Culinary Adventures with Camilla

I had originally planned to share this pairing next month when L.M. Archer hosts the French Winophiles as we explore Gérard Betrand Wines. But, then, I received a surprise bottle from the event sponsors and wanted to showcase that one instead. So this is just for fun, a bonus Gérard Betrand pairing. In My Glass The 2014 Gérard Bertrand 2014 Kosmos is an organic wine, produced with a natural and biodynamic approach. You can read different explorations I've done in different wine groups around biodynamic wines. Gwen, of Wine Predator , has had us focusing on biodynamic wines in all of our wine groups this year, including #ItalianFWT and #Winophiles. For those events, I shared, respectively:  Dinner in Testosterone Land: Braised Short Ribs + 2016 Nuova Cappelletta Barbera del Monferrato  and  Learning about Biodynamic Wines + M.Chapoutier Wines with Some Cross-Cultural Pairings . I'll be honest, I appreciate learning about biodynamic practices and I truly...

This post is sponsored in conjunction with #BrunchWeek. I received product samples from sponsor companies to aid in the creation of the #Brunchweek recipes. All opinions are mine alone. Welcome to the first day of #BrunchWeek 2019! What a line-up of bloggers, recipes, sponsors, and prizes we have for you. Take a look at my introductory post for the event . And a quick shout-out of gratitude to our fearless leaders: Terri of  Love and Confections  and Christie of  A Kitchen Hoor's Adventures ! Monday's #BrunchWeek Line-Up BrunchWeek Beverages Blueberry Lemonade from Family Around The Table  Easy Smoothie Shooters  from The Nifty Foodie  Fresh Squeezed Blackberry Lemonade from Cooking With Carlee  Guava Mimosas from Seduction in the Kitchen  Guava Moscow Mule from Love and Confections  Lightening Lavender Margarita from A Kitchen Hoor's Adventures  Mango Mimosa from April Golightly  Rum Punch for Brun...

This post is sponsored in conjunction with #BrunchWeek. I received product samples from sponsor companies to aid in the creation of the #Brunchweek recipes. All opinions are mine alone. Welcome to #BrunchWeek 2019 hosted by Love and Confections and A Kitchen Hoor's Adventures ! This is our 7th year of #BrunchWeek and we have 35 bloggers from around the country sharing over 140 of their best Brunch recipes. We have so many delicious recipes for you to enjoy throughout the week including cocktails, appetizers, casseroles, cinnamon rolls, breakfast pizzas, coffee cakes, plenty of desserts, and more! Our BrunchWeek Sponsors are helping us give away some great prizes. Thank you so much, Sponsors, for your generosity. We have an incredible giveaway below and we’d love if you would take a moment to read about it and what you can win!   PRIZE #1 DIXIE CRYSTALS Dixie Crystals is giving one winner a Keurig K-Select Single-Serve K-Cup Pod Coffee Maker. Since 1917, Dixie Crystals...

April 23 is National Picnic Day.  So the #OurFamilyTable group has decided to s hare our favorite portable picnic recipes to bring to the blanket. Portable Picnic Food Apple Rose Tarts by Simply Inspired Meals Carrot Kohlrabi Coleslaw by A Kitchen Hoor's Adventures Pan Bagna by Our Good Life Peach Crumble Bars by Hezzi-D's Books and Cooks Sour Cream and Chive Deviled Eggs by Cheese Curd In Paradise Spring Smörgåsbord by Culinary Adventures with Camilla Summer Pasta Salad by Sweet Beginnings Tuna Antipasto by Art of Natural Living We share Recipes From Our Dinner Table ! Join our group and share your recipes, too! While you're at it, join our Pinterest board , too!  Spring Smörgåsbord One of our favorite picnic meals is a Scandinavian-style smörgåsbord filled with boiled shrimp, smoked fish, pickled vegetables, and roasted potatoes. Smørrebrød  means 'buttered bread' in Danish and refers to traditional open-face sandwiches...

Each month The Cake Slice Bakers are offered a selection of cakes from the current book we are baking through. This year it is  The European Cake Cookbook  by Tatyana Nesteruk*. We each choose one cake to bake, and then on the 20th - never before - we all post about our cake on our blogs. There are a few rules that we follow, but the most important ones are to have fun and enjoy baking & eating cakes!  Follow our  Facebook ,  Instagram , and  Pinterest  pages where you can find all of our cakes, as well as inspiration for many other cakes. You can also click on the thumbnail pictures below to take you to each of our cakes. If you have a blog and are interested in joining The Cake Slice Bakers and baking along with us, please send an email to thecakeslicebakers at gmail dot com for more details.  The Cake Slice Bakers also have a new Facebook group called  The Cake Slice Bakers and Friends . This group is perfect for those ...

Here we are at the April Soup Saturday Swappers event. Wendy of  A Day in the Life on the Farm  started this event and, every month, I get a new array of soup recipes to put in my to-try pile. And this month, I am hosting the event. "The winter chill is loosening its grip on the world by now (hopefully)...and our produce is turning Springy. Let's create and share some soups that feature the darlings of Spring. Think fennel, peas, and whatever tickles your fancy," I urged the bloggers. The Spring Soup Pot April of Home Sweet Homestead: New Potato and Leek Soup   Wendy of A Day in the Life on the Farm: Caramelized Carrot Bisque Karen of Karen's Kitchen Stories: Cannellini and Fennel Soupwith Tomatoes and Kale Sue of Palatable Pastime: Creamy Spinach and Artichoke Soup   Sid of Sid’s Sea Palm Cooking: Aspargessuppe (Danish-style asparagus soup) Sneha of Sneha’s Recipe: Mix Veg Clear Soup   Colleen of Faith, Hope, Love, & Luck Survive Despite a...

This month Liz of What's in the Bottle? is hosting the French Winophiles as we explore Chablis. You can read her invitation here . On  Saturday, April 20 ,  we are convening on Twitter at 10 a.m. CST for a Chablis chat.  If you like Chardonnay,  ahem , Chablis, join in! Just use #winophiles and you’ll find us. We’ve got a fantastic group of bloggers posting about Chablis. We’ll talk about the region, the wines, food pairings and travel!  The Chablis Line-Up Cam at Culinary Adventures with Camilla brings us Cracked Crab, Cheesy Ravioli, and Chablis. Robin at Crushed Grape Chronicles writes about Mont De Milieu Premier Cru Chablis From Simonnet-Febvre And Pôchouse . Gwendolyn at Wine Predator shares Chablis is … Chardonnay? Comparing 2 from France, 1from SoCal Paired with Seafood Lasagna . Liz at What’s in That Bottle shares Chablis: the Secret Chardonnay . Deanna at Asian Test Kitchen writes abo...