Five Spice Duck Ragù

February 14, 2010
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Humans have been migrating all over the world for tens of thousands of years, first on foot, then by caravan, and eventually across vast oceans on ships. This was at a time when much of the world was unknown and most couldn’t comprehend what lie more than a day’s travel from their homes. Migrations [...]

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Beef Bourguignon Recipe (video)

February 9, 2010
Beef Bourguignon Recipe

One of my goals with NoRecipes is to show you how to make restaurant quality meals that a person who works full time can make. This means taking shortcuts where it won’t be noticed while taking the “scenic route” where it counts. When it comes to stocks, I reserve homemade stock for dishes like clear [...]

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Japanese Curry Rice Recipe (video)

February 8, 2010
Japanese Curry Rice from Scratch

One of the great things about cooking without recipes is it leaves you free to add different ingredients and experiment, this keeps an old favourite new and interesting even after you’ve had it for the umpteenth time. Some might call this inconsistency, but for me there’s no such thing as a “best recipe”, because my [...]

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Kimchi Pasta Recipe

February 2, 2010
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In our household, when I’m feeling lazy, or the refrigerator is running low on fresh ingredients, we invariably turn to pasta to ease our minds and fill our bellies. There’s nothing fancy about pasta, but it provides a blank canvas onto which you can unleash your creativity and pantry staples. As a matter of fact, [...]

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New Look & Zen of Peeling a Mango

January 31, 2010
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What began a project to make this website load faster ended up turning into a weekend project to totally redo the framework this website is built on. I ended up scrapping my custom theme and buying a copy of Thesis, which I’d recommend to anyone looking for a highly customizable Wordpress Theme. I’ve also added [...]

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Kedgeree

January 26, 2010
Kedgeree recipe

Like a collection of gaudy heirlooms and brik-a-brak from a by-gone era, I have a hidden stash of yellowed and food speckled scraps of paper with recipes scrawled on them. Many of the recipes are tied to specific memories from my formative years, and though the aromas and flavors have long faded from my leaky [...]

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Black Braised Pork Belly (video)

January 24, 2010
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I’m often asked why this blog is called No Recipes, when I post recipes to almost everything I make. In case you were wondering the same thing, the title refers to my predilection to just wing it, using ingredients that I have in the fridge. Still, it’s always been my intention to help you break [...]

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Moving On & How to Peel a Kiwi

January 23, 2010
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After nearly 3 years of monogamy to No Recipes, I’ve started posting around… on two other blogs. One of them, is ReadyMade, one of my favourite blogs. If you’re not familiar with them, they’re a bi-monthly magazine, brimming with useful craft, culinary and decor projects that anyone can do. The other, is with a travel [...]

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