus plumbs the local food movement – and shows us what craft has to learn from it.