Culinary Adventures with Camilla

Welcome to the May edition of the Fantastical Food Fight. I love this event coordinated by Sarah of  Fantastical Sharing of Recipes . For more information about it, click  here . This month, we were given the challenge of making a salad recipe. I have no dearth of salad ideas from more exotic - Fermented Tea Leaf Salad - to more typical - Radish, Rhubarb, and Strawberry Salad . My younger son is the master kale-massager ! The #FantasticalFoodFight Salad Bar An InLinkz Link-up Warm Chanterelle Salad  with Bacon Vinaigrette Though a warm salad might seem strange, we are still having some cold mornings and evenings. And, besides, when I see chanterelles in the market, I do not pass them up! Ingredients Salad 1 pound chanterelle mushrooms, brushed clean and thinly sliced (or any other kind of mushroom) 1 T butter freshly ground salt freshly ground pepper 4 to 5 C salad greens (I used organic, wild arugula) Bacon Vinaig...

For November's  Food'N'Flix , Caroline of Caroline Makes asked us to watch  Burnt.  Here's  her invitation . Caroline wrote: "I t was impressive to watch the restaurant scenes (Bradley Cooper and Sienna Miller both had to learn to cook and I've seen interviews where they talked about the lengths they went to and how good they now are at filleting fish!). It's also a great one to choose for Food 'n' Flix as there is so much to take inspiration from! " I thought that would be the case, too. Additionally, I've been a Bradley Cooper fan since he played Will Tipin in Alias  all those years ago. So, I figured I would love this movie. On the Screen... Quick Synopsis: Bad boy chef Adam Jones (played by Bradley Cooper), after self-inflicted exile in New Orleans, returns to Europe to chase his third Michelin star. He assembles his team and they cook. There are some side stories of note that include an unrequited infatuation on the part ...

Remember when I announced that I had recently become a contributing writer to My Disorganized Life ? Well, my December post is live over there. And it's just in time to inspire you for any holiday soirees to which you need to bring something elegant - but simple. I've got you covered. Click to read the recipe at  My Disorganized Life ! Chanterelle Puff Pastry

When I started talking about what to make for this month's  Food'N'Flix  which is a double feature with  Cook the Books  of  The Hundred Foot Journey* , the Enthusiastic Kitchen Elf really wanted to re-do his Spiced Coconut Sea Urchin Soup . You can read the invitation by  Deb of  Kahakai Kitchen   for the Cook the Books portion. Here's  her  invitation ;   here's what D and I made for that event:  our version of  Sungta ani Bende Kodi . But, in our attempt to re-do the urchin soup, we were foiled in sourcing urchin locally. I heard buzzings about an echinoderm epidemic; I also heard it was due to the oil spill in Santa Barbara earlier in the year. Whatever the cause, there have been no urchin to be had. I did think we caught a break when a local seafood purveyor was taking advanced orders for urchin. I placed my order, but kept getting emails - "not this week, maybe next week." I was holding out, hoping that we wo...