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Continue reading →: The Canadian Food Experience Project: BC Spot Prawn Cioppino
{A Regional Canadian Food from the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island} The Canadian Food Experience Project began June 7 2013. As we share our collective stories across the vastness of our Canadian landscape through our regional food experiences, we hope to bring global clarity to our Canadian culinary identity through…
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Continue reading →: Tomato Basil Risotto
Summer is finally here. After a long, wet June, July has brought the sunshine: five straight days (and counting!) of temperatures in the high 20s, plus over the weekend I a) went swimming in the lake, and b) bought a pint of fresh raspberries. That pretty much settles it. It…
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Continue reading →: Chocolate and Caramel Tart with Hazelnuts (Daring Bakers: Pies, Part III)
Rachael from pizzarossa was our lovely June 2013 Daring Bakers’ host and she had us whipping up delicious pies in our kitchens! Cream pies, fruit pies, chocolate pies, even crack pies! There’s nothing like pie! 🙂 As promised, the third and final installment of this month’s Daring Bakers pie challenge.…
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Continue reading →: Daring Bakers: Pies, Part I
Rachael from pizzarossa was our lovely June 2013 Daring Bakers’ host and she had us whipping up delicious pies in our kitchens! Cream pies, fruit pies, chocolate pies, even crack pies! There’s nothing like pie! 🙂 I think pies have to be tied with bread for being my favorite things…
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Continue reading →: Twisted Baguettes à l’Ancienne
Baguettes have been on my to-do list for a long time, but the traditional shaping process has somewhat intimidated me. However after seeing Yvonne’s beautiful, airy baguettes that she shaped by stretching and twisting the dough, I realized that it doesn’t have to be intimidating.
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Continue reading →: Sourdough English Pancakes with Lemon and Sugar
I’ve been making crêpes since I was a kid – they were one of the things along with cheese sauce (for macaroni) and chocolate sauce (for ice cream) that I learned to make without a recipe. My mum called them “leathery pancakes“, which is a pretty apt description, and I…
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Continue reading →: Strawberry Yogurt Muffins with Oat Crumble Topping
Last weekend I spent a few days on Salt Spring Island, where I grew up, with a bunch of girlfriends. We stayed in a house on the ocean and basically just vegged out. There was a lot of talking and laughing (obviously, it was a house full of girls), a…
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I’m Korena: cook, baker, dirty-dishes-maker. My favourite things include flour, butter, sugar, and chocolate.
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