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Food

What we eat, drink,
and keep in the pantry.

Ingredients we reach for more than once, recipes we go back to, and the people who grow and make what ends up on the table.

A jar of sourdough starter on a kitchen counter
Pantry
The long read01

A sourdough starter, kept alive for three years.

It's been fed twice a day, travelled between three kitchens, and survived one very close call in a fridge that got unplugged for a weekend.

It's called Beryl. This is what we've learned from keeping her alive.

Pantry

Currently on the shelf.

Drinks

What we're drinking this month.

A short, changing list. Nothing here is a permanent product line — just what's in the fridge and cupboard right now.

01

Ginger kombucha

Brewed in small batches by a producer two towns over. Sharp, not sweet.

02

Loose rooibos

Unblended, from a single farm in the Cederberg. No flavouring needed.

03

Cold-brew, no sugar

Steeped for eighteen hours. We've stopped needing anything in it.

Producers

The people growing and making what we carry.

A grower in an olive grove

Sicily · Olive oil

The grower behind our olive oil

Beehives in a field

Western Cape · Honey

The beekeeper behind our honey

Salt pans at low tide

West Coast · Salt

Where our salt is harvested

The weekly good list

A short list of what's good this week.

One email, roughly weekly, with what we're eating, buying, and cooking.