Culinary Adventures with Camilla

from amazon.com Welcome to our September 2022 edition of Movies & Munchies, a relatively new group of film-loving foodies.  We all watch the same movie during the month, create a recipe inspired by the movie and post about it on our blogs and/or Instagram.  It is a lot of fun and anyone is welcome to join.  You can find out more on our  Facebook page .  I am excited to be hosting this month and would love for you to join us in watching the rom-com set in Italy called Letters to Juliet . From New York to Verona and throughout Tuscany, there is plenty of food and wine inspiration to be had. What begins as a pre-honeymoon trip for Sophie (played by Amanda Seyfried), a fact-checker from New York, and her fiancé, Victor (played by Gael García Bernal), a chef who is about to open an Italian restaurant turns into a multi-generational roadtrip across Tuscany that doesn't include Victor at all. Sophie has stumbled upon the Secretaries of Juliet, a group of women empl...

I always tuck a book into my bag. Always. So, when I have a spare moment, or I'm waiting for my family to do something, I have something to read.  In this case, I  had My Italian Bulldozer by Alexander McCall Smith* in my bag when we headed to the beach on the afternoon of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day last week. And I was able to read a few chapters of it while they explored the tidepools. Then I finished it throughout the late afternoon and made an Italian stew for dinner. On the Page I inherited this book over the holidays when a friend was getting rid of books on her bookshelf to make room for her 2021 reads. She put this one aside specifically for me and I did love it.  We meet Paul Stuart, a Scottish food and wine writer, whose girlfriend has just let him for her personal trainer. To help him get over his heartbreak, and to finish his book, he takes a trip to Tuscany where hilarity - and romance - ensue. I'll admit: I laughed aloud at more than a few parts, especia...

For the month of July the Italian Food Wine Travel bloggers are looking at Super Tuscans with Jill of L'Occasion at the lead. You can read her invitation here . If you are reading this early enough, feel free to join us for a live Twitter chat on Saturday, June 27th. Follow the hashtag #ItalianFWT and be sure to add that to any tweets you post so that we can see it, too. Because our usual posting date - the first Saturday of the month - would have conflicted with the American Independence Day holiday, we pushed our posting up a week. So, all of these will be live by early morning on Saturday, June 27th. Naming Rights + Super Tuscans |  We get the scoop from our host at L'Occasion. Super Tuscans, Take-Out Pizza, and a Spicy Summer Salad | This post comes to you from the kitchen magician behind Culinary Adventures with Camilla. Super Tuscans: What's It All About? | This question will be answered by the founder of #ItalianFWT, VinoTravels. A Stop at Brancaia an...