Culinary Adventures with Camilla

from imdb.com This month I invited bloggers to join me for February's Food'N'Flix event to watch - and cook from -  Babette's Feast . It's a fantastic foodie flick that culminates in a haunting dinner: the titular Babette's Feast. Babette is a French refugee who is living in Denmark and working as a servant for two sisters. During this veritable parade of haute cuisine , and celebration of the sisters' father, we discover that Babette was once the head chef at Café Anglais in Paris. Babette spends her entire lottery winnings on the ingredients and wines for this dinner. When the sisters ask her when she'll be leaving them to enjoy her winnings, she reveals that she has no money left; a dinner for twelve at Café Anglais costs 10,000 Francs. I read somewhere that 10,000 Francs (in 1871) would equal about $60,000 in today's dollars, taking inflation into consideration. What a dinner! Speaking about an impressive dinner, look what the Food...

Tonight I had TWO kitchen elves for our feast from Mozambique. Sweet deal. The Country: Mozambique Where the the World: It is bordered by the Indian Ocean to the east and Tanzania to the north, South Africa to the south west and Zimbabwe to the west. Some Fun Facts... Mozambique gained independence from the Portuguese in the year 1975.  "The country is only as old as Daddy?!?" asked Dylan. That's a pretty young country. "Mommy, you're older than a country!" Nice. The national language is Portuguese though Sena, Swahili and Makhuwa are also spoken fluently. The Mozambique Island is one of the world heritage sites. The Bazarut Archipelago, one of the richest coral reefs in the world, is the largest marine reserve in the Indian Ocean. There are over 1,200 species of fish that have been identified in the coastal waters of Mozambique. What We Made... [click on the recipe to go to the original recipe post.] Sopa de Feija...