Culinary Adventures with Camilla

It's not Thursday...or Friday. We're going with 'Champagne Monday' here for #FoodNFlix! Happy New Year!! Amy at  Amy's Cooking Adventures   is hosting this first Food'N'Flix  event of 2016. Woohoo. It's her first time hosting though she's been cooking with the group for awhile now. The group watched, or rewatched as the case may be,  Failure to Launch .*  Click to see  Amy's invitation . On the Screen... It's been years since I've seen this film. I probably saw it when it came out in 2006. But I was happy to watch it again with my foodie-goggles on this time. You really don't realize how much food is in this movie! Failure to Launch is a predictable, formulaic romantic comedy. But it's at least an enjoyable predictable, formulaic romantic comedy. And - the best part - the supporting cast steals the show. Here's the basic idea: Tripp, played by Matthew McConaughey, still lives at home with his parents, pla...

#FreshTastyValentines is almost here. A group of 22 talented food bloggers who will be posting recipes for an entire week that, we hope, will inspire you to make some healthy Valentines treats for your loved ones. Here we are... The Bloggers (with links to their homepages, in alphabetical order) A Day in the Life on theFarm A Kitchen Hoor'sAdventures   CafeTerraBlog Caroline's Cooking Cheese Curd In Paradise Cindy's Recipes andWritings Colie's Kitchen Cookaholic Wife Culinary Adventures withCamilla Curious Cuisiniere Dancing Veggies        Eliot's Eats Famished Fish, FinickyShark     Jane's Adventures inDinner Making Miracles Poet in the Pantry Rhubarb and Honey Sew You Think You CanCook The Pajama Chef The Spiffy Cookie Things I Make (forDinner) Tortillas and Honey From February 1st through February 8th, not only will you find nearly a hundred recipe posts, but you can enter to win our awesom...

One of our best friends gave the Enthusiastic Kichen Elf a pizzelle maker for Christmas. I groaned inwardly when he opened it - another kitchen tool to take up cabinet space, another kitchen tool that only has one purpose, another...[imagine much grumbling]. But D did a test run at a family dinner on Friday  and, one bite in, I was a huge fan! I don't care for sweets too much, but these cookies are amazing...and simple. Perfect! He started with the recipe included with his machine, then made a few adaptations. Ingredients 3 large eggs 3/4 C organic granulated sugar 1 t pure vanilla extract 1 t pure almond extract 1 3/4 C flour 2 t baking powder 1/2 C melted butter zest from 1 organic lemon oil for greasing the pizzelle maker (he used a non-aerosol grapeseed oil spray) Procedure In a large mixing bowl, beat the eggs, sugar, vanilla and almond extracts until well combined. In a medium mixing bowl, stir together the flower and baking pow...

For Thanksgiving the Precise Kitchen Elf made Lychee-Ginger (Dry Ice) Sherbet . When Nonna was planning a family dinner this weekend, she called and asked if R would be willing to do an encore performance He agreed.  sher·bet ˈSHərbət/ (noun) a frozen dessert made with fruit juice added to milk  or cream, egg white, or gelatin At  the Filipino market, he spotted a can of rambutan and decided to use that instead of lychee. Ingredients 2 C milk 2 C heavy cream 1/2 C rambutan juice (he pureed canned rambutan and strained out the pulp) 1" knob of ginger, peeled and sliced into coins 4 large eggs 1 C organic granulated sugar dry ice Procedure In a medium saucepan, bring the heavy cream and milk to a simmer. Add lychee juice and ginger slices and allow flavors to steep for at least 20 minutes over low heat. While the cream mixture steeps, separate the eggs. Place the yolks in a mixing bowl and reserve the whites for a different recipe....

Bonne année! Happy New Year! And welcome to the first 2016 event for The French Winophiles, a wine-swilling, food-loving group coordinated by Christy of  Confessions of a Culinary Diva . This month we are heading to Burgundy with Jeff, of  FoodWineClick ,  leading the charge. Click to read  his invitation . Clicking on the follwing regions will take you to my recipe post that includes the #winophiles round-up as well. So far, we've traveled - by tabletop and goblet - to  the Loire Valley ,   Corsica ,  the Southwest ,  Languedoc-Roussillon ,   Côtes du Rhône , Bordeaux  and Champagne . Today we're headed to Burgundy. To Burgundy ... While Burgundy is a region in France, it's also how we refer to the wines from the region. And there are two main grape varietals that hail from Burgundy. "Red Burgundy" is Pinot Noir and "White Burgundy" is Chardonnay. It's that simple. In wine terms, Burgundy stretches from Chablis, through...