Hi Steve, you're welcome!

> At one point I did try using Boolean, but did not figure out how to make use of it.
> <...>

You probably got this unwanted piece of the handle coming through? :


The trick to get rid of that piece is to select just the outer faces of the bowl when you do the boolean.

- Michael

Excellent information, thank you.
This spoon is mostly my means of figuring out if I want to buy Moi (yes!). That and me carving it on a cnc router rather than 3d printer made me unconcerned about the triangulation, though I appreciate the details there for future use.