Culinary Adventures with Camilla

It's time for Fish Friday Foodies' March event. We are a group of seafood-loving bloggers, rallied by Wendy of  A Day in the Life on the Farm , to   share fish and seafood recipes on the third Friday of the month. This is, easily, my favorite recipe sharing event of the month. I always come away with a list of recipes that I just have to try! This month, P~ of  The Saucy Southerner  is hosting. She said:  Since we've never done a focus on a single fish, let's get crabby! Any and all things crab! Stuffed, cakes, soups, pasta, fried, dips, you name it!. We're All Crabby An InLinkz Link-up Singapore Chili Crab Years ago my friend Belle mentioned Singapore Chili Crab. Then, during our annual summer camping trip one year, I heard about it again from Jake's cousin who had honeymooned in Singapore and other places around Asia. A caveat: this is super messy to eat. So, don't wear anything white...and don't be embarrassed to lick your fingers. It...

Hello and welcome to #PumpkinWeek v.2016 hosted by Terri of  Love and Confections . We are celebrating our love of the season with an entire week of pumpkin goodies, leading up to National Pumpkin Day. Twenty-one food bloggers have come together to share over eighty recipes with you. In addition to pumpkin biscotti, cupcakes, and madeleines, we are also sharing savory pumpkin dishes such as hummus, chili, and pumpkin empanadas. Come back every day for #PumpkinWeek recipes. You can also find these great recipes and more on  Love and Confections' #PumpkinWeek Pinterest Board ! I decided to keep my pumpkin offerings savory...and with an international eye. Lots of different countries have a tradition of cooking with pumpkin. So, I'm kicking off the week with a pumpkin laska. Laska is a spicy noodle dish that's popular in Malaysia and Singapore; it's basically a noodle dish with a curry soup base. I added cubes of roasted pumpkin and some fresh fish for a filling au...

We visited Singapore by tabletop earlier this week in our Cooking Around the World Adventures . On the Map Singapore is a tiny, heavily urbanized island/city-state in Southeast Asia. It's located at the end of the Malayan Peninsula between Malaysia and Indonesia. from geography.howstuffworks.com A Few Fun Facts Singapore consists one main island and 63 other tiny islands. Almost all of the islands are uninhabited. The national flower, Vanda Miss Joaquim, was first discovered in 1893 by Agnes Joaquim, an Armenian. The orchid is a natural hybrid. Although English is the official National language, the national anthem ‘Majulah Singapura‘ is actually sung in Malay. The flying fox, the world’s largest bat, can be found on Pulau Ubin, one of the islands off mainland Singapore. The Bukit Timah Nature Reserve in Singapore contains more species of trees than the entire North American continent. The Singapore Sling was first served in 1915 at the Long Bar of the Raffles...

One of the great things about being part of a community of foodies is that different blogger's posts encourage me to stretch and cook something challenging or new-to-me. Love it! I came across this invitation from Nayna of the  Simply.Food blog: " Inviting Adventurous foodies to cook for flavours of Singapore event." Okay, I'm in! The rules - "Prepare a vegetarian dish with Singaporean flavor and flair. And do it during the month of January." I can do that. Perusing her suggested websites for recipes, my mouth began to water at the combinations of spices and I could just imagine the aroma that would be drifting from my kitchen. Though many different dishes caught my eye - bean curd with crab sauce and coconut pork, for instance - the limitation of making a vegetarian dish drew to me this dessert, a colorful carrot pudding. Scented with cardamom and studded with cashews, it's delicious and so easy! So while my husband and older son were working on...