Culinary Adventures with Camilla

This is a sponsored post written by me in conjunction with the bonus May #WinePW Israeli wine event. A wine sample was provided for this post and this page may contain affiliate links. The Wine Pairing Weekend - #WinePW - group was offered the chance to explore wines from Yarden Wines* which represents two wineries: Golan Heights Winery and Galil Mountain Winery as well as a Yarden Wines label. Our bloggers were lucky enough to receive a variety of samples from these labels. You can read Jeff's preview post: here . But the if you are reading this early enough, feel free to jump in on our May bonus Twitter chat. We'll be live on Saturday, May 23rd at 8am Pacific time for about an hour. Follow the hashtag #WinePW and be sure to add that to your tweets if you chime in so that we can see it. In the meantime, here are the posts that the bloggers have planned. They will all go live between Friday, May 22nd and early on Saturday morning before the chat. Cheers! The Y...

This month the Wine Pairing Weekend bloggers are looking at the Ancient World Wine Pairings with Nicole of Somm's Table at the lead. You can read her invitation here .  I was immediately intrigued as my inner historian is always dying to unearth some (new-to-me) connections between food, wine, and history. I started my exploration with a Retsina from Greece, pairing it rather unsuccessfully with Kouneli Stifado (Greek rabbit stew)   before finding it a nice match with some Juniper Chocolate from Lithuania. Then I uncorked a bottle of wine from Lebanon and baked some Lebanese flatbread, Man'oushe, to match. However, the duo I chose to share as my official post for this month's #WinePW is a French dish paired with an Israeli wine because Jake and I both loved this wine! I do have one more wine to try for this topic; it was made with an ancient technique, e.g. aged in amphorae, that hails from Portugal. Stay tuned for that post. It was delicious, too. ...

Happy summer! Our #EattheWorld project, being spearheaded by Evelyne of  CulturEatz , is a lively group of adventurous cooks and eaters.   You can read more about the  challenge . And this month Evelyne announced: "We are off to a country full of mixed culture & cuisines: Israel." Check out all the wonderful Israeli dishes prepared by fellow Eat the World members and share with #eattheworld.  Click here to find out how to join  and have fun exploring a country a month in the kitchen with us! Camilla, Culinary Adventures with Camilla: Limonana  Sue, Palatable Pastime: Lemony Roasted Garlic Hummus with Herb Toasted Pita   Juli, Pandemonium Noshery:  Grilled Chicken Shawarma   April, Home Sweet Homestead:  Israeli Yellow Rice   Margaret, Kitchen Frau:  Israeli Watermelon, Cucumber & Feta Salad   Loreto and Nicoletta, Sugarlovespices:  Zaatar Roasted Carrots with Labneh   Wendy, A Day ...