Culinary Adventures with Camilla

For this round - our April-May selection - of  Cook the Books , This month’s book selection was chosen by Debra from  Eliot's Eats . She chose  Life from Scratch: A Memoir of Food, Family and Forgiveness  by Sasha Martin.* You can read Debra's invitation in the book announcements:  here . Debra wrote: "Although this is more of a traditional memoir than what I would classify as the recent trend of recipe-laden-"foodie" ones, I think that we all will find some inspiration, whether it's from Martin's childhood memories or her adventures with international flavors." On the Page... I have long been acquainted with Sasha's blog - Global Table Adventure . In fact, it was her project that inspired my family's own Cooking Around the World Adventure   that we started five years ago. We still have just over a dozen countries to cover. I promised my Precise Kitchen Elf we'd finish before he left for college. Good thing he's only a fre...

Okay, I was supposed to post this for #TwelveLoaves yesterday. But I got my days confused. So, I'm posting today (a day late - boo!), not linking to the party. I'll still make the rounds of the bakers who did know what day they were supposed to post. Sorry, gals. The Jewish breads event inspired me to try my hand at khachapuri , a breakfast bread served throughout Israel. I served it for dinner last night - in the backyard - with some chilled pea soup. Ingredients 1 T active dry yeast 1 T organic granulated sugar 1 C warm water 3 C white whole wheat flour 1/2 C ground almonds 2 T olive oil 1/2 C fresh herbs, minced (I used a mixture of parsley, mint, thyme, and oregano) + more for sprinkling 2 C shaved parmesan cheese eggs (I used duck eggs because I was making large  Khachapuri ) fleur de sel butter for rubbing on the bread Procedure Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. In a large mixing bowl, dissolve yeast and sugar in warm water. Let bloom un...