Culinary Adventures with Camilla

Lauren of The Swirling Dervish is hosting the Italian Food Wine Travel bloggers for August. She's asked us to look at Rosato wines. You can read her invitation here  - where she details some Italian pinks from the Northeast, Northwest, Central, and Southern. If you are reading this early enough, feel free to join us for a live Twitter chat on Saturday, August 1st. Follow the hashtag #ItalianFWT and be sure to add that to any tweets you post so that we can see it, too. All of these posts will be live between Friday, July 31st and early morning on August 1st. David from Cooking Chat writes about Cerasuolo d’Abruzzo: Pairings with My Favorite Italian Rosé . Pinny from Chinese Food and Wine Pairings writes about Pairing Bibi Graetz Casamatta Toscana Rosato with Drunken Cold Chicken Wings and Pork Knuckle, Sautéed Julienne Leeks . Camilla from Culinary Adventures with Camilla tempts us with Italian Pinks, Sardinian Native Grapes, and Gamberi all'Aglio. Terri from Our Goo...

Today Jill of L'Ocassion invited the Italian Food Wine Travel bloggers to focus on the wines of Italian islands. You can read her invitation and join in the conversation if you're seeing this early enough. We gather on Twitter on Saturday, April 6th at 8am Pacific time to share our thoughts and pairings. Or just check out the hashtag - #ItalianFWT - at your convenience. Here are the Italian Island Offerings Steven from Steven's Wine and Food Blog features Sicilian Pasta con le Sarde Wine Pairing .  Linda from My Full Wine Glass offers From Sardegna to Sicilia by Sea – Two Pairings .  Pinny from Chinese Food and Wine Pairings explores Sicily’s Marsala Wine – A New Product (Wine) Life Cycle that Started in the 18th Century but Continues to Thrive Today ! Camilla from Culinary Adventures with Camilla recollects Island Memories, Slow-Roasted Lamb, and Cannonau Di Sardegna . Lynn from Savor The Harvest is in the mood for Italian Island Wine Speak with Vinisola .  ...

#TwelveLoaves is a monthly bread baking party created by Lora from Cake Duchess and runs smoothly with the help of Heather of All Roads Lead to the Kitchen , and the rest of our fabulous bakers. Our host this month is me,  Culinary Aventures with Camilla , and our theme is Crackers, Crisps, and Flatbreads . For more bread recipes, visit the #TwelveLoaves Pinterest board , or check out last month's mouthwatering selection of #TwelveLoaves enter last month's #TwelveLoaves Seeded Breads! The Crackers, Crisps, and Flatbreads Basket... Cheddar Cheese Crackers from Karen's Kitchen Stories Lemon Oregano Pita Bread from Kudos Kitchen By Renee Pane Carasau from Culinary Adventures with Camilla Parmesan-Thyme Cream Crackers from A Baker's House Piadina (Italian Flat Bread) from Cake Duchess Pretzel Crackers from All Roads Lead to the Kitchen Quick Raspberry Flatbread from Cheap Ethnic Eatz Rye Crispbread from The Bread She Bakes Senbei - Japanese ...

This month the Italian Food, Wine & Travel - #ItalianFWT - blogging group is traveling to their tenth region of Italy: Sardegna (or Sardinia, in English). I'm joining for the first time and was thrilled to be heading to Sardegna by tabletop and goblet. When I lived in Italy, after college, I hopped on the overnight ferry out of Civitavecchia to Olbia. My friend and I couldn't afford a seat, so we slept in sleeping bags on the deck all the way across. Good thing I was young and resilient! Sleeping on an unforgiving deck bench in this decade would be torturous. From the port, which I remember smelled of orange blossoms, Kristin and I caught a bus to Costa Smeralda and camped on the granite cliffs overlooking the white sand beaches of Santa Teresa di Gallura. It's a town on the northern tip of Sardinia and you can see the southern coast of Corsica from the beach. Absolutely stunning. I loved it so much that I went back one more time before I moved back to the State...