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About Korena in the Kitchen

Hi! I'm Korena. I live in the Cowichan Valley on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada. I love to cook and I especially love to bake, and I’m happiest when I’m up to my elbows in flour and surrounded by butter, sugar, and eggs (and chocolate). My M.O. is real food, mostly from scratch, with fresh, local ingredients whenever I can get my hands on them. I spend an unreasonable amount of time thinking about food, so when I'm not working at my job in sport education, you can almost always find me in the kitchen, trying to turn those thoughts into reality. This fact is reflected on my blog, Korena in the Kitchen.

Grain Mill Wagon Experience: Baking with flour that I milled myself was immensely satisfying - it really brings the "from scratch" idea to a whole new level. I loved going to the bulk foods store and finding new grains to make into flour, and I look forward to experimenting with different varieties of wheat and other grains. I was happy to learn that freshly milled flour is also a totally different animal than commercial store-bought whole grain flour: it looks different, tastes different, smells different, and the things I baked with it were far superior to other whole grain items I've made in the past. Having my own grain mill isn't something I ever imagined, but I'm so glad I do and I plan on using it regularly!