Sourdough Bread – 4 Loaf Family Bake
Here’s a simple home sourdough bread recipe which will make four large loaves in one go. Great for busy people who like sourdough every day.
Category Archives: Food
Food and travel go together in our journey. Whether it’s finding that superb little back alley restaurant, or exploring something new at home. Perhaps a dish we haven’t cooked before, or a new restaurant or caoffee shop.
We sometimes help out with Brett’s Own Brews’ mobile coffee business, which can take us to some interesting spots.
Home cooking, food festivals, braais, all feature in our lives.
And, of course, don’t forget the sourdough bread baking – one of my hobbies.
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Baking a Simple Loaf of Bread at Home (Sourdough)
Making a simple loaf of bread at home. We’re in lockdown and many are trying to home bake bread. It seems complicated. It’s easy! Read on…
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Simple Sourdough Bread – a Journey
A simple sourdough bread. Home baking sourdough bread looks complicated, but anyone can make it at home, fitting into your lifestyle.
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The Falkland Arms for Lunch- Great Tew
The Falkland Arms Pub in Great Tew, Oxfordshire. Being in Great Tew, we dropped into the Falkland arms for a Saturday light lunch. Good plan!
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Coffee at Holistic Harborough
We tag along with Bretts Own Brews’ “Betty” mobile coffee shop at Holistic Harborough in The Square at Market Harborough.
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Coffee and Good Food – A 3 County Saturday
Call it a tour of the neighbourhood. It started out as a quick drive to check out a bakery and have some coffee. It ended up as a three county tour, featuring coffee and good […]
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Maybe It’s Spring – First Braai of the Year
Who knows what the English weather is doing. Who cares. A bit of sun and there’s a braai on the go, with homemade boerewors and plenty more.
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Flight Deck Cafe – Good Food and Aeroplanes
Like light aircraft and food? Close to Towcester, in South Northants is the Flight Deck Cafe at Turweston Aerodrome. Well worth a visit.
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A Sunday Roast in your Hand – Yorkshire Burrito
Street food is great. Feeling hungry at Camden Market and there is a great selection. But what is a Yorkshire Burrito?
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Breakfast at the Green Room in Brackley
The Green Room in Brackley is a popular local spot for a coffee or a meal. We enjoy their breakfast (brunch, perhaps at midday?).
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Caught My Eye: Coffee and Black Ops
Coffee and Black Ops. Love a GOOD cup of coffee to start the day, especially filtered. But a coffee called Black Ops does worry me a bit!
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Weald Smokery – Great Lunch Stop
We found the Weald Smokery, at Flimwell in Sussex, by accident, on a road trip, and enjoyed an excellent smoked fish meal.
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Bunny Chow – A Durban Speciality
Bunny Chow – a speciality of the Durban area of kwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. Have to have a bunny if I go to Durban. But there’s nothing to say i can’t make one at home in the UK.
And there are no bunny rabbits involved!
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Boerewors on the Braai (Even in the English Winter)
It may be winter. It may be in England. The sun came out and we just had to have a boerewors braai. More to the point the boerewors was supplied by our local English butcher.
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Golden Coffee Mug
A Golden Coffee Mug On Holiday in Mozambique. It’s Christmas and I have my camera (why wouldn’t I?). There’s just one problem. The sun rises at 4:30 a.m. I didn’t make too many morning golden […]
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That Was 2017
That was 2017. A busy and fun year for us. Here it is, all summed up in glorious Colour photos. Have a look at the blog for the bigger stories.
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Hermanus Wine Hoppers
Hermanus is not just about the sea and whales. There’s a thriving wine industry in the area. Join Hermanus Wine Hoppers for some wine tasting.
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Burgundy Restaurant Hermanus
Breakfast under a tree in Hermanus with a view of the bay. A memory from a 2010 visit, repeated with friends in 2017.
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Bientang’s Cave Hermanus
I had heard about Bientang’s Cave Restaurant in Hermanus in South Africa’s Western Cape. I finally had the chance to eat there. Read about it here.
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Braai Time – First Braai of 2016
It’s braai time. A barbecue if you are not southern African, but one way or another an excuse to enjoy an al-fresco lunch cooked over burning charcoal.
