Culinary Adventures with Camilla

What's the saying about repaying kindness with kindness? I usually repay kindness with - what else? - food. So, when my friend Marne offered to help me with the boys this week, I offered to make her whatever she wanted. She picked meatloaf...and she doesn't eat gluten...hence, the gluten-free meatloaf. She remembered a sweet-soy glazed meatloaf that I had done versus a ketchup-glazed one. Ingredients  Makes 4 mini meatloaves 2 lbs ground turkey 1 large egg 2 T chia seeds 2 T gluten-free flour 4 T gluten-free tamari or soy sauce 1/2 onion, peeled and diced 1/2 fennel bulb, trimmed and diced 1 shallot, peeled and diced 1 T minced ginger 2 C mushrooms, sliced 1/2 C sliced raw almonds freshly ground sea salt freshly ground pepper splash of olive oil splash of rice wine vinegar Sweet and Sour Chili Sauce 1/2 C rice wine vinegar 1/2 C organic granulated sugar 1 T minced garlic dash of ground cumin dash of ground cinnamon freshly...

A couple of weeks ago I opened up a package from Quirk Books with a few cookbooks to test and review.* Perfect timing...the holidays seem to be party after party after party. So, I delved first into  Tiny Food Party! by Teri Lyn Fisher and Jenny Park who are the creative forces behind the blog Spoon Fork Bacon . The book is divided into four delicious sections: Tiny Snack Party - Adorable Appetizers; Tiny Dinner Party - Itty-Bitty Entrees; Tiny Dessert Party - A Little Something Sweet; and Tiny Cocktail Party - Darling Drinks. While many of the recipes might already be part of your party-food repertoire, Teri and Jenny add their own flair to make the dishes fantastically original. For instance, they kick up caprese skewers a notch by drizzling it with a balsamic glaze; and they give deviled eggs a special twist by adding kimchi. Who would have thought?!? For me, a winning cookbook is one that has multiple recipes that intrigue me, one whose recipes I actually try, and on...