Choose a deep one with a protruding green rim. Or perhaps a cobalt blue offset by cerulean insides. If you're adventurous, opt for the one with scalloped stripes and peppered polka dots.

Local handmade pottery was the centerpiece in TABLE's Second Annual Empty Bowls fundraiser Sunday which was hosted by its neighbor, Provence restaurant in Carrboro. A $30 ticket bought you a one-of-a-kind bowl and steaming soup while supporting the organization's emergency food aid programs for hungry children in Carrboro and Chapel Hill. The event poured over onto TABLE's front lawn which doubled as an outdoor dining space with live porch music.

(photographs taken on Weaver Street in Carrboro)