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Carnet — our trip notebook, now an app. Every place below came out of it.
EST. 2011 · LONDON
Shack Life Quarterly
A food and travel notebook. Recipes we actually cook, places we actually went back to — and, being honest about the name, published nothing like quarterly.
RECIPE
SALADS · 35 MIN
Fig Salad
Praline for crunch, fried capers for salt, and more parmesan than seems reasonable, tossed over quartered figs.
Dave20 August 2026
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RECIPE · BAKING · GLUTEN FREE · GRAINS
Gluten Free Sourdough Bread
Five flours, no pulling and folding, and a loaf my husband can finally eat.
Theo · 20 February 2021
RECIPE · BAKING · GRAINS
How to Sourdough
Someone gave you a jar of starter and now you feel obliged. Equipment, fridge maintenance, a timeline that assumes you have a job.
RECIPE · DESSERTS · BAKING
Victim Cookies
Shortbread people, a toothpick, and red food colouring. Popular with hungry guests.
33 recipes in the index — sourdough to Halloween biscuits.
ALL RECIPESSTRAIGHT FROM THE CARNET
Chai Pascal
Saint-Émilion
Centre d'Art de la Photographie
Bergerac
The Beach House
La Chambre d'Amour, Anglet
ABOUT THE PLACES
Every place here is one we went to and rated in Carnet — verdict first, write-up only when it earns one. Nothing sponsored, nothing we didn't pay for.
Shack Life Quarterly
Theo & Dave · London · since 2011
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Carnet, the app