Culinary Adventures with Camilla

  Welcome to the August 2022 event of  our #EattheWorld project, being spearheaded by Evelyne of  CulturEatz . Here's  her challenge .  This month, we are sharing recipes from the island of Malta, here's the #EattheWorld line-up... Sneha’s Recipe: Laham Fuq il-Fwar - Maltese Steamed Beef   Pandemonium Noshery: Soppa tal Armla (Widows Stew)   Culinary Adventures with Camilla: Stuffat Tal-Qarnita (Octopus Stew)  Palatable Pastime: Slow-Cooker Maltese Rabbit Stew (Stuffat Tal-Fenek)   A Day in the Life on the Farm: Fenkata   Amy’s Cooking Adventures: Brodu Tat-Tigiega (Maltese Chicken Soup)   Kitchen Frau: Baked Rice   Cultureatz: Maltese Pastizzi Pastry Malta from bbc.com I saw this month's theme when I was on vacation in Hawaii and commented to Evelyn that I was going to re-watch a show that featured a restaurant owner in Malta. I just needed to remember what it was! Turns out Maltese footballer Justin Haller started a restaura...

This is a sponsored post written by me in conjunction with the May #Winophiles event. Wine samples were provided for this post and this page may contain affiliate links. This month, L.M., of  L.M. Archer,  is hosting the French Winophiles as we explore and pair Gérard Bertrand Wines. Read her invitation here . Several of us were fortunate enough to have our posts sponsored by Gérard Bertrand. I, for one, had already sourced, tasted, and paired my wine. Then I received a suprise bottle from Gérard Bertrand* and changed direction. But you can read my initial post at  Boeuf aux Agrumes + Gérard Bertrand 2014 Kosmos . If you are reading this early enough, join the conversation on Twitter: Saturday, May 18th at 8am Pacific time. Be sure to include #Winophiles in your tweet so we can all see you; or simply search for the hashtag later and read the conversation. The #Winophiles' Explorations Michelle, Rockin Red Blog:  Celebrating Biodynamic Viticulture ...

Weekends in a French Kitchen (click to read about the project: here ) is launching this week.  And if you're game, I'm including affiliate links to the cookbooks at the bottom of the post. Special thanks to the project organizers: Alice of  A Mama, Baby and Sharpei in the Kitchen , Christy of  Confessions of a Culinary Diva , Tammy of  Telling Stories from Chez Nous , and Emily of  Blue Bungalow . What a fun, fun project they have designed. Join us. This week's selection from Daniel Boulud and Dorie Greenspan's cookbook - Café Boulud Cookbook - is Skate with Brown Butter and Capers. Here are the Tips and Tricks for this recipe from the team leaders. I have never actually had skate, so I was very excited to try it, for the first time, and this great, summer recipe. Skate ranges on the sustainability list based on location of catch and method of catch. Click for the  Seafood Watch recommendations  and just be sure to ask your fish monger...

It's the first Monday of the month which means one thing:  Secret Recipe Club  reveal for Group A. This month I was assigned to  An Italian Cooking in the Midwest , a blog written by Pola. I've been following Pola's blog for quite some time; how could I resist? Her stated goal is to bring authentic, if not always traditional, Italian home-style cooking to the Midwest. Gotta love that. Just last month, she was assigned to my blog and picked one of my very favorite sweets: Fig and Polenta Cake. Here's her post ...and my original . I think I'll have to make that again very soon. Thanks for the reminder, Pola. I spent hours, literally hours, exploring Pola's blog and drooling over my keyboard: Cured Salmon , Baked Sardines and Potatoes , and Eggplant Pesto  were a few of my favorites. But what I finally decided was to merge her Caper and Sun-Dried Tomato Pork Roast  and Lemon Pork Tenderloin recipes for a delectable summer roast. I love cooking in parchmen...