Culinary Adventures with Camilla

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of  the  Consorzio Vino Orvieto . Complimentary wine was provided for this post and this page may contain affiliate links. However, all opinions expressed here are my own. This month the Italian Food Wine Travel group is looking at the wines of Orvieto. Jen of  Vino Travels  is hosting. If you are reading this early enough, feel free to jump in to our live chat on Twitter on Saturday, May 7th at 8am Pacific. Follow the hashtag #ItalianFWT and be sure to add that to anything you tweet so we can see it. Here are the articles that the writers are sharing... Wendy from A Day in the Life on the Farm shares Umbrian Red Wine Spaghetti and a Book Review . Liz at What‘s In That Bottle wonders  Why Aren’t we all Drinking more Orvieto? Robin at Crushed Grape Chronicles writes about Orvieto - the multifaceted white wine of Umbria . Lynn at Savor the Harvest focuses on Appreciating an Ancient Italian Wine Made For Toda...

  Today the Sunday Funday group is celebrating Easter a little bit early...or rather inspiring you with Easter side dishes. Thanks to Stacy of  Food Lust People Love , Sue of  Palatable Pastime , Rebekah of  Making Miracles , and Wendy of  A Day in the Life on the Farm  for coordinating this low-stress group.  And, for this event, Wendy is hosting. Here's the line-up of our Easter side dishes from the #SundayFunday bloggers... Bunny Cupcakes from Amy’s Cooking Adventures   Feta and Strawberry Tabouli Salad from Food Lust People Love  Fresh Pea Hummus from Culinary Cam Pineapple Bread Pudding from A Day in the Life on the Farm  Pork Sorpatel - East Indian from Sneha’s Recipe  Potato Salad with Condensed Milk from Palatable Pastime  Stir-Fried Balsamic and Ginger Glazed Carrots from Karen’s Kitchen Stories  Veggie Niçoise Salad from Mayuri’s Jikoni   Whole Wheat Rosemary Garlic Bread Recipe from The Mad Scientist’s Kitc...

 Here we are in March with the monthly post for the baking group called Bundt Bakers. #BundtBakers is a group of Bundt loving bakers who get together once a month to bake Bundts with a common ingredient or theme.  You can see all our of lovely Bundts by following our  Pinterest board . We take turns hosting each month and choosing the theme/ingredient. Updated links for all of our past events and more information about BundtBakers, can be found on our  home page .  This month, we're sharing Springtime bundts with me hosting. I invited the bloggers: "Let's celebrate Spring with a bundt inspired by the season. You can use a seasonal ingredient or decorate with a Spring-y theme. This theme is wide open." Here are our offerings for the event...  Cream Cheese Swirled Lemon Poppy Seed Bundt Cake by Patyco Candy Bar Hot Cross Bundt Cakes by All That’s Left Are The Crumbs Kentucky Butter Bundt Cake by Sneha’s Recipe Lemon Poppy Seed Ricotta Cake by Food Lust...

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Nuts.com.  Complimentary product was provided for this post and this page may contain affiliate links.  However, all opinions expressed here are my own. I found myself reading, taking notes, but not heading to the kitchen to post any inspired recipes for the entire final quarter of 2021. But I'm catching up now. So, let's start with  Mothertrucker: Finding Joy on the Loneliest Road in America  by Amy Butcher. On the Page In this poignant, heart-wrenching memoir, essayist Amy Butcher narrates her unlikely adventure on the loneliest road in America with this country's lone female ice trucker. The late Joy 'Mothertrucker' Wiebe was effervescent and inspiring. Through Butcher's recounting, we see her exploration and conversations with Joy about issues including Indigenous rights, religious beliefs, hypocrisy, and even environmental challenges. I read this book in just two sittings. A word of warning: if you are tri...

  This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of L'Ecole . Complimentary wine was provided for this post and this page may contain affiliate links. However, all opinions expressed here are my own.     This is the second in a series of monthly posts that I'll be doing in collaboration with  L'Ecole Winery .* I'll participate in a virtual tasting with their marketing manager, the winemaker, and the general manager. Then I'll post a pairing that I've created to go along with the wine. Some months I hope to share more than one pairing with one being posted on my  Culinary Cam YouTube  channel, such as the Savory Goat Cheese Truffles + L'Ecole's 2019 Sémillon video:  here .  Last month I shared  Musings on Marriage, Moruno-Spiced Burgers, &  L'Ecole's 2017 Columbia Valley Cabernet Sauvignon ahead of Valentines' Day. This month, Spring is here and I'm celebrating the change of season with a slow-roasted salmon topped with a raspberry...

This week, I breezed through  Freckled: A Memoir of Growing up Wild in Hawaii  by TW Neal.* I had ordered it last month when we were lamenting the cancellation of our family vacation to Hawaii amid the coronavirus pandemic. I was reading anything and everything that was set in Hawaii; and the boys and I were re-watching the reboot of Hawaii Five-O  as well. We're into Season Five and enjoying seeing the sights we missed last month. Freckled  was definitely not a feel-good read about some of our favorite islands. In fact, it is one of the only books that has made me literally cringe while reading it, but still kept me reading it. Also, I was completely unfamiliar with the author, but her writing is incredibly evocative. I will definitely read more of her work...maybe just not more about her painfully abusive childhood. On the Page photo from amazon.com This book is raw in its honesty and so, so disturbing. It's jarring to see such unbridled ...

Here we are at the April Soup Saturday Swappers event. Wendy of  A Day in the Life on the Farm  started this event and, every month, I get a new array of soup recipes to put in my to-try pile. And this month, I am hosting the event. "The winter chill is loosening its grip on the world by now (hopefully)...and our produce is turning Springy. Let's create and share some soups that feature the darlings of Spring. Think fennel, peas, and whatever tickles your fancy," I urged the bloggers. The Spring Soup Pot April of Home Sweet Homestead: New Potato and Leek Soup   Wendy of A Day in the Life on the Farm: Caramelized Carrot Bisque Karen of Karen's Kitchen Stories: Cannellini and Fennel Soupwith Tomatoes and Kale Sue of Palatable Pastime: Creamy Spinach and Artichoke Soup   Sid of Sid’s Sea Palm Cooking: Aspargessuppe (Danish-style asparagus soup) Sneha of Sneha’s Recipe: Mix Veg Clear Soup   Colleen of Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck Survive Despite a...