Culinary Adventures with Camilla

  This month I am hosting the #MoviesandMunchies group as we watch Letters to Juliet . You can read my invitation here   which includes a brief plot summary. It's really not that much more complicated than that, but it is enjoyable. At least I found it enjoyable! I mentioned that Sophie and Victor are in Verona as a pre-wedding honeymoon because Victor is about to open an Italian restaurant in New York and, once that happens, he won't be able to get away for a honeymoon or any kind of vacation for years! Sophie has this idea that the trip is going to be a romantic get-away for them to connect and explore the city of Romeo and Juliet. But Victor views this as an opportunity for him to visit all of his producers, including winemakers, cheesemakers, and more. You can see how this will rapidly descend into discord, right? In the meantime, Sophie has met the Secretaries of Juliet who work for the city of Verona and answer letters that are left in the courtyard of Casa di Giulietta....

I am finally catching my breath and getting on top of my blogging deadlines! Oh, it has been a crazy time. I have cooked things for events and just didn't get around to writing it up. I hate that. I wasn't missing out on this book though because I adore him as an actor and recently discovered his travel documentary Searching for Italy. For the April-May selection of Cook the Books , Deb from Kahakai Kitchen invited the group to read Taste: My Life Through Food by Stanley Tucci. Read her invitation and join the fun, if you wish, because you still have a month before the deadline. On the Page Stanley Tucci is an Italian-American actor who has shared the magic of his family meals in The Tucci Cookbook  and The Tucci Table . And, as I already mentioned, he has a travel documentary series called Searching for Italy .  Taste: My Life Through Food  is a memoir whose tone reminds me of others I have devoured. Think Comfort Me With Apples: More Adventures at the Table by Ruth ...

  Katarina is hosting the Italian Food Wine Travel bloggers this month and our theme is Lazio. Read her invitation here . If you are reading this early enough, feel to  join the group for a live Twitter chat. We'll be live on Saturday, April 3rd at 8am Pacific time. Just follow the hashtag - #ItalianFWT - and be sure to add it to anything you tweet so we can see it. In the meantime, all of these posts will go live before Saturday.  Cin cin! Camilla at Culinary Adventures with Camilla: Lazio in California: The Quintessential Roman Pasta + 2017 Big Sur Vineyards Pinot Noir Reserve Wendy at A Day in the Life on the Farm: Alberico Appia Antica 400 Rosso 2016 Paired with Stracci di Antrodoco Terri at Our Good Life: Pietro Est! Est!! Est!!! with Crab Dip Crostinis Susannah at Avvinare: Cesanese del Piglio, Classic Wines From Lazio Gwendolyn at Wine Predator: Lazio to Paso Robles: “if you see kay” Robin at Crushed Grape Chronicles: Lazio – Exploring Low Intervention Wines Inspir...

Katarina of  Grapevine Adventures  is hosting the Italian Food Wine Travel bloggers with this month's exploration of wine sustainability in Italian wines. You can read her invitation  here . If you are reading this early enough, feel free to join in our live Twitter chat as we talk about the subject. Follow the hashtag #ItalianFWT and be sure to add that to your tweets so we can see it in our stream. In the meantime, here's what the bloggers are sharing. All of these articles will go live between Friday, September 3rd and early morning Saturday, September 4th... Camilla from Culinary Adventures with Camilla takes inspiration from Sicily in Pasta alla Norma + Tasca d’Almerita Lamuri Nero d’Avola Sicilia 2016. Terri from Our Good Life shares the article Che Fico: A Wine that Supports Sustainability in Italy . Linda from My Full Wine Glass heads to Alto Adige with Alois Lageder – Driven to Create Wines in Harmony with Nature . Gwendoly...

I picked up this book because I have long been a Ruth Reichl fan. And she always inspires me into the kitchen. I made Butternut Squash Soup a la Bonneville after reading Comfort Me With Apples . I served Aushak (Afghani Scallion Dumplings) after reading Garlic and Sapphires . And I even went to hear her speak one evening with Nancy Silverton and Evan Kleiman . So, it's no surprise that Delicious! A Novel*  finally made off my bookshelf. What is a surprise: I neglected to see the 'a novel' designation and was about a dozen pages in when I realized that this, unlike all of her other books, was not autobiographical. On the Page Once I realized that this was a novel, the thought that crossed my mind: Can Ruth Reichl, food editor extraordinaire, renowned restaurant critic, and accomplished memoir writer pull off a novel?  Well, yes and no. Like Reichl, protagonist Billie Breslin transplants herself from the streets of California to the hustle and bustle ...

  This is a sponsored post written by me in conjunction with the October #ItalianFWT event. Wine samples were provided for this post and this page may contain affiliate links This month, the Italian Food Wine Travel bloggers are turning their eyes towards Abruzzo. David of Cooking Chat is hosting and that lucky duck traveled to Abruzzo last year for a press trip. You can read his event invitation and some more information about Abruzzo:  here . If you are reading this early enough, feel free to join in the live Twitter chat on Saturday, 5 October 2019 at 8 o'clock, Pacific time. Search for #ItalianFWT to follow along and add that to your tweets so we can see your comments. Cin cin . In the meantime, here are the Abruzzo posts...these will go live between Friday, October 4th and Satuday, October 5th. Steven from Wine and Food Pairings  discusses Cioppino – Red orWhite Wine? Wendy from A Day in the Life on the Farm writes about The Food and ...