Every recipe on Borderless Cooking comes from a different corner of the world, and every one is written for an ordinary home kitchen. Pick a cuisine below, scroll through our newest dishes, or start with the one you have been craving since your last holiday.
We test every dish in a small kitchen with a normal frying pan, a pot and an air fryer. When a recipe needs something special, we say so at the top, next to the ingredients and tools that are only nice to have.
Browse by cuisine
Asian Recipes
Sichuan heat, Japanese rice and Chinese home cooking, adapted for a frying pan instead of a wok.
Western Recipes
Spanish paella, Italian pasta and other European classics, with notes on what to swap if your supermarket doesn’t stock it.
Air Fryer Recipes
Crispy results without heating a whole oven, from flaky pastry to golden vegetables.
Latest recipes
New dishes go online every few weeks. Each one lists the ingredients and tools you really need first, so you can see in a few seconds whether you can cook it tonight. Click a photo or a title to open the full recipe, with exact amounts for every step.
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Mapo Tofu Recipe in a Normal Frying Pan, Ready in 25 Minutes
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Portuguese Egg Tarts: Easy Air Fryer Recipe with 4 Ingredients
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Chinese Eggplant Recipe Without Deep Frying, Ready in 25 Minutes
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Spaghetti Carbonara Recipe in Five Ingredients and One Rule
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10 Most Underrated Kitchen Tools You’ll Wish You Bought Sooner
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Seafood Paella Recipe You Can Make in a Normal Frying Pan
How to pick your next dish
Choosing what to cook from a list of countries can feel like too much choice. These three questions help us decide, and they work for most dishes on this site.
- Start with a memory. A dish you ate on holiday or at a friend’s table is easier to cook, because you already know how it should taste.
- Check the must-have list first. Every recipe starts with the ingredients and tools you really need. If you already have them, you can cook tonight.
- Look at the time. Weeknight dishes like carbonara are on the table in about 20 minutes. Save slower dishes, such as paella for guests, for the weekend.
- Cook it twice. The first time you follow the recipe exactly. The second time you know where to add more garlic, chilli or lemon, and the dish starts to become yours.
Once a dish becomes a favourite, that is the moment to think about a tool that makes it easier. Until then, cook with what is already in your kitchen.
Not sure which tools you need?
Our free one-page checklist shows the must-have tools for ten dishes from around the world, so you can see at a glance what is worth buying and what can wait.