Culinary Adventures with Camilla

Not sure if it's because the first of my close friends just turned fifty, or what, but  Excuse Me While I Disappear: Tales of Midlife Mayhem by  Laurie Notaro landed on my reading list and I happily indulged. I'll admit that, despite her being a New York Times bestselling author, I was completely unfamiliar with her. Now I have avidly lined up her entire collection, including: There's a (Slight) Chance I Might Be Going to Hell: A Novel of Sewer Pipes, Pageant Queens, and Big Trouble , The Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club: True Tales from a Magnificent and Clumsy Life , Autobiography of a Fat Bride: True Tales of a Pretend Adulthood , and It Looked Different on the Model: Epic Tales of Impending Shame and Infamy . On the Page Notaro's commentary is biting, irreverent, and hilarious. Just read a few clips: "Aren’t you proud that you know how to use a dial phone? That you lived a whole, full life without a digital device in your pocket? You remember who Gillig...

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of the Casa Vinicola Luigi Cecchi e Figli. Complimentary wine was provided for this post and this page may contain affiliate links. However, all opinions expressed here are my own. This month the Italian Food Wine Travel bloggers have planned a cavalcade of Chianti posts. Liz of What's In That Bottle? is hosting and had even arranged for several of us to receive samples from Cecchi for the event. If you are reading this early enough, we will be chatting on Twitter on Saturday, November 5th at 8am Pacific. Follow the hashtag #ItalianFWT and be sure to add it to anything you tweet so we can see it. Here's the line-up of Chianti articles from the group... Wendy of A Day in the Life on the Farm shares A Classic Italian Pairing Jennifer of Vino Travels teaches The History of Family with Cecchi Camilla of Culinary Adventures with Camilla provides Cucina Povera and Two Bottles of Chianti Classico Robin of Crushed Grape Chro...

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of the Book Club Cookbook.  I received complimentary product for the purpose of review and recipe development,  but all opinions are honest and they are my own. This page may contain affiliate links. My contact at  The Book Club Cookbook  emailed, asking if I would be interested in trying our a couple of their new spice blends for #BlendsBash2022.  Of course!  I am always up for some culinary adventure; and when it ties reading to cooking...well, let's just say I will make time in my calendar for that no matter what.  So, I perused the choices - of their  Book Blends, TV Blends, and Song Blends  - decided on Poppy Longstocking, Late Show with Stephen Clove-bert, The Romaines of the Day. I have always loved their clever play on words for  all  of the blends, especially Don't Stop Bayleave-ing, Dried and Prejudice, and A Wrinkle in Thyme. Pippi Långstrump image from amazon.com I have al...

Thanks to Stacy of  Food Lust People Love , Sue of  Palatable Pastime , Rebekah of  Making Miracles , and Wendy of  A Day in the Life on the Farm  for coordinating this low-stress group, Sunday Funday. This week, Sue is hosting and she has us sharing Halloween party ideas. Here's the line-up... Ghostly Candy Apple Concoction Bark by Culinary Adventures with Camilla Jack O Lantern Cheese Bites by A Day in the Life on the Farm Halloween Ghost Hardboiled Eggs by Sneha's Recipes Spider Web Pretzels by Amy’s Cooking Adventures Halloween might just be my favorite holiday. And I have six Halloween themed teas packaged in spooky metal tins, including this one - Candy Apple Concoction. After smelling, brewing, and brainstorming, we came up with some festive ways to use the teas for my favorite holiday. Candy Apple Concoction is made up of black tea, dried apple pieces, cinnamon bark, and has wickedly witchy red sugar crystals in it. Because of thos...

This month the #WorldWineTravel group is sharing articles about the wines from Martinborough, New Zealand. Fittingly, our very own Martin - of ENOFYLZ Wine Blog - is hosting. You can read his invitation here . If you are reading this early enough, feel free to jump in on our live chat Saturday, September 24th at 8am Pacific. Follow the hashtag #WorldWineTravel and be sure to add that to anything you tweet so we can see it. Here's the line-up of posts from the group about Martinborough... Camilla of Culinary Adventures with Camilla will be serving up Chicken Salad, Calamarata Pasta, and the 2020 Craggy Range “Te Muna Road” Sauvignon Blanc. Wendy of A Day in the Life on the Farm is Saying Farewell to Summer with a Craggy Range Sauvignon Blanc . Terri of Our Good Life is sharing Garlic Parmesan BakedEggplant with an Astrolabe Province Sauvignon Blanc . Our host, Martin, at ENOFYLZ Wine Blog will be pairing Ata Rangi PinotNoir Crimson + Smoked Portobello Mushroom Burger .  2020...

  Inspired by the CSA box that David of Cooking Chat received last week - in conjunction with the podcast we recorded ahead of the Wine Pairing Weekend event on Saturday, August 13th - I made this dish to highlight his shares of summer squash, fresh corn, and cherry tomatoes. With summer produce, it's so fresh that I try not do too much to it. In this case, I seared thick slices of summer squash - zucchini in my case, from one of my CSA farms - and topped it with a fresh salad made with raw corn kernels, ripe cherry tomatoes, and sea beans which add a beautiful burst of salinity. It took an incredible amount of restraint to not just eat all the cherry tomatoes. I love popping them like candy. Truth be told: a fair amount went straight into my mouth while I made this recipe! Ingredients serves 4 Seared Squash 2 large zucchini or squash sliced into thick coins salt and pepper olive oil Also needed: griddle or skillet Corn Salad 1-1/2 cups fresh corn kernels  1 cup diced cherry...

Yesterday we sat down and made a list of foods to make and eat in the last couple of weeks before the boys leave for school. The first thing out of Jake's mouth: crispy chocolate chip cookies! And since he was heading out for a mountain biking adventure with some guy friends, I whipped up a batch. I packed up one dozen for the bikers and left a dozen for my house.  Truth be told: I don't have a sweet tooth. So, I didn't try these. But I am always testing and tweaking to make improvements and these got moans of appreciation and approval from my trio. These are buttery, crispy on the edges with an abundance of chocolate chips. Also, since there is no chilling time, these are in your hand in less than half an hour! Ingredients  makes 2 dozen cookies   1-1/2 cups flour 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 10 Tablespoons butter, softened 1/2 cup granulated sugar 1/4 cup dark brown sugar, lightly packed 2 Tablespoons maple syrup 1 large egg 2 Tablespoons heavy cream 2 teaspoons pure vani...

Today the Sunday Funday group is sharing raspberry cake recipes. Thanks to Stacy of  Food Lust People Love , Sue of  Palatable Pastime , Rebekah of  Making Miracles , and Wendy of  A Day in the Life on the Farm  for coordinating this low-stress group. This week, I am hosting and suggested we share recipes to celebrate National Raspberry Cake Day which is tomorrow, Sunday, July 31st. Because most of the country is in a heat wave, I told the bloggers to be creative...they didn't even have to turn on the oven! Here's the list of recipes... Eggless Berry Tiramisu by Sneha's Recipe Healthy Raspberry Frozen Yogurt (Only 3 Ingredients!) by Amy's Cooking Adventures Raspberry Coffee Cake by A Day in the Life on the Farm Raspberry Lemon Pound Cake by Mayuri’s Jikoni Raspberry Roll Cake by Culinary Adventures with Camilla Raspberry Roll Cake When we went to the farmers' market this week, I had hoped to find either black raspberries or golden raspberries. There wer...