Culinary Adventures with Camilla

  This month, I am hosting the French #Winophiles to explore French grapes that crossed continents. You can read my invitation here . If you are reading this early enough, feel free to jump in on our live chat. We'll be on Twitter on Saturday, September 17th at 8am Pacific time. Follow the hashtag #Winophiles and be sure to add that to anything you tweet so we can see it. Here's the line-up of the articles for the event - French Grapes that Crossed Continents. These will all be live between Friday, September 16th and Saturday, September 17th before the chat... A Cinsault-Heavy Blend from Lebanon - Château Musar's Bekaa Valley Red Hochar Père et Fils 2018 - Craves a Garlic-Heavy Dish or Three by Culinary Adventures with Camilla A Great Burger on Homemade Pretzel Hamburger Buns paired with a Malbec from Argentina  by A Day in the Life on the Farm Africa and France: A Cab Franc by Carmen Stevens and a Rich Pork Loin Dinner by Our Good Life Feeling French in Paso Roble...

  Welcome to the October  2021  Improv Cooking Challenge . This group is headed up by Nichole of  Cookaholic Wife . And I haven't been very consistent, but I love the idea of the group, so I will try to be better in the coming months. The idea behind Improv Cooking Challenge: we are assigned two ingredients and are challenged to create a recipe with those two things. This month's items: pork and molasses. Here's what the crew is sharing with those ingredients... Molasses Roasted Pork Tenderloin by A Day in the Life on the Farm Baked Beans and Cottage Ham by Palatable Pastime Pork and Beans by Culinary Adventures with Camilla Pork and Beans I started with dry beans.  Click for a how-to:  here . You can do this the night before and keep in the fridge till you're ready to use them.  If you are using pre-cooked beans, I think I had about 4-5 cups. Also, I like adding espresso or coffee to my baked beans for added flavor. If you don't drink coff...

Here we are at the third event of 2021 for our Soup Saturday Swappers group. Wendy of  A Day in the Life on the Farm  started this event and, every month, I get a new array of soup recipes to put in my to-try pile. This month, I am hosting and asked the bloggers to put a little Spring in our minestrone by adding in Spring veggies or eschewing the traditional tomato-based broth. Be creative...anything goes! Here's the line-up of recipes from the #SoupSwappers... Classic Minestrone Soup by Sneha's Recipe Green Vegetable Minestrone by A Day in the Life on the Farm Kale and Pasta Minestrone by Magical Ingredients Minestrone Napoletana by Karen's Kitchen Stories Putting Some Spring in My Minestrone + Bouza 2017 Albariño by Culinary Adventures with Camilla Vibrant Spring Minestrone Soup by Making Miracles Minestrone Minestrone is the catch-all name for all Italian vegetable soups that might include vegetables, beans, pasta, and herbs in a broth. When I lived in Italy, it...

Here we are at the September Soup Saturday Swappers event. Wendy of  A Day in the Life on the Farm  started this event and, every month, I get a new array of soup recipes to put in my to-try pile. This month, Rebekah Making Miracles is hosting as we explore beef soups and stews. She urged us to "Use any cut of beef to create a soup or stew to share! The options are endless." Here's the line-up of beef soup and stew recipes from the #SoupSwappers... Beef & Vegetable Stew by Sneha's Recipe Beef Tongue Stew  by A Day in the Life on the Farm Chunky Beef and Vegetable Soup by Making Miracles Feijoada To Delight a Carnivore by Culinary Adventures with Camilla Ground Beef and Butternut Squash Soup by Sid's Sea Palm Cooking Guinness Beef Stew by Karen's Kitchen Stories Nikujaga - Japanese Beef Stew  by Pandemonium Noshery One Pot Frozen Vegetable Ground Beef Stew by Faith Hope Love & Luck Pantry Beef Vegetable Soup by Palata...

The French Winophiles will be taking a Loire Valley (virtual) vacation with Jill of L'Occasion is hosting. You can read her invitation here . If you are reading this early enough, feel free to join our live Twitter chat on Saturday, 15 August 2020 at 8am Pacific time. Follow the hashtag #Winophiles and be sure to add that to anything you tweet so that we can see it. In the meantime, these articles will go live between Friday, 14 August and early Saturday, 15 August... Muscadet is Not Muscat, Gabure Bigourdane, and (Our Version of) Faire Chabròl | Culinary Adventures with Camilla Thierry Michon and Domaine Saint Nicolas - Biodynamic Loire Wines |Savor the Harvest Savennières and Vouvray: Two Tastes of Loire Valley Chenin Blanc | The Swirling Dervish Sweet Wines from the Loire | Avvinare Made it to Dessert with a Vouvray | Keep the Peas A Visit to Loire with Thierry Puzelat of Organic Clos du Tue-Boeuf: Part 1 Sauvignon and Chenin Blanc with Summer Squash Tart | Wi...

This month Jane from  Always Ravenous  hosted the Wine Pairing Weekend bloggers for a fun look at California food and wine pairings. She's called the theme: Tasting California: Cookbook Tour paired with California Wines. Initially she wanted us to work with  What’s Gaby Cooking: Eat What You Want: 125 Recipes for Real Life  by Gaby Dalkin, but the book isn't released until next month; in any case, you can read Jane's invitation post to the #WinePW bloggers:  here .  My official #WinePW event post went live late last week - Savory Dutch Baby, Schramsberg Mirabelle Brut Rosé, and a Few Other California Favorites - but I decided to do some bonus California pours throughout the rest of the month. And I had a 2016 Robert Hall Syrah on the rack. So, last weekend, I decided to make some oven-braised beef barbacoa. I'll get to that in a bit. In the Glass The 2016 Robert Hall Syrah is from the Paso Robles appellation. Given its proximity to me, I a...

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Materra Wines, one of the  #MerlotMe   event sponsors. Complimentary wine was provided for this post and this page may contain affiliate links. However, all opinions expressed here are my own. Hello, October. Hello, #MerlotMe month. Yes, that's right: an entire month filled with Merlot-food pairings made all the more fun with the samples of Merlot from all around that keep appearing on my doorstep! Besides getting to play with food and wine, I love that every year I receive wines from winemakers that I have never tried before. This is the perfect case in point. I received a bottle of the 2015 Right Bank from Materra Cunat Family Vineyards* this time around. In My Glass I received a bottle of 2015 Materra Right Bank Merlot. From the Oak Knoll District of Napa Valley, this 99% Merlot, 1% Cabernet Sauvignon blend retails for $50. On the nose, the wine is subtly sweet with aromas of red fruit tempered with ro...

Awhile ago Wendy of  A Day in the Life on the Farm  kicked off this group: Soup Saturday Swappers. And, this month, Sue of Palatable Pastime is hosting. She asked us to " get some soup going in that pot and warm up quick on some cold and snowy winter days." Okay, let's just say this: it doesn't snow where I live. Well, it has snowed once that I remember. I have lived here on and off for over thirty years. But this snow was more like a light dusting. It didn't stick. And it certainly didn't create any snowbanks that would make staying inside by the fire a necessity. The central coast of California is remarkably temperate; it's never really too hot or too cold. Really, when it climbs above 75 degrees F, we all start wilting. And anything below 45 degrees is soup weather. So, I do make lots of soups between November and February. First, let's get to the other bowls... The Other Snow Day Soup Offerings An InLinkz Link-up Unaş  ...