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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. Each week I'll have a guest where we talk about cooking, baking, wine, and anything else food-related that strikes our fancy. Thanks for tuning in and... Let's get cooking!

Recent Episodes

April 12, 2024

Wine Review: 4 Cabernet Sauvignons

This is a companion episode to go along with my most recent Substack Newsletter on How To Choose A Wine . If you're a subscriber, that would have been in your inbox on Tuesday morning. It's free to subscribe and …

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March 29, 2024

S5.E6 Niagara Wine Tour with Cousin Jano

In this episode, Cousin Jano and I talk about our recent trip down to the Niagara region for a wine tour. We visited six wineries over two days, and on the second day we actually walked from one winery to …

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March 4, 2024

S5.E5. Lisa Dickie of Dickie's Cooking School

In this episode I chat with Lisa Dickie of Dickie's Cooking School in the east end of Toronto. We talk about how she got started, the kinds of programs she offers, and also about our (mutual) philosophies around cooking with …

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Feb. 16, 2024

S5.E4. One Grape, Two Regions

This is a cross-over episode with content from my most recent Substack newsletter. If you're not already subscribed and following me there, here is the link . The two Syrah/Shiraz wines I'm talking about in this episode are: ...

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Jan. 12, 2024

S4.E3 The Mini-Episode Update

Just a quick update on what's new in the No Recipe Required world! Here's the link to subscribe to my weekly newsletter on Substack (contrary to what I said in the episode, there is no "dot CA" in my account …

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Jan. 5, 2024

S5. E2. The Random Episode with Leo Troy (part 2)

No notes... just listen to the randomness of this episode. And if you're reading this and can tell me how many times I used the word "random" in my intro and outro, maybe I'll have a prize for you!

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