Culinary Adventures with Camilla

While I have made dinners that make my friends squirm - think of entire menus centered around beets or eggplant - sometimes I make the carnivores happy. Really happy. We had a joint birthday dinner for our two November babies - Pia and Mike. And this was one of the main dishes. Ingredients The Roast 1 (2 rib) prime rib roast (mine weighed about 5 pounds) 3 T coffee grounds 4 T organic dark brown sugar 1 t sweet paprika 1 t smoked paprika 3/4 t dried ginger 1 t ground cumin 1 vanilla bean, seeds scraped and pod reserved 1 T freshly ground black pepper 2 T freshly ground salt splash of olive oil 2 to 3 onions, peeled and sliced 1 C brewed coffee Procedure The Roast In a medium bowl, combine the coffee grounds, sugar, paprikas, ginger, cumin, vanilla bean seeds, salt and black pepper. Massage spice mixture into the beef, coating evenly. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. On the stovetop, heat olive oil in a Dutch oven. Sear the roast on each s...

For November's  Food'N'Flix , Caroline of Caroline Makes asked us to watch  Burnt.  Here's  her invitation . Caroline wrote: "I t was impressive to watch the restaurant scenes (Bradley Cooper and Sienna Miller both had to learn to cook and I've seen interviews where they talked about the lengths they went to and how good they now are at filleting fish!). It's also a great one to choose for Food 'n' Flix as there is so much to take inspiration from! " I thought that would be the case, too. Additionally, I've been a Bradley Cooper fan since he played Will Tipin in Alias  all those years ago. So, I figured I would love this movie. On the Screen... Quick Synopsis: Bad boy chef Adam Jones (played by Bradley Cooper), after self-inflicted exile in New Orleans, returns to Europe to chase his third Michelin star. He assembles his team and they cook. There are some side stories of note that include an unrequited infatuation on the part ...

Welcome to #CranberryWeek, hosted by Caroline's Cooking and A Kitchen Hoor's Adventures . We'll be sharing cranberry-inspired creations all week long in celebration of national cranberry day. Search #CranberryWeek to keep up to date and follow the #CranberryWeek Pinterest board for more cranberry inspiration. But first, see all the other cranberry recipes being shared today: Cranberry-Apple Sauce from The Chef Next Door Cranberry Cornbread from Cindy's Recipes and Writings Cranberry Maple Delicata Squash Galette from Caroline’s Cooking Cranberry Orange Baked Brie from Books n' Cooks Cranberry Palmiers from The Bitter Side of Sweet Cranberry Rosemary Cornbread from Life Currents Cranberry Snack Cake from Cooking With Carlee Cranberry Upside Down Cake from Sew You Think You Can Cook Noreaster from Family Around The Table Pork Shashlyk and Tkemali from Culinary Adventures with Camilla Roasted Brussels Sprouts and Cranberries from A Day...

This month, a dozen bloggers have have been celebrating tea and sharing recipes that use tea in creative ways. Tea has been featured in sweets and savories, in everything from breakfasts to desserts. During our Twitter chat, one bloggers challenged us to come up with some tea cocktails. So, it's that's your cup of tea, stay tuned! The #TastyParTEA Bloggers...  listed alphabetically by blog name A Day in the Life on the Farm A Kitchen Hoor's Adventures Amy's Cooking Adventures Café Terra Blog Cookaholic Wife Culinary Adventures with Camilla Famished Fish, Finicky Shark Jane's Adventures in Dinner Kahakai Kitchen Making Miracles Our Good Life The Gluttonous Geek Things I Make (for Dinner) The #TastyParTEA Creations...  An InLinkz Link-up

This morning I am wrapping up the #TastyParTEA online event. You can read all the details - meet the other bloggers, view our posting schedule, and enter the giveaway - at  my kick-off post . We have seen some amazing tea-filled recipes thanks to some talented, creative food bloggers. Stay tuned for my round-up where you can go to see all of the recipes together. A few notes about matcha green tea.  Matcha is "powdered tea." Unlike drinking other tea when you infuse the tea leaves in water and, then, strain out the leaves, with matcha, you are drinking the finely powdered leaves whisked into hot water. So, spring for the best quality of matcha that you can. There's culinary grade and ceremonial grade. I use ceremonial grade if I'm whisking and drinking; I use culinary grade for baking and cooking. Ingredients  makes eight 2-ounce servings 1 envelope gelatin 1/4 C cold water 1-3/4 C organic heavy cream 1/4 C organic whole milk 1/2 C organic gran...

Here we are at the November event for The French Winophiles, a wine-swilling, food-loving group started by Christy of  Confessions of a Culinary Diva  and jointly coordinated by Jill of L'occasion . The Conversation Join us for a live Twitter Chat Saturday, November 19th at 11 am EST/8 am PT. You may join in the revelry by following hashtag #winophiles. Join us for our upcoming events by emailing your post title to Christy at  culinarydiva@icloud.com  or Jill at  jillbarth@msn.com .   A Vôtre Santé! The French Winophiles Beaujolais Team   ( written by Jill of  L'occasion ) When Michelle from  Rockin’ Red Blog  sent me her title for our French Winophiles visit to Beaujolais this weekend I realized she’s hitting on a topic that is resonate with the wines of Beaujolias:  Beaujolais: Ah ToBe Young Wild and Free . Michelle has some of the best wine and meal recommendations (set to music) so I know I’ll need to shop for ...

"Drunken Cranberry Brownies" read the subject line of the email from Jenn. We've been best friends for almost twenty years. She knows what I like. She also knows that if a recipe intrigues me, I'll make it and she'll probably get a piece! This is slightly adapted because I needed to make them gluten-free, don't really care for walnuts, and added brown sugar to the mix... Ingredients ¾ C red wine (I used a Cabernet Franc) ½ C organic dried cranberries ¾ C gluten-free flour blend ½ t fleur de sel 1 stick (1/2 C)  butter 1 C semi-sweet chocolate chunks 3 to 4 large eggs (you might need the fourth to get the gluten-free flour to bind) ¾ C organic dark brown sugar, lightly packed ½ C organic granulated sugar ⅓ C unsweetened cocoa powder Procedure In a small bowl, pour the Cabernet Franc over the dried cranberries and let plump for at least 30 minutes. Set aside. Drain the cranberries, reserving 2 to 3 T of the wine. P...