Culinary Adventures with Camilla

This morning I am wrapping up the #TastyParTEA online event. You can read all the details - meet the other bloggers, view our posting schedule, and enter the giveaway - at  my kick-off post . We have seen some amazing tea-filled recipes thanks to some talented, creative food bloggers. Stay tuned for my round-up where you can go to see all of the recipes together. A few notes about matcha green tea.  Matcha is "powdered tea." Unlike drinking other tea when you infuse the tea leaves in water and, then, strain out the leaves, with matcha, you are drinking the finely powdered leaves whisked into hot water. So, spring for the best quality of matcha that you can. There's culinary grade and ceremonial grade. I use ceremonial grade if I'm whisking and drinking; I use culinary grade for baking and cooking. Ingredients  makes eight 2-ounce servings 1 envelope gelatin 1/4 C cold water 1-3/4 C organic heavy cream 1/4 C organic whole milk 1/2 C organic gran...

We had a fabulous End-of-Fall-Break dinner in the backyard last night. We stayed out till we needed candles, sipped champagne, enjoyed the company, and just took deep breaths because today it's back to the scheduled grind of school, work, homework, projects, and early bedtimes. Here's the genesis of the dinner. I received a phone call from the Enthusiastic Kitchen Elf earlier in the day... D: Mom, I'm going to make mussels and fries for dinner. Okay? C: Okay. D: And garlic bread. This is something we ate on the cruise. C: So, I need to stop at the store on my way home from work? D: No, I already went with Daddy. Also, the garlic bread is going to be garlic bread like Daddy likes - a lot of butter and a little bit of garlic. Not like your garlic bread - a little bit of butter and a lot of garlic. Daddy says that your garlic bread can kill vampires. So, almost 18 years into this love affair and Jake still hasn't gotten on board with my lev...

Today's #SundaySupper task: "Share recipes for food popular in the 50's, 60's, or 70's. Share recipes for food popular in the 50's, 60's, or 70's." Hmmm...okay.  Given that I have no memories before the mid-70s, and what I do remember wasn't particularly inspiring, I started by looking at food advertisements from those decades. There was lots of cooking with Jello and Miracle Whip. Wow. I laughed at the Five Star Casserole recipe featuring Armour Vienna Sausage. Nope, not going there. But then I saw this ad for Campbell's - for Creamy Baked Pork Chops. If you can't make out the content, it's essentially pork chops, cream of celery soup, and water. I knew I could make this completely in my style, that is to say from scratch. No cans in sight. Campbell's Soup ad from 1963 Ingredients serves 4 4 T butter, divided in half olive oil 3 C chopped celery 1-1/1 T white whole wheat flour 1 C organic heavy ...