Culinary Adventures with Camilla

This month the blogger assigned to my blog for the October   Secret Recipe Club reveal, for Group A, was Katherine Martinelli . Katherine Martinelli is an internationally published food and travel writer and photographer who contributes regularly to publications on three continents. A native New Yorker, she currently calls Be’er Sheva, Israel home. She does some beautiful, drool-worthy work, so take a gander when you have some time and aren't too hungry. Here's her post - Pasta with Ricotta and Brussels Sprouts - that was inspired by my Penne with Brussels Sprouts, Figs, Hazelnuts, & Pradera . Thanks for cooking and posting, Katherine. I'm glad you enjoyed. And, now, I'm inspired to pick up some pradera for dinner tonight!

Here's the fourth installment of the Food Matters Project , the brainchild of Sarah of 20somethingcupcakes and Kate from Cookie + Kate . Each week we all - here's the 'we' and we've grown to just over three dozen fellow foodie bloggers - cook the same recipe, from Mark Bittman's The Food Matters Cookbook, posting our interpretations and adaptations. This week Marcia of  twentybysixty  assigned us Mark's Baked Rigatoni with Brussel Sprouts, Figs, and Blue Cheese. Click here for our hostess's post. Or click here , and look in the comments, to see what the others whipped up. I had an extremely busy weekend and needed to squeeze this dinner in today, so I skipped the baking part and I substituted ingredients to match what I had on-hand. It came together very quickly while I was on a conference call about an annual fundraising event - yes, I am a multitasking maniac - and it was a hit! But I must admit that brussel sprouts are a family favorite. When we...