Gourmet Hideaways of Southern Africa by Lannice Snyman, Andrzej Sawa
Gourmet Hideaways of Southern Africa: An Undiscovered Cuisine (First Edition Hardcover Release)
A Spectacular, Visual and Gastronomic Journey Through the Elite Estates, Game Lodges, and Flavours of the Subcontinent
A Spectacular, Visual and Gastronomic Journey Through the Elite Estates, Game Lodges, and Flavours of the Subcontinent
Bibliographic Specifications
- Title: Gourmet Hideaways of Southern Africa: An Undiscovered Cuisine
- Author: Lannice Snyman (Photography by Andrzej Sawa)
- Publisher: S&S Publishers, Cape Town
- Publication Date: 2000
- ISBN-10: 0620259248
- ISBN-13: 9780620259248
- Edition Details: First Edition, First Printing.
- Binding: Original publisher's premium high-gloss pictorial laminated hardcover boards, issued without a dust jacket.
- Physical Format: Large Quarto (A4/Tall 4to), 160 pages. Lavishly produced on heavy art-grade stock, showcasing full-colour architectural landscapes, interior styling spreads, and fine-dining plating.
- Language: English
Official Condition Report
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The Book: Very Good Plus (VG+)
o Exterior / Boards: The original high-gloss pictorial laminated boards are exceptionally flat, square, and structurally rigid. The front and rear panels display brilliant colour fidelity with only very slight, micro-minimal signs of shelf wear or superficial storage friction along the corners and spine tips. The spine is perfectly straight, tight, completely unbroken, and entirely undamaged.
o Interior: The text block is robustly bound, tight, and immaculately preserved. Internal pages, culinary layouts, and high-fidelity photographs are clean, clear, crisp, and fully intact. Entirely free of standard kitchen grease marks, food stains, user highlighting, handwritten notes, previous owner inscriptions, or dog-ears. This heavy volume has clearly been meticulously maintained and looked after thus far. -
The Dust Jacket: Not Applicable (As Issued)
o Description: Published explicitly as a durable, premium laminated hardcover coffee-table book intended to withstand light handling, this edition was never issued with a separate paper dust jacket.
Synopsis & Corporate Value
Published in October 2000 during the height of the African Renaissance, Gourmet Hideaways of Southern Africa is a monumental, large-format culinary and cultural masterwork. Curated by the legendary Lannice Snyman and captured through the lens of world-class photographer Andrzej Sawa, this exquisite volume celebrates the spectacular, untapped hospitality landscape of the subcontinent. The authors construct an elite travelogue featuring a select group of Southern Africa's most prestigious hotels, country houses, guesthouses, and game lodges—spanning timeless icons like the Grande Roche, Spier, Singita, Coach House, and the Shangana Cultural Village. Showcasing some 250 retested, foolproof recipes that seamlessly range from rustic comfort to formal elegance, each fine-dining dish is masterfully paired with an appropriate premium South African wine. Enhanced by nostalgic architectural histories and evocative travel writing, this scarce out-of-print first edition stands as an investment-grade cornerstone for collectors of Africana heritage, viticulture reference libraries, and high-end gastronomy.
Published in October 2000 during the height of the African Renaissance, Gourmet Hideaways of Southern Africa is a monumental, large-format culinary and cultural masterwork. Curated by the legendary Lannice Snyman and captured through the lens of world-class photographer Andrzej Sawa, this exquisite volume celebrates the spectacular, untapped hospitality landscape of the subcontinent. The authors construct an elite travelogue featuring a select group of Southern Africa's most prestigious hotels, country houses, guesthouses, and game lodges—spanning timeless icons like the Grande Roche, Spier, Singita, Coach House, and the Shangana Cultural Village. Showcasing some 250 retested, foolproof recipes that seamlessly range from rustic comfort to formal elegance, each fine-dining dish is masterfully paired with an appropriate premium South African wine. Enhanced by nostalgic architectural histories and evocative travel writing, this scarce out-of-print first edition stands as an investment-grade cornerstone for collectors of Africana heritage, viticulture reference libraries, and high-end gastronomy.
Author Profile: Lannice Snyman & Andrzej Sawa
Lannice Snyman (1947–2010) and Andrzej Sawa were indisputably South Africa’s foremost food writing, styling, and photographic team during the golden era of local publishing. Snyman, a highly celebrated culinary consultant, publisher, and longtime editor of the Eat Out guide, spent her career championing the diverse roots of regional cooking. Sawa, an internationally acclaimed photojournalist and master photographer, brought her vision to life through unmatched ambient-light styling. Together under their independent S&S Publishers imprint, they co-authored a succession of award-winning, globally recognized milestones, including Rainbow Cuisine, Reflections of the South African Table, and Braai: In Style. Their collective work is widely revered by culinary historians and academics alike as the definitive primary record of modern South African social and gastronomic identity.
Lannice Snyman (1947–2010) and Andrzej Sawa were indisputably South Africa’s foremost food writing, styling, and photographic team during the golden era of local publishing. Snyman, a highly celebrated culinary consultant, publisher, and longtime editor of the Eat Out guide, spent her career championing the diverse roots of regional cooking. Sawa, an internationally acclaimed photojournalist and master photographer, brought her vision to life through unmatched ambient-light styling. Together under their independent S&S Publishers imprint, they co-authored a succession of award-winning, globally recognized milestones, including Rainbow Cuisine, Reflections of the South African Table, and Braai: In Style. Their collective work is widely revered by culinary historians and academics alike as the definitive primary record of modern South African social and gastronomic identity.
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