Culinary Adventures with Camilla

Today the Sunday Funday group is celebrating with a virtual birthday potluck for one of the group's organizers. 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. This week it is Stacy's birthday and here's what we are all sharing... Bhagar Rice from The Mad Scientist’s Kitchen Borage Sparklers, Both Boozy and Not from Culinary Adventures with Camilla Burmese-style Bean Thread Noodle Salad from Food Lust People Love Cheeseburger Sliders with Homemade Slider Buns from Karen’s Kitchen Stories Eggless Gajar Halwa Cake /Carrot Halwa Cake from Sneha’s Recipe Four Cheese Ravioli Skillet from A Day in the Life on the Farm French Macarons from Amy’s Cooking Adventures Greek Feta Spread (Kopanisti) from Palatable Pastime Maple Panna Cotta With Roasted Figs from Mayuri’s Jikoni Smoked Gouda Mac and Cheese from Maki...

Each month The Cake Slice Bakers are offered a selection of cakes from the current book we are baking through. This year it is  The European Cake Cookbook  by Tatyana Nesteruk*. We each choose one cake to bake, and then on the 20th - never before - we all post about our cake on our blogs. There are a few rules that we follow, but the most important ones are to have fun and enjoy baking & eating cakes!  Follow our  Facebook ,  Instagram , and  Pinterest  pages where you can find all of our cakes, as well as inspiration for many other cakes. You can also click on the links below to take you to each of our cakes. If you have a blog and are interested in joining The Cake Slice Bakers and baking along with us, please send an email to thecakeslicebakers at gmail dot com for more details.  The Cake Slice Bakers also have a new Facebook group called  The Cake Slice Bakers and Friends . This group is perfect for those who do not ha...

Inspired Chef Sean Brock's episode in Mind of a Chef  (season two) when he and his pastry chef at Husk make hand pies. I've included an affiliate link for the Mind of a Chef  DVD at the bottom of this post ih case you're interested. The Enthusiastic Kitchen Elf and I decided to make hand pies for ourselves. But we opted to make a savory version with some goodies - delicata squash and lacinto kale - from our High Ground Organics CSA . I ordered some borage blossoms last week from Gourmet Sweet Botanicals   along with some shisho blossoms. And I thought they would add the perfect flavor component to these hand pies. Borage are a little bit grassy and a little bit citrusy. I was right...they were a fantastic addition to this dish. Ingredients   Hand Pie Dough 1 C butter, chilled and cubed 2 C flour 2-3 T water 2-3 T vodka Filling 2 C roasted delicata puree 1 C whole milk ricotta 1 red onion, peeled and diced 2 C chopped kale 3 T...