The Cape Kitchen by Mary Alexander Cook

Stellenbosch Museum, South Africa. Hard Cover. Book Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Early Edition. 4to. 112 pp. Numerous b/w photographs. Book and D/J have some minor shelf wear along edges and previous owner’s name and book plate appear on the inside front cover. Foxing on the ffep but the rest of the book is bright and clean. Overall a very good, attractive and clean second hand copy. Since the earliest days the kitchen has been the heart of the home. In many primitive dwellings the whole house simply grew round the kitchen hearth. Here, for the first time, a well-known writer and cultural historian describes the old kitchens of the Cape: how they were built and fitted out.