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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S5.E8 Making Lemonade with Cristina from Limonista
In this episode I'm chatting with my online friend, Cristina, who has a Lemonade stand in her home state of Georgia. We talk about how she got started in the business, what her recipe is for perfect lemonade, her tips for starting up a small food business, and some funny customer stories.
You can follow her on Instagram @_Limonista.
And, if you're not already subscribed to my weekly newsletter on Substack (it's free!), you can do so here:
https://noreciperequired.substack.com/
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S5.E7. 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 I write content about food, wine, cooking, baking, and home economics.
In the newsletter, I recommended four wines - all Cabernet Sauvignon - from four different regions. So I thought it would be a good follow-up to taste the wines and give you my reviews.
Here are the wines in the order I reviewed them:
Submission Cabernet Sauvignon, California, $19.95 (on sale for $17.95 at the LCBO until the end of April) 14.5% / 7g/L
Peter Lehmann The Barossan Cabernet Sauvignon 2022, South Australia, $20.95 14.5% 4g/L
Zuccardi Q Cabernet Sauvignon 2021, Mendoza, Argentina, $20.95 14% 3g/L
Santa Carolina Reserva de Familia Cabernet Sauvignon, Maipo Valley, Chile, $19.95.
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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 the next, covering a total of about 11 kilometers!
We actually don't talk in much detail about the specific wines we drank, we focused more on the experience we had at each of the wineries. If you want to know what I bought while I was there, read my newsletter dated March 12.
Here are the wines that Cousin Jano purchased:
Hidden Bench, 2020 Rachis & Derma Skin Fermented Chardonnay, $30
Icellars 2017 Chardonnay, $40
Lailey 2022 Sparkling Rosé, $28
Stonebridge 2019 Chardonnay, $48
Two Sisters 2021 Riesling, $40
Two Sisters 2020 Unoaked Chardonnay, $40
Stratus 2006 White, $59
Stratus 2022 Riesling Ice Wine, $69 (375mL)
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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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