Journal
Home · Maker · 6 min read
The maker behind the stoneware bowls
Ellinor throws every bowl we sell in a converted stable in the Cape winelands, eleven at a time.
Food · Recipe · 5 min
The Five-Minute Herb Sauce
For roasted vegetables, sourdough, or eating straight from the spoon.
Food · Story · 7 min read
A sourdough starter, kept alive for three years
Fed twice a day, moved between three kitchens, and survived one unplugged fridge.
Home · Guide · 8 min read
Seasoning a Cast Iron Pan, Properly
The five-minute routine that keeps it non-stick for good.
Ideas for living · Story · 6 min read
A morning without a screen
Ten days of leaving the phone in another room until after coffee.
Food · Maker · Sicily
Marco Belfiore, Tenuta Belfiore
Three generations of one family, and the olive oil we pour most.
Body · Story · 2 min read
The bar of soap we keep buying again
Cold-pressed, unscented, wrapped in paper. Six ingredients, all on the label.
Home · Story · 5 min read
Five tools, and why the rest can go
A spoon, a knife, a cast iron pan, a juicer and measuring cups.
Food · Recipe · 30 min
Weeknight Lentils, Done Properly
One pot, thirty minutes, and better the next day.
Ideas for living · Guide · 6 min read
Starting a Windowsill Herb Garden
Three pots, one sunny sill, no experience needed.
Body · Guide · 5 min read
How we read an ingredient list
If we can't explain what an ingredient does, we don't stock it.
Home · Guide · 4 min read
Caring for Wooden Boards
Oil once a month, never the dishwasher.
Food · Story · 4 min read
What's actually in season this week
A running list of what's worth buying at the market right now.
Home · Guide · 3 min read
Cedar, sage, and a slow Sunday clean
The one hour a week that makes the rest of the house feel handled.
Body · Maker · Western Cape
Fynbos & Field
The small maker behind every product on our body shelf.
Food · Recipe · 25 min
Five-Ingredient Dinners for the Week Ahead
No new equipment, no long shopping list.
Food · Maker · Karoo
A beekeeper with forty hives
Where our wild honey comes from, and why there is never much of it.
Body · Story · 3 min read
A shorter hair shelf
Why we carry three hair products, not thirty.
Ideas for living · Guide · 5 min read
Reading a Farmer's Market Like a Local
What to ask, what to skip, and why the busiest stall is not always best.
Ideas for living · Places · 5 min read
A single estate in Sicily, in October
Harvest week at Tenuta Belfiore, from picking to pressing.
Home · Story · 4 min read
Materials we keep choosing
Cedar, stoneware and washed linen, and why they last.