Korena in the Kitchen

Recipes, Soups, Sides & Snacks

How to Eat Popcorn Like a Salt Springer

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March 10, 2014

The Salt Spring Island movie theatre opened when I was about ten – I remember because one of the first films shown was the digitally re-mastered, re-released Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which was probably only the third film I’d ever seen in a theatre. [Edit: Apparently my memory…
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Bread, Daring Bakers Challenges, Recipes

Daring Bakers: Beautiful Bread

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February 27, 2014

Beauty surrounded the Daring Bakers this month as our host, Sawsan, of chef in disguise, challenged us to make beautiful, filled breads. Who knew breads could look as great as they taste? This month’s posting date snuck right up on me so I’ll keep this brief! I was delighted with…
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Chocolate, Cookies & Squares, Recipes

Fudgy Cocoa-Quinoa Brownies

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February 25, 2014

If I told you that some of the best brownies I’ve ever made were gluten-free and didn’t actually contain any chocolate, would you believe me? (I wouldn’t lie about something like this, I promise.) Let me explain. A few weeks ago, I came across Alice Medrich’s Cocoa Brownies on Food52,…
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Bread, Breakfast & Brunch, Recipes

Sourdough Sticky Lemon Pull-Apart Loaf

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February 20, 2014

Fair warning: February is turning into a carb-heavy month around here. I personally have no problem with this – when it’s this cold and disgusting outside, I want all the comfort food I can get, and this winter I’m putting those calories to good use with some good ol’ strength…
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Bread, Breakfast & Brunch, Recipes

Baklava Sticky Buns

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February 17, 2014

I often get a craving for baklava, but very rarely does it actually get satisfied. Unless you are in the vicinity of a decent Greek restaurant or willing to make it yourself, good baklava is hard to come by. Honestly, I think the last time I had some was when…
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Breakfast & Brunch, Recipes

Buckwheat Dutch Baby with Brown Butter Pears

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February 14, 2014

On rushed weekday mornings, breakfast is by necessity a simple affair consisting of whatever takes less than five minutes to throw together that I can wolf down before rushing out the door to work. So on weekends, I take advantage of those long, lazy mornings to make things like pancakes,…
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Cakes & Pies, Other Baked Goods & Sweets, Recipes

Baking Therapy {Maple Pecan Butter Tarts}

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February 10, 2014

While we don’t get the snow-covered winters that most people picture when they think “Canadian winter”, on Vancouver Island we do get an awful lot of rain. It’s cold, wet, grey, and DARK from November through to March or April (and then we usually get a repeat in June, or…
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Miscellaneous

Bigleaf Maple Syrup Festival at the BC Forest Discovery Centre

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February 7, 2014

Last Saturday was the Bigleaf Maple Syrup Festival held at the BC Forest Discovery Centre in Duncan. I was pretty excited to go last year, but I got my dates mixed up and missed it by a day. I was so sad. So when I saw this year’s festival advertised,…
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Cakes & Pies, Chocolate, Daring Bakers Challenges, Recipes

Daring Bakers: Schichttorte

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January 27, 2014

The January 2014 Daring Bakers’ challenge was hosted by Francijn of “Koken in de Brouwerij“. She challenged us all to bake layered cakes in the tradition of Baumkuchen (tree cake) and Schichttorte (layered cake). When I first read Francijn’s challenge, I thought I had no idea what I was getting…
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Bread, Breakfast & Brunch, Recipes

Montreal-Style Bagels

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January 22, 2014

In the summer we started a little brunch tradition with friends, but in recent months have let it slide a bit. Now that another set of our friends have recently moved into the neighbourhood, January seemed the perfect opportunity to resurrect our brunch dates and put into action the homemade…
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