Culinary Adventures with Camilla

Easter is always a fun celebration with my parents. This year, my menu was inspired by some of my favorite food purveyors: Farmer Jamie at Serendipity Farms , Wayne's Fine Swine , and Chef Ron at Revival Ice Cream .  And I just swapped out the wine paring for the main course because I received my shipment from Hundred Suns Wine and wanted to have them on my Easter table. I have never tried their wines, but it's a boutique operation in Oregon and I went to high school with the wife. Besides, my parents are coming over and they play ukulele with that schoolmate's mom. Small world. Really. And, yes, you are reading that correctly. I am serving rabbit on Easter Sunday. No, I assured my boys, it's not that rabbit! Can't wait till Sunday. I'll link up recipes following that. If you celebrate, what's on your Easter table this year? 

"Let's go inside Revival Ice + Cream and see if Chef Ron can give us suggestions for an ice cream pairing!" I suggested as we headed down Alvarado for our ingredient hunt . "We're having Bananas Foster for dessert tonight," D explained. "Will you recommend some flavors for us?" "Right now, there are five that would go well," said Chef Ron. Okay, let's pick three. Chef Ron pointed out the flavors before heading out the door. The boys tasted, discussed, then decided on Burnt Cinnamon, BeesKnees, and Kelp & Caramel. I couldn't resist getting a pint of Almond Milk Latte - that's almond milk (so, dairy-free), cold-brewed ACME Coffee , and chicory. Ummm...yep. That goes with the Cajun theme! Here's our crew of boys at the shop before we headed out to hunt for our dinner ingredients. After dinner, the boys made Bananas Foster and sang around the pan since we didn't have a traditional cake wi...

When your Thanksgiving pie - D's  Perfected Pecan Pie - needs to be à la mode, you turn to the experts. I sent to the boys downtown to Chef Ron Mendoza's Revival Ice + Cream shop. You can read our Tasting Notes from our first trip there last month...just after he opened. They selected Sweet Potato and Kelp + Caramel. Wow. So delicious. And so unique.