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Breakfast

Poached Aloe

We’ve all heard of the miraculous feats that Aloe Vera performs on injured or sunburned skin, but did you know that Aloe is also edible? While you only really see it being sold as a juice in healthfood stores here, in Japan, it’s quite common to see it added to beverages and yogurt. It’s one [...]

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Peach Passion Granola

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Like most kids, I had fantasies of being an astronaut when I grew up, but for me, the excitement wasn’t about blasting off in a rocket, it wasn’t even about the spacewalks or weightlessness. I wanted to be a astronaut so I could eat freeze dried food all day! Those shiny foil pouches of tri-coloured [...]

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Buttermilk Banana Bread

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Like chocolate chip cookies, banana bread has adherents of several schools of thought. On one hand, there are those that believe that a good banana bread should be more like a bread: dense, slightly chewy and not very sweet. On the other end of the spectrum there are those that like a sweet, moist, cake-like [...]

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No Recipes vol. 4

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It’s been a weird week. Now that I don’t have a job to go to I thought I’d have a lot more time to work on the blog, but job hunting is a lot more time consuming than you’d think. I did manage to get a new template up for the blog after the last [...]

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5 tips for making perfect crêpes (recipe for crêpes with buttered apples)

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Making light, airy, evenly browned crêpes that are just a little crisp around the edges is no harder than making pancakes (I actually think is easier). Here are 5 tips to ensure things go smoothly. 5 tips for making perfect crêpes Refrigerate the batter for at least one hour. Gluten, a cross-linked chain of two [...]

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Cherry Vanilla Granola

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When someone says “granola” it conjures up images of a wholesome high-fiber breakfast cereal that’s widely considered healthy. The reality is that most store bought granola is loaded with sugar and fat and costs a fortune to boot. This version uses unprocessed rolled oats, wheat germ and grade B maple syrup as the sweetener. It’s [...]

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Daring Bakers: Danish braid with spicy strawberries and Lillet

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The thought of making a laminated dough has always terrified me which is why I have a handful of bakeries I like to frequent for buttery flaky baked goods such as croissants and danish pastries. So when I logged in to check out the June Challenge, I was a bit concerned. It’s a bit time [...]

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Cheesy fried green tomatoes

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I picked these green tomatoes up at the farmer’s market this weekend with every intention of turning them into a nice light tomato mint sorbet. Instead, I woke up Sunday morning with a hankerin’ fer some fried green ta’maters. I guess I should have known this was going to happen when I bought them, and [...]

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Welcome!

I'm Marc, and I don't cook with recipes. My goal is to teach you some basic techniques and give you the confidence and inspiration so that you can cook without recipes too!

leftovers
Skate with wine braised Cipollini and fennel

Yuzu Kosho (Yuzu Chili Paste)

Bak Kut Teh (Spare Rib Soup)

White Chocolate Chestnut Blondie

Crab and Bamboo Rice (Kani takikomi gohan)

Uni with Yuzu Gelée
The Wandering Cook
- The House in Hong Kong
  Walking through the doors of The Upper House, life slows down a beat or two. The minuscule lobby is more like a decompression chamber to shed a little energy before taking a serene ride up an escalator designed to mimic a row of torrii gates. There is no front desk in the traditional sense because […]
- Dueling Wontons
  When I mentioned on Twitter that I’d be heading to Hong Kong for a few days, the food recommendations came pouring in. Everyone had a favorite, but the one place I consistently heard as a must-go spot was Mak’s Noodle for their Wonton Noodles. It’s a third generation Hong Kong institution and while the one […]
- Fullerton Bay Hotel Feels Like Home
  As much as I love traveling, staying in hotels night after night gets tiresome quickly. It’s around this time that I crave the comforts of home: like knowing how to turn off the lights, having a dock for my iPhone, and waking up in a bed that doesn’t make my back hurt. This last trip […]