Culinary Adventures with Camilla

Welcome to the  Foodie Extravaganza !  v. December 2016 = Maple Syrup Madness Foodie Extravaganza is where we celebrate obscure food holidays or cook and bake together with the same ingredient or theme each month. This month we're celebrating maple syrup because December 17th is National Maple Syrup Day. Thanks to Lauren of  Sew You Think You Can Cook   for hosting this event. She encouraged us: "December 17th is National Maple Syrup Day. Let's celebrate with more than pancakes! Bake some liquid amber into something sweet, cook it up into something savory, or stir it into a fun beverage." Posting day is always the first Wednesday of each month. If you are a blogger and would like to join our group and blog along with us, come join our Facebook page  Foodie Extravaganza .  We would love to have you! If you're a spectator looking for delicious tid-bits check out our  Foodie Extravaganza Pinterest Board ! Looking for our previous parties? Ch...

This sponsored post is written by me in conjunction with the  The Book Club Cookbook launch  of their new food blogger party feature. All opinions are my own. There is a new food blogger party feature on  The Book Club Cookbook website  and I'm excited to be part of the inaugural event. The first title   Unearthed: Love, Acceptance, and Other Lessons from an Abandoned Garden   by Alexandra Risen.* You can check out details about the #UnearthedParty: here . On the Page... Unearthed: Love, Acceptance, and Other Lessons from an Abandoned Garden   by Alexandra Risen is a memoir whose events are bookended by the deaths of her father, at the beginning, and her mother, at the end. After her father dies, Risen and her family purchase a home in Toronto that has a garden that's been long forgotten. When they first look at the home, Risen writes... "It's a complete mess," I say. I love  it. Could I finally put all my gardening books to use...