Return to Camdeboo: A Century’s Karoo Foods and Flavours Author: Eve Palmer
Return to Camdeboo: A Century’s Karoo Foods and Flavours
Return to Camdeboo: A Century’s Karoo Foods and Flavours (Collectible Softcover Edition)
An Intimate Social Memoir and Culinary Chronicle of Historic Karoo Farm Life
Bibliographic Specifications
- Title: Return to Camdeboo: A Century’s Karoo Foods and Flavours
- Author: Eve Palmer
- Publisher: Tafelberg Publishers Ltd, Cape Town
- Publication Date: 1992 (First Edition Cycle)
- ISBN-10: 0624031462
- Edition Details: Vintage Softcover Release. Intertwines botanical expertise with multi-generational culinary lore.
- Binding: Original publisher's premium illustrated card wrappers.
- Physical Format: Octavo (8vo), 311 pages. Complete with authentic traditional recipes and regional observations.
- Language: English.
Official Condition Report
- The Book: Very Good Plus (VG+)
- Exterior / Wraps: Outstanding aesthetic condition. The covers are exceptionally flat, bright, and square, exhibiting almost no measurable shelf or edge wear.
- Interior: Superb. Text block is perfectly bound, tight, and crisp. Internal pages are completely clean, bright, and free from kitchen oil stains, notes, or highlights.
- The Dust Jacket: Not Applicable (As Issued)
Synopsis & Historical Value
Return to Camdeboo is not simply a cookbook, but a vibrant cultural history of food. Spanning over a hundred years on the historic Cranemere farm situated on the Plains of Camdeboo, Eve Palmer chronicles the triumphs, hardships, and culinary heritage of her family since 1880. The text serves as an exquisite refuge from the modern fast-food world, documenting authentic seasonal recipes passed down through generations.
Author Profile: Eve Palmer
Eve Palmer (1916–1998) was an acclaimed South African author, journalist, and passionate botanist. Her landmark work, The Plains of Camdeboo (1966), brought her instant global acclaim. She dedicated her career to masterfully blending historical landscape research with deep personal prose.
return to camdeboo eve palmer, karoo foods and flavours, used collectible book, cranemere farm history, plains of camdeboo, traditional south african recipes, historical karoo memoir, tafelberg publishers out of print
