Culinary Adventures with Camilla

For  May's Wine Pairing Weekend event, Wendy of  A Day in the Life on the Farm  is inviting the blogging group to look at Middle Eastern wine pairings. So, after a bit of back and forth about what constitutes the Middle East, I landed on a Lebanese food and wine pairing.  I know that some of the group had trouble sourcing Middle Eastern wines, so Wendy opened up the field to include Middle Eastern inspired-dishes with whatever wine we wished. I do see in the titles that at least a few of us found wines from the region. If you are reading this early enough, feel free to jump into our live Twitter chat on Saturday, May 8th at 8am Pacific. Just follow the hashtag #WinePW and be sure to add it to anything you tweet so we can see it. Here's the line-up of articles from the crew... Robin of Crushed Grape Chronicles is Celebrating Sauvignon Blanc Day at the Table with St. Supéry and Easy Middle Eastern Dishes . Pinny of Chinese Food and Wine Pairing is  Drinking...

  Today the Sunday Funday group is cooking with Easter leftovers...or at least with leftovers that you might have from Easter since we are posting on Easter Sunday.  Thanks to Stacy of  Food Lust People Love , Sue of  Palatable Pastime , Rebekah of  Making Miracles , and Wendy of  A Day in the Life on the Farm  for coordinating this low-stress group. Today Wendy is hosting and she wrote: "Happy Easter everyone. Let's share some ideas on what to do with those leftovers our readers will have."  Here's the leftover line-up... Au Gratin Potato and Ham Casserole from A Day in the Life on the Farm Broccoli Ham and Swiss Casserole from Palatable Pastime Chef Salad from Amy's Cooking Adventures Ham and Cheese Buttermilk Biscuits from Making Miracles Ham and Spinach Quiche from Food Lust People Love Leftover Brown Rice Cakes from Sneha's Recipe Toasted Croissant Croutons from Culinary Adventures with Camilla Croissants I've been down the crois...

Foodie Extravaganza is where we celebrate obscure food holidays or cook and bake together with the same ingredient or theme each month. Posting day for #FoodieExtravaganza 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 ! This month Sue of  Palatable Pastime  is hosting this month's #FoodieExtravaganza. She wrote: "Share a recipe with us that involve bagels for National "Have a Bagel"  Day. These can be recipes  to make bagels, bagel toppers, bagel schmears, bagel sandwiches- anything that gets the bagel onto the plate." Love it.  Let's jump right in to the topic of the day: bagels! Bagels and Lox on the Casual Side by A Day in the Life on the Farm Chicken Donut Kebab Bagel Sandwich b...

Za'atar is a Middle Eastern spice mixture that I always have on hand. It's a breeze to make and adds something fabulous to olive oil for dipping and - I've just discovered - as a spice rub on any kind of meat or fish! While za’atar has a few key ingredients, you can add whatever you want. The proportions are up to you.  Last week for my Spices of the Souk cooking class, I had the kids make their own versions of za'atar. D added in juniper berries and crushed bay leaves. And when we received our portion of hamachi from our CSF (community-supported fishery) Real Good Fish , he asked if we could make za'atar-encrusted hamachi. Sure thing! Ingredients  serves 4 1 pound hamachi, skin on (I usually serve a 1/2 pound piece per person)  1 T butter 1 t olive oil za'atar spice (there's one version of za'atar in this post ) Procedure Melt butter in olive oil over medium-high heat in a large skillet. Season fish generously with za...

  This is a sponsored post written by me in conjunction with the January #WinePW event. Wine samples were provided for this post and this page may contain affiliate links Welcome to the first Wine Pairing Weekend (#WinePW) event of the new year. Happy 2018, all!! Jill at L'Occasion  is hosting and invited the group to focus on wines from Sonoma. Read her preview post: here . #SonomaStrong This Autumn, fires ravaged California and threatened the cities of Napa, Sonoma, and Calistoga. Friends and family were evacuated, but mercifully no one we personally know lost their homes or businesses. However, wineries burnt to the ground and many more were damaged. Vines were singed; we won't know the extent of the wildfires' effects on the grapes until next year - or later. It turns out that some of those vines served as firebreaks, protecting the wineries from the flames. Still, it was devastating to those communities. Jill asked the WinePW bloggers to support a reputable...

Welcome to the  Foodie Extravaganza !  v. January 2017 = Our Very Own Virtual Popcorn Stand 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 celebrate National Popcorn Day (which is January 19th) by serving up popcorn as creatively as we can. I'm hosting and here's the challenge I shared with the crew... "National Popcorn Day is celebrated annually January 19th. It can be sweet, savory, buttered, plain, and even shaped into balls. “Corn,” the word, in England, simply referred to grain. With maize being the prominent grain the Americas, “corn” really did refer to corn! As early as the 1700s, popcorn was used in headdresses worn during Aztec ceremonies honoring Tlaloc, their god of maize and fertility. Early Spanish explorers were fascinated by the corn that, when heated, burst into a little white flower. Today, Americans consume 13 billion quarts...