About Since Bread

Who we are

Since Bread is a peppy and playful food publication. Here you’ll find comforting recipes, well researched articles and interviews with culinary experts. The idea is simple: with just a little direction, anyone can make damn delicious home cooked meals, because great food shouldn’t be reserved for a fortunate few. With the help of chefs, scientists, and nutrition experts, we aim to feed you the next best thing since sliced bread. Let’s get cooking! 

What we stand for

  • In a time where thumb-sucking information is flowing like molded cucumber salads in the 80’s, we aim to provide you with content that is well researched and backed up with the necessary evidence. We put in a lot of effort interviewing experienced food experts to find reliable answers to our questions.

  • We value food for what it is… Food! Nothing too fancy, but good quality and delicious food. It is what it is: Sometimes very messy and on certain occasions more prim and proper. We show food in the context where it is enjoyed most: In the company of our loved ones, filled with tears of laughter.

  • We don’t believe there is such a thing as a guilty pleasure when it comes to food. Why do you need to feel guilty about a dish or ingredient that you really enjoy? You put that slice of processed cheese on your toasted sandwich with self-confidence and enjoy it!

  • We don’t believe there is such a thing as “the most authentic recipe or cooking method”. Who decides that? Yes, there are some very interesting historical guidelines as to what basic ingredients to use to label a recipe as a bolognese for example. Over the years so many different versions of bolognese have been developed. Let’s not argue about whose recipe is more authentic and the “real deal”. People evolve and so do their eating habits.

  • Yes, sometimes we are going to break the rules of stiff upper lip culinary traditions and have enjoyable and open-minded discussions about it.

  • In the end, we are all just here together on earth trying to find ways to enjoy our short lives. Food is one way of doing it. Let the fun begin and let’s find the next best thing Since (sliced) Bread.

Recipe development, testing and measurements

At Since Bread, one of our aims is to empower home cooks with the necessary skill sets and knowledge to cook delicious meals. Life is simply too short to have a bad meal or waste ingredients. As part of our recipe development process, we consult reputable books, scientific journals and culinary experts to make sure we publish the tastiest and fool-proof version of a recipe.

We make use of crosstesters to make sure the recipe works. We ask inexperienced and experienced home cooks to try our recipes and consider their feedback before publishing a recipe.

When it comes to measuring ingredients, we make use of milliliters, grams and ounces. We try to avoid cups and tablespoons. If you want consistent results every time you cook a specific recipe, we recommend using a kitchen scale. If you’re not that serious about consistency, use measuring cups and spoons. We will always give measurements in milliliters, because 1 cup in the UK is 10 ml more than 1 cup in the US. Would the 10 ml make a difference? In some cases, yes. Also, inexperienced home cooks or first-timers might interpret 1 cup as 1 teacup for example. Your teacup may only take 180 ml of water, but you actually need 250 ml.

When we deviate from using milliliters, there’s a good reason. For example, uncooked store-bought spaghetti will be indicated in grams and ounces, because one simply can’t fit spaghetti into measuring cups. Some recipes, e.g. macarons, also just lead to more successful results if you measure all your ingredients with a kitchen scale.

Meet our founder and editor-in-chief

Hannes Kruger is a super curious journalist, food photographer and food enthusiast. He worked as a journalist at Media24 (owned by Naspers) before embarking on his food journey. Prior to that he studied an undergraduate degree in communication studies and psychology, a postgraduate degree in journalism, as well as psychological counseling.

He eats and cooks a lot of eastern food. He did extensive tours to India, Malaysia, Thailand, China (lived there for two years), Singapore, the Philippines and Vietnam with only two questions: What do you cook here and how do you cook it?

However, he grew up with western classics, trying to master the art of baking and basic cooking techniques from a very young age. He challenges himself with very challenging recipes and techniques every week and will share that with our readers.

Complaints and corrections

We are dedicated to publishing content that is accurate, fair and balanced. However, mistakes do happen. All factual errors must be corrected and those corrections will always be communicated to our readers. Please send us an email to complaints@sincebread.com if you have any complaints about factual errors and/or unfair content.

Write for us

We are always looking for new recipe developers and article writers. Keen? Send us an email to editor@sincebread.com and then we take it from there.

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