Culinary Adventures with Camilla

The second Saturday of the month is one of my favorite days. Do you know why? Because it's our #winePW - Wine Pairing Weekend - reveal. I absolutely adore it. How can you not love bloggers who love food  and  love wine. It's a fantastic event from which I always make a wine shopping list. And this month Jeff of  foodwineclick  is hosting this month. Here's  his invitation . “Sparkling Wines and Hors D’oeuvres." December is rife with holiday parties! So, our job this month was to create some great sparkling wine and appetizer pairings. What a perfect theme as we head into the season! If you see this early enough, please join us December 13th at 10 a.m. Central Time. We’ll be chatting on twitter at  #WinePW  about our creative holiday sparkling wine pairings. We’d love to have you join us! In My Glass For these events, I try to pick a somewhat local-to-me vintner...and something I haven't highlighted before. This month, I opted for ...

When I saw these cheerful bunches of Easter Egg radishes at Whole Foods this weekend, I couldn't resist. They were pretty! Then I couldn't decide what to do with them. Butter-braised radishes are always a hit, but I really just wanted to slice them and eat them raw. But to counter the peppery zing of fresh radishes, I decided to serve them with creamy dip of fresh ricotta, using by Real Simple's recipe . Ingredients fresh ricotta cheese freshly ground sea salt freshly ground pepper olive oil radishes, scrubbed, dried, and halved Procedure Place the ricotta in a serving bowl. Grind salt and pepper over the top. Drizzle with olive oil. Serve with fresh radishes.