Culinary Adventures with Camilla

  This is a sponsored post written by me in conjunction with the March #WinePW Yakima Valley wines event. Wine samples were provided for this post and this page may contain affiliate links.   This month, for the March 2021 event for the Wine Pairing Weekend group, Robin of  Crushed Grape Chronicles  is hosting as we explore the wines of Washington state's Yakima Valley. You can read her invitation  here . Then Robin worked with  Wine Yakima Valley *  to pair the participating writers with sponsoring wineries.  I received such a generous selection of wines from two different wineries that I couldn't squeeze them all into my event posts. So, I am sharing bonus pairings and tastings throughout the month to give them all their due. And because March 27th is National  Paella Day, I decided to share my Paella Mixta as an extra post for this month's #WinePW event. When a local-to-me renegade winemaker and prolific food guru posted that he's making...

I will be sharing more about the 2019 Sin Banderas Rhône Rosé for the March 2021 #WinePW event that focuses on the wines of Washington State's Yakima Valley. Stay tuned for more on that next weekend, but I am going to be posting several of my recipes ahead of time. The participating wineries  were so generous that I have more seven pairings to share. Seriously. Seven. So, I'm starting now and will continue throughout the entire month of March. I love pairing  Rosés with fried chicken. So, after a conversation Susan of the Sin Banderas team - she's the pairing guru! - I settled on a friend chicken with a little it of Asian  flair. I added Shichimi Togarashi into the chicken breading and served the chicken with a remoulade-meets-shichimi-togarashi style dipping sauce. Shichimi Togarashi is also called Japanese Seven Spice. And though you can make it yourself, I usually just order it. A typical blend may contain: coarsely ground red chili pepper (the main ingredient), g...

  This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Dineen Vineyards .  Complimentary wine was provided for this post and this page may contain affiliate links.  However, all opinions expressed here are my own.     Next month the Wine Pairing Weekend bloggers are working with different wineries to showcase the wines of Washington state's Yakima Valley. And I received a selection of wines from  Dineen Vineyards ,* including their  2017 Viognier .  I was able to spend some time on a Zoom call with Marissa Dineen, Owner, and Amanda Conley-Bagge, Dineen Vineyards' Tasting Room Manager. With the on-going pandemic and shelter-in-place orders, this seems to be a way we are all connecting. Obviously it's not the same as tasting wine with them in person, but it was so informative and so much fun. When Jake and I make it to the Yakima Valley, I will be stopping there for sure! I will share more information about the vineyards for the #WinePW event. For ...

  This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Dineen Vineyards . Complimentary wine was provided for this post and this page may contain affiliate links. However, all opinions expressed here are my own.   I used to purchase  Supplì al Telefono  from my neighborhood  rosticceria  in Rome probably more often than I should admit. They're delicious and easy to eat while on the go. And I was always on the go in those days. Around other parts of Italy, they are called Arancini  or 'little oranges.' Supplì al Telefono , literally means  supplì  'to the phone.' Odd name, perhaps, until you think back to the days when phones had cords. Yes, younguns, phones used to have cords! Inside the supplì are molten bits of mozzarella cheese; when you bite into them and pull away, the melted cheese is long and stringy, resembling a telephone cord. Like this...  Supplì  is a great dish to use up leftover risotto. Use whatever risotto you ha...