Culinary Adventures with Camilla

Here we are with an additional recipe post and wine pairing for the week running up to our Valentines #WinePW. Click to read Christy of  Confessions of a Culinary Diva 's  invitation  to the Saturday #WinePW event. When I was faced with a bottle of Landmark Vineyard's Pinot Noir*, the words "wild boar," "mushroom," and "pot pie" came to mind. That sounded like a fantastic match to the Pinot Noir: Wild Boar-Mushroom Pot Pies. I had a wild boar shoulder that I'd purchased from D'Artagnan Foods . I chuckled when I saw that it read - meat from feral swine. Really?? That does not sound appealing at all. But I knew it would be. And it was. Scribbling down an ingredient list before I headed for the store, I asked my husband if a pot pie always had a top and a bottom, he stared at me. "Sorry," he apologized, "I was stuck on the wild boar and mushroom combination. That sounds delicious." He was no help. No help at ...

Wine Pairing Weekend - #winePW - happens on the second Saturday of the month. And this month - February - Christy of  Confessions of a Culinary Diva  is hosting. Since it's Valentines' Day, we're talking about Valentine pairings. Click to read her invitation:  here . Then I was approached to create some Valentine wine pairings* and I decided to post recipes for the entire week. I opted to elevate my usual stuffed squash by topping it with some "love bugs" - also known as boiled crayfish. All three of my Valentines got a chuckle with how I plated them. In the Glass... Landmark Vineyards' history includes a Hatfield-McCoy type feud which is very intriguing to this history buff. On one side, a group of investors that includes Damaries Deere Ford, of the John Deere tractor/plow legacy, is credited with starting the vineyards in 1974. When First Lady Michelle Obama opted to pour Landmark's Chardonnay at the White House holiday party one year, she c...