No Recipe Required with Lesley Taylor

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Cupcakes with Baked By Bean (Shana)
For this episode I did an on-site interview with Shana (nickname, "Bean") who is the owner and baker at a new cupcake shop in my neighbourhood of Leslieville (east-end Toronto) called Baked By Bean.She gave me her origin story, what brought her to Canada, her education and work experience, and how she finally got the courage to open up her own shop.Then we talk specifics about baking, some tips she has for home bakes, and we go deep into buttercream frosting (discussing it, not eating it.)Please follow Baked By Bean on Instagram and Tiktok. And please also follow me on Instagram, Facebook, and Substack (my weekly newsletter about food, wine, cooking, and baking.)
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Executive Chef and Restaurateur John Sinopoli
In this episode I had the honour and pleasure of speaking with a local Toronto Executive Chef and Restaurateur, John Sinopoli. John is the owner of the Ascari Group, currently operating the restaurant Abrielle, a coastal Mediterranean restaurant in the Sutton Place Hotel in Toronto.Besides sharing his experience and philosophy about food and wine, this episode is jam packed with John's tips on how home cooks can level up their cooking.Two sites John mentioned in this episode are Serious Eats and ChefSteps.As always, you can reach out to me by e-mail, or follow me on Instagram and Substack.
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Pizza with Tyler
In this episode, Tyler and I talk about all things pizza from the dough, to the sauce, the cheese, and pizza ovens. We have a few segues into other things related to pizza (including whether pineapple belongs on pizza) and some of our favourite pizza places.If you want Tyler's dough recipe, check out my most recent Substack post.Here are the links to a few of the books, products, and Instagram accounts we talked about (none of these are paid promotions):The Elements of Pizza with Ken Forkish (YouTube and Book)Pizza SteelPizza OvenDave's Pizza Oven on InstagramAl's Home Kitchen Pizzeria on InstagramToronto Mike'd Podcast
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S6.E2: Lesson Learned While Baking with Kids
This is another cross-over episode between the podcast and my Substack newsletter where ou can read about my cake baking escapades with my 10-year-old friend, Isla. We made a vanilla cake with strawberry cream cheese frosting.Link to SubstackLink to Vegan CakeYou can also follow me on Instagram @Noreciperequired.ca
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S6. E1. Canada vs. The World: Riesling Edition
You can read more about my wine tasting experiment in this week's Substack newsletter: https://open.substack.com/pub/noreciperequired/p/canada-vs-the-world-riesling To read and/or subscribe to my other food- and wine-related content, follow me on Substack, here: https://noreciperequired.substack.com/ The wines we tasted and reviewed were: Domaine St-Jacques, Riesling 2022, Vin du Québec (IGP), $23.70 Liebling Wines, Riesling 2022, VQA St. David’s Bench, Lingard Vineyard, $19.10 Studert-Prüm, Riesling Trocken 2023, Mosel, Germany, $15.60
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About No Recipe Required with Lesley Taylor

My name is Lesley and I’m an experienced home cook with a passion for food, wine and baking, and who isn’t afraid to take chances on making up random recipes on the fly. I’m here to help inspire you and give you the confidence to try new things, or put some spark into your old favourites. Most episodes I'll have a guest where we talk about cooking, baking, wine, and anything else food-related that strikes our fancy. Sometimes I'll go solo and share something I've been cooking up and share my no-recipe-recipe with you. Thanks for tuning in and... Let's get cooking!

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