Culinary Adventures with Camilla

  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 month kicks off a series of monthly posts that I'll be doing in collaboration with  L'Ecole Winery .* Once a month, 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 . Musings on Marriage Under the wedding maple at Owen R. Cheatham Redwood Grove, Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park Musings on marriage in a wine pairing post , you ask?! Has she gone completely off the deep end? Well, perhaps. But it is Valentines' Day and during the ...

If you've been following my blog this past year, you'll know about  my foray into sourdough . Because I have an excess of sourdough starter, I have made Sourdough Pizza my standard as well as my Sourdough Banana Bread and even my hamburger buns! For Valentines' Day, I wanted to make pink sourdough buns. So I used some beet powder to achieve the effect. I decided to use a local-to-me salt because I love the smoky, spice flavor profile. You can use whatever you prefer or even use seeds.   Ingredients  makes 8 buns 1 cup sourdough starter (recently fed) 1 cup whole milk 3-1/2 cups all-purpose flour + more for dusting the workspace and the baking sheet 1 Tablespoon organic granulated sugar 2 teaspoons organic beet powder 1-1/2 teaspoon salt 1-1/2 teaspoon active dry yeast 1 egg, lightly beaten oil for greasing the bowl heavy cream for brushing salt for sprinkling (I used the Outlaw Salt from Big Sur Salts) Procedure Place the sourdough starter and milk in a large mixing bo...

This epic burger is part of a fan-frickin-tastic month long event  hosted by  Girl Carnivore , but opinions are always my own! May is Burger Month. So says our fearless leader, Kita at  Girl Carnivore . For the past several years, I've taken part in this burger-palooza that she calls #BurgerMonth. Every year she invites food bloggers to get wild and crazy with the burger creations. Done! Did I mention the giveaway? Kita wrangled some great companies to bring you a serious grilling package! Go her  event page  to enter...or scroll all the way to the bottom of this post. In 2014, I shared a  Bulgogi-Spiced Burger with Homemade Kimchi . In 2015, I found inspiration in the sea and made a  hand-chopped salmon burger with cuttlefish buns . 2016 had me going for an Indian-inspired burger:  Kheema Aloo Burger with Fresh Mango Chutney . And in 2017 I served up a  Chile Relleno-Topped Chorizo Burger . I posted a double-head...

This epic burger is part of a fan-frickin-tastic month long event  hosted by Girl Carnivore , but opinions are always my own! May is Burger Month. So says our fearless leader, Kita at  Girl Carnivore . For the past several years, I've taken part in this burger-palooza that she calls #BurgerMonth. Every year she invites food bloggers to get wild and crazy with the burger creations. Done! Did I mention the giveaway? Kita wrangled some great companies to bring you a serious grilling package! Go her  event page  to enter...or scroll all the way to the bottom of this post. In 2014, I shared a  Bulgogi-Spiced Burger with Homemade Kimchi . In 2015, I found inspiration in the sea and made a  hand-chopped salmon burger with cuttlefish buns . 2016 had me going for an Indian-inspired burger:  Kheema Aloo Burger with Fresh Mango Chutney . And in 2017 I served up a  Chile Relleno-Topped Chorizo Burger . I posted a double-header in 2018, sharing b...

Today kicks off a week-long celebration of all things blueberry. Many thanks to Ellen of Family Around the Table   and Christie of A Kitchen Hoor's Adventures for wrangling all of us. Though this is a five day event, I'm only jumping in for four of the days. Here's what the bloggers have in store for the first day... Blueberry Week Recipes Breakfast Blueberry Liege Waffles by A Kitchen Hoor's Adventures Buttermilk Blueberry Buckwheat Pancakes by Palatable Pastime Glazed Blueberry Donut Muffins by Sweet Beginnings Drinks and Appetizers Blueberry Basil Bourbon Smash by Cookaholic Wife Blueberry Bubble Tea by Our Good Life Blueberry Lemon Naan Bread Appetizer by The Freshman Cook Blueberry Syrup with (Optional) Bourbon by Food Above Gold Roasted Blueberry French Toast Crostini by Daily Dish Recipes Sauces and Spreads Blueberry Barbecue Sauce by Karen's Kitchen Stories Saucy Honey & Balsamic Blueberry Jam by Faith, Hope, Love,...

I love the Fantastical Food Fight coordinated by Sarah of  Fantastical Sharing of Recipes . For more information about the event, click  here . I haven't been very good at participating, but this month, I couldn't resist.  Our theme for the month is: burgers.   What delicious, carnivorous fun! Sarah wrote: "Your recipe must be a BURGER (theme) recipe. It does not have to be beef - any protein is fine...even black beans! Let your imagination run wild." The Burger Bar Inlinkz Link Party Since she said to let my imagination run wild, I was immediately thinking of some burger form of a low country seafood boil, as I had been rewatching some Mind of a Chef  episodes with Chef Sean Brock. But I couldn't really  figure that one out.  We love burgers and I've posted several quirky versions. Check out my Mimolette Burgers with Malbec Onions ;  I've played with lots of different flavor combinations recently, including what ...