Home Cooking

Home Cooking is Herman Lensing’s sixth cookbook and follows the highly successful Dit Proe Soos Huis, published in 2019 and 2020 winner of the SA Boekprys best nonfiction title. Home Cooking tells the story – in his own words – of Herman’s 34 years. Unlike his previous books, this one also sees him sharing friends’ recipes, as well as many he discovered during his journeys throughout South Africa. There are more than 80 recipes, from breakfast to main courses, from side dishes to meat dishes, from cakes, biscuits and rusks to desserts (such as trifle, ice cream and even bazaar pudding). Each chapter reflects Herman’s love of food and people, accompanied by entertaining anecdotes. The recipes are totally unpretentious, featuring ingredients that are available anywhere in the country. Home Cooking invites you into Herman’s kitchen, to prepare food anyone can cook.

Herman Lensing grew up in Upington in the Northern Cape. He qualified as a chef from the Institute of Culinary Arts (ICA) in Stellenbosch, and was appointed food editor of SARIE magazine at the tender age of 22. Herman is a well known TV personality due to his popular series such as Inspirasiekos met SARIE, Okkasie Inspirasie, Dit proe soos huis, Herman se mikro-geheime and Herman se kortpaaie. He has won the sought-after Galliova award for South Africa’s top food writer in 2010 and 2017, and a SAFTA for Dit proe soos huis. Home Cooking is his sixth cookbook and is also available in Afrikaans as Huiskos. His other cookbooks are Voorskoot, Nóg ’n voorskoot, In my kitchen, 30 and Dit Proe Soos Huis, all best sellers.