Culinary Adventures with Camilla

Halloween always makes us all a little batty. And it launches our entire household into the state of constant motion that is typically only in my domain. My husband and boys have been beyond busy with their costume construction. R is BB-8 and D is an AT-ST. Can you tell we're huge Star Wars fanatics? But, seriously, I ask my husband why Halloween costumes require schematics and months - literally months - of planning and execution. He just ignores the question and asks what's for dinner. We all have our areas of expertise. I needed a quick, mostly hands off dinner that would cook while I ran around the kitchen like a mad woman, getting things ready for all the Halloween festivities. Chicken wings it was. But - in the Halloween frame of mind - bat wings they were called. I laughed as my husband asked if everyone had already eaten - we had - and he took the entire bowl and a beer to his seat and polished it off. Ingredients  serves 4 2 pounds chicken wings, s...

Dreamfarm sent me their Clongs to try out and review*. What fun! Oh, what's a 'clong', you ask?? Clongs are click-lock tongs - kinda like a clicky pen - that open and lock shut with the push of a click mechanism. Read more about them on the Dreamfarm website: all about Clongs . What I loved... I have never had tongs with silicone tips. They add grip and things that would normally slip out of tongs' grasp easily can't! Additionally, the color is vibrant and super cute. Okay, I know that that doesn't have anything to do with its functionality. But it does make it less utilitarian-looking and more like something that I will happily use at the dining room table. The bend in the arms, touted to keep the tips off the bench and more hygienic, were actually perfect for balancing on the edge of the pot or bowl. What I wished were different... The only thing I would change - at 9" long, I wished they were slightly longer. Then, I realize...