You Lets Cook 1 by Niehaus, Carmen
You Let's Cook 1 (First Edition Hardcover Release - As Issued Without Dust Jacket)
The Quintessential, Time-Honoured Compendium of Traditional South African Home Cookery
The Quintessential, Time-Honoured Compendium of Traditional South African Home Cookery
Bibliographic Specifications
- Title: You Let's Cook 1 (Favourite Dishes from the Cookery Pages of YOU Magazine)
- Author: Carmen Niehaus
- Publisher: Human & Rousseau (Pty) Ltd, Cape Town / Pretoria
- Publication Date: 1991
- ISBN-10: 0798128186
- ISBN-13: 9780798128186
- Edition Details: First Edition, First Printing.
- Binding: Original publisher's premium high-gloss pictorial laminated hardcover boards, issued without a dust jacket.
- Physical Format: Octavo (8vo), 224 pages. Fully cross-referenced with dedicated ingredient indices, metric conversion matrices, and thematic meal layouts.
- 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 flawless. The panels display brilliant, unblemished colour retention with only micro-minimal, superficial shelf wear or light rubbing along the boundary edges. The spine is perfectly straight, tight, unbroken, and completely undamaged.
o Interior: The text block is robustly bound, tight, and immaculately preserved. Internal pages are exceptionally clean, clear, crisp, and fully intact. Entirely free of standard culinary stains, grease marks, user highlighting, previous owner recipe notations, name stamps, or dog-ears. This copy has clearly been meticulously maintained and looked after thus far. -
The Dust Jacket: Not Applicable (As Issued)
o Description: This edition was published explicitly with a durable, wipe-clean laminated hardcover frontispiece and was never issued with a paper dust jacket.
Synopsis & Corporate Value
Published in 1991, You Let's Cook 1 is the definitive, landmark compilation of the most beloved domestic recipes ever contributed to the legendary cookery pages of YOU magazine. Meticulously curated and tested by the iconic South African culinary editor Carmen Niehaus in the historic YOU test kitchen, this volume serves as a brilliant bridge between beginner home chefs and seasoned culinary artists. The text is packed with thousands of easy-to-follow, delicious dishes contributed by everyday readers from across every corner of South Africa, alongside highly practical kitchen hints and timeless food preparation tips. A nostalgic and scarce first-edition hardcover, this volume stands as an indispensable primary record of South Africa’s shared culinary heritage, celebrated for its robust, reliable, and deeply comforting approach to everyday family dining.
Published in 1991, You Let's Cook 1 is the definitive, landmark compilation of the most beloved domestic recipes ever contributed to the legendary cookery pages of YOU magazine. Meticulously curated and tested by the iconic South African culinary editor Carmen Niehaus in the historic YOU test kitchen, this volume serves as a brilliant bridge between beginner home chefs and seasoned culinary artists. The text is packed with thousands of easy-to-follow, delicious dishes contributed by everyday readers from across every corner of South Africa, alongside highly practical kitchen hints and timeless food preparation tips. A nostalgic and scarce first-edition hardcover, this volume stands as an indispensable primary record of South Africa’s shared culinary heritage, celebrated for its robust, reliable, and deeply comforting approach to everyday family dining.
Author Profile: Carmen Niehaus
Carmen Niehaus is one of the most highly celebrated, influential, and respected culinary authorities and food writers in South African history. For nearly three decades, she served as the legendary Food Editor for both Huisgenoot and YOU magazines, shaping the daily dining habits and domestic traditions of millions of households across the nation. Renowned for her rigorous recipe testing and exceptionally accessible narrative pace, Niehaus has authored more than a dozen bestselling cookbooks, including the iconic multi-volume Winning Recipes and Let's Cook series, Top 500 Recipes, and her definitive guides to traditional South African Potjiekos and Braais. Her literature is widely regarded by culinary scholars and vintage book collectors as a cornerstone of modern South African social and gastronomic history.
Carmen Niehaus is one of the most highly celebrated, influential, and respected culinary authorities and food writers in South African history. For nearly three decades, she served as the legendary Food Editor for both Huisgenoot and YOU magazines, shaping the daily dining habits and domestic traditions of millions of households across the nation. Renowned for her rigorous recipe testing and exceptionally accessible narrative pace, Niehaus has authored more than a dozen bestselling cookbooks, including the iconic multi-volume Winning Recipes and Let's Cook series, Top 500 Recipes, and her definitive guides to traditional South African Potjiekos and Braais. Her literature is widely regarded by culinary scholars and vintage book collectors as a cornerstone of modern South African social and gastronomic history.
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