Culinary Adventures with Camilla

This month, Sue of  Palatable Pastime  told the Baking Bloggers that for October: "Let's pop some batter into a pan and bake up one of Autumn's favorite breakfast treats. All forms of donuts- it just has to be baked rather than the fried type." Here's the #BakingBloggers virtual donut shop... A 'Hole' Lotta Fun with Mini Donuts by Culinary Adventures with Camilla Apple Cider Baked Doughnuts by Cookaholic Wife Baked Apple Cider Doughnuts by The Schizo Chef Baked Chocolate Spice Crumb Cake Donuts by Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck Survive Despite a Whiskered Accomplice Baked Cookies and Cream Doughnuts by Tara's Multicultural Table Baked Donut Recipe Without A Pan by Recipe Pocket Baked Donut Muffins by Sneha's Recipe Baked Glazed Lemon Donuts by Making Miracles Chocolate Donuts with Chocolate Chips by A Day in the Life on the Farm Double Chocolate Baked Donuts by Karen's Kitchen Stories Filled Donuts by Sid's S...

As I forge ahead with the  Foodie Reads Challenge , in the new year, I sneaked into D's room to grab the sequel to  Farm Anatomy: The Curious Parts & Pieces of Country Life by Julia Rothman. It's his book as he asked to pre-order it after we read the Farm Anatomy . I finally had a chance to read it. Food Anatomy: The Curious Parts & Pieces of Our Edible World * has no plot, no characters, and no story. It's just a sweet book with charming illustrations. With chapters titled A Grain of Truth, Eat Your Fruits and Veggies, and Street food, it includes everything from how to bake traditional Finnish rye bread to coffee pots from around the world. It's both informative and inspiring. I finally know the difference between a yam and a sweet potato; I knew they were different, I just wasn't familiar with the details. She includes cutting guides for the different shaped cheeses on a cheese board. And who knew that there were nineteen different kinds o...

The boys heading back to school is wonderful for my Foodie Reads 2016 Challenge  because when they are busy with homework, I can sit down and read for myself! I love it. Also, D has been logging his reading time for school and he has asked me to climb in bed and read with him. "You can read your own books, but can you just read next to me?" Sure. On the Page... I received this book - Buck, Buck, Moose by Hank Shaw* - last month after taking part in the author's kick starter campaign last year. Even though I don't hunt, fish, or garden, I've long been a fan of his website: Hunter Angler Gardener Cook .  This cookbook is hefty, beautiful, vibrant, and informative. And it definitely made me wish I could get my hands on more wild game. Thankfully, in between hunting seasons and the generosity of friends and family who do hunt and fish, I order through D'Artangnan and Shaw even mentions them as a source.  The cookbook is well organized and runs...

This sponsored post is written by me in conjunction with the  The Book Club Cookbook launch  of their new food blogger party feature. All opinions are my own. There is a new food blogger party feature on  The Book Club Cookbook website  and I'm excited to be part of the inaugural event. The first title   Unearthed: Love, Acceptance, and Other Lessons from an Abandoned Garden   by Alexandra Risen.* You can check out details about the #UnearthedParty: here . On the Page... Unearthed: Love, Acceptance, and Other Lessons from an Abandoned Garden   by Alexandra Risen is a memoir whose events are bookended by the deaths of her father, at the beginning, and her mother, at the end. After her father dies, Risen and her family purchase a home in Toronto that has a garden that's been long forgotten. When they first look at the home, Risen writes... "It's a complete mess," I say. I love  it. Could I finally put all my gardening books to use...

The Foodie Reads 2016 Challenge is on. I've actually had this book for over three years, but this is the first time I've read it cover to cover: Making Artisan Pasta by Aliza Green.* I was reminded of it when I went to the first night of an artisan pasta class at a local high school. It's being taught by a friend of mine from college, the über-talented and amazing Jenn who blogs at Rook No.17 . She now heads the culinary arts classes at a local high school. And I am envious of her students every single day. Look what we made on the first day of class: hand-rolled, hand-cut spinach papardelle. So I came home from class and settled down on the couch with some apple slices, almond butter, and a class of Chianti. Then I read the book. Cover to cover. Twice. I own a ridiculous number of cookbooks and it's a pretty special cookbook to get me to read it like a novel and inspire me into the kitchen immediately...or at least making an ingredients list immediately. ...

When BenBella Books  invited me to join the book tour for  It's All Greek to Me -- Transform Your Health the Mediterranean Way with my Family's Century-Old Recipes  from Debbie Matenopoulos, I was excited. First, I love Greek food. Second, though I have reviewed many cookbooks, a virtual book tour is new to me. Many thanks to Rook No. 17 for sending them my way. What fun this is! photo courtesy BenBella Books We all love Greek food. And when I write that, I mean that when our local Greek Festival runs for three days over Labor Day weekend each year, we typically find an excuse to eat there on all three days. All. Three. Days. Here are a few photos from previous years' events. In Debbie's warm and authentic style, she weaves incredible family recipes, anecdotal storytelling, and stunning photography that will transport the reader to the Greek family table, and delight their taste buds with the flavorful, heart-healthy delicacies of the Mediterranean...

I have had a copy of this cookbook from  Quirk Books  - Madeleines: Elegant French Tea Cakes to Bake and Share by Barbara Feldman Morse* - on my pile of 'to-review' for several weeks. I think I was avoiding it because I have never actually eaten a madeleine (did I just admit that aloud?!), I needed to get a madeleine pan, and madeleines looked so complicated. Well, I finally got my hands on a madeleine pan and I had run out of other cooking projects. So, it was time. Morse has divided her recipes into seven chapters with six different categories of madeleines from 'Not Just Plain Vanilla' and 'Indulgent' to 'Savory.' Yes, savory. I'll share one of those recipes another time. But, for this review, I am going to share an indulgent madeleine, her Hazelnut and Frangelico Madeleines. I was more than a little tickled to discover that these cakes are not just elegant, they are easier than they look. With Morse's helpful hints and detailed ...

This round Debra, at Eliot's Eats , selected  A Thousand Days in Venice  by Marlena De Blasi for our August-September 2014  Cook the Books   project. Click to see Debra's announcement post and invitation: here . T his post contains an Amazon-affiliate link at the bottom - for the book. Setting the Scene After my year-long contract in Rome was up, I explored more places in Italy before heading home to tell my parents that I had purposefully let my LSAT scores expire and I was not going to law school. I spent, though  not a thousand days in Venice, time enough to understand her appeal. Yes, I wrote 'her'. Venice, the Dame.   La Serenissima. The most serene. There is something magical about an entire city that exists on the water. While I do understand the draw, I vastly preferred the islands in the lagoon to the city itself. Venice lies within a lagoon that is surrounded by other islands and is separated from the Adriatic by the Lido, where ...