Culinary Adventures with Camilla

So, one of the premises of our Cooking Around the World Adventure: explore different countries by cooking a traditional meal. As we are wrapping up the 'F' countries with a tabletop trip to France, I half-heartedly suggested escargots. The response was not enthusiastic. My husband said he'd strike - only for that one meal, of course; my usually agreeable Dylan said, quite tepidly, "ohhhhhhh, okay, Mommy"; and Riley gave me a disapproving look and didn't say a word. "What do you think of when I say 'France'?" I queried. I have never heard them answer in such unison before: "Pastries!" they hollered. Oh, brother! I suggested quiche . No. Coq au vin . Nope. We all agreed on French Onion Soup. onions thyme butter beef boullion pink Himalaya salt white wine bread, sliced (I used some day-old ciabatta) gruyère Peel and slice 3lbs of organic yellow onions. Cook onions, thyme, and salt in butter in a 4- to 5-quart heav...

I'm a little late to the Food Matters Project   party this week. Sorry. Fathers' Day and all that. Margarita from  Let's Cook and Be Friends  picked our recipe this week. Click here to read her take on the dish: a chocolate-cherry pancake sandwich and a chocolate-cherry panino. And click here to see what the other creative cookers whipped up (look in the comments section). After a five stop walking food tour, we definitely didn't need anything else to eat tonight, but after putting the boys to bed, I decided Jake and I could have one more dessert, my version of the chocolate-cherry panini...with some Cognac. thinly sliced bread, I used an Italian ciabatta shaved dark chocolate pitted fresh cherries butter ground cardamom Butter the bread sliced on the "outside." Layer the bread, chocolate, and cherries in a heated pan. Sprinkle with a dash of cardamom. Top with another slice of bread and press down with a pot lid. When ...