I just got volume #1 on the mail! Time to liveblog the crap out of it!
The real cover is just a green lineart of the official cover with a grey title and no words on it, with a small 'Yukihira' icon marked on the back. On the protection cover there's a message from both artist and writer, with the writer being represented by a cartoon of a guy with a curly hair and a small mark on his big-nosed face and the artist by a cup with some African-style antelopes painted on it.
Being just the basic volume 1 (not an enhanced tankobon or anything), there are few gimmicks in this, no color pages or anything; just chapters 1-4, the original pilot chapter, and the short story about Souma's customer friend. I'll try to transcribe this last part right now...
"Bangaihen" [Kurase-san no Nikki]
"Extra chapter" [Ms. Kurase's Diary]
"Mayu- anta mo iku desho?"
"Mayu- are you coming too?"
Mayumi: "Ryouri taiketsu?" [Kurase Mayumi]
Mayumi: "A cooking showdown?" [Mayumi Kurase]
"Oyaji-san to shoubu suru kara shinsashite hashiindatte sa" "Anta Yukihiranchi itta koto nakatta yo wa?"
"Since the old man's dueling, we're gonna need a referee." "Could you come over to Yukihira's?"
Mayumi: "Cho- oishii ryouri ga taberarerushi konakya son da yo!"
Mayumi: "Wai- you know I'm weak to eating delicious food!"
Mayumi: 'Yukihira-kun no ouchikaa...'
Mayumi: 'Yukihira's house...'
Souma: "Ah! Kurase mo kita no ka!"
Souma: "Ah! Kurase just arrived!"
Mayumi: "O-ojamashimasu!"
Mayumi: "E-excuse me!"
Souma: "Kyou wa yoroshiku tanomu wa-"
Souma: "I hope you have fun today-"
Mayumi: 'Yukihira-kun to wa youchien kara issho deshita ka' 'Anmari hanashita koto wa arimasen'
Mayumi: 'I've known Yukihira ever since kindergarten.' 'We never really talked very much.'
Mayumi: 'Jisaku no obentou wo tomodachi ni tabesasete ookinakisasetari'
Mayumi: 'His homemade meals could make his classmates cry so much.'
Classmate: "BYAAAA" "MAZUI-"
Classmate: "WAAAAH" "IT'S AWFUL-"
Souma: "Ahahaha mazui darou? Tsugi wa kore kutteminayo"
Souma: "Ahahaha, it's awful? Next one's for everyone!"
Teacher: "Koraa Souma-kun!!"
Teacher: "Hey Souma-kun!!"
Mayumi: 'Itsuno mani ka kyoushoku no oba-chan no majidde itari'
Mayumi: 'Before I knew it, he was helping the cantina lady at school.'
Souma: "Mou choi usuaji no hou ga ii ka...?"
Souma: "I wonder if it should be this bland...?"
Cooking lady: "Atashyaane ano ko no ichimoku oiterundayo"
Cooking lady: "I wonder if I should follow that boy's decision..."
Teacher: "Iya mazui desu yo seito ni chourisaseta!"
Teacher: "No! It's a bad idea to let the students cook!"
Mayumi: 'Nandaka itsumo sugoi koto shiteru miteru dakedeshita'
Mayumi: 'For some reason, I started liking him when I learned more about him.'
Mayumi: 'Yukihira-kun no ouchi wa teishokuya-san de' 'Zuutto sono otetsudai wo shiterunda sou desu'
Mayumi: 'Yukihira's father was a daily dish cooker.' 'I learned that he had been his assistant this whole time.'
Mayumi: 'Kore to itta tokugi mo shumi mo nakute jimi na watashi kara suru to' 'Mou pro no sekai ni iru nante souzou mo dekinakute'
Mayumi: 'While I'm just a plain and quiet girl with no skills or hobbies' 'who can't even imagine what it's like to try to become a professional...'
Souma: "Oagari yo-"
Souma: "It's done-"
Mayumi: 'Hontou ni sugoi te' 'Omoundesu' 'Oishii...!'
Mayumi: 'It's really cool,' 'honorable,' 'tasty...!'
[Suuhungo]
[A few minutes later]
"Honto ni shimatteru..."
"It really closed..."
Classmate: "Oyaji-san wa kaigai de Yukihira mo ryou ni hairu rashiikara na" "Nihonichi sugee ryourigakkou nandaro?"
Classmate: "The old man went abroad, and Yukihira left to join some kinda" "fancy-pants Japan's best cooking school?"
"Aa Yukihira ni kyuugyousaretara bukatsugaeri dokode meshikueba iinda"
"Ahh, if Yukihira's closed then I guess we'll need to find a new place to eat at."
"Aitsu no gamble shinkikuryouri sura ima to natte wa koishii na..."
"I'm even gonna miss his terribly unlucky meals from now no..."
"Mayu- iku yo"
"Mayu- c'mon!"
Mayumi: "Ma-matte-"
Mayumi: "W-wait up-"
Mayumi: "Koukou mo issho dattara yokatta no ni na..."
Maymi: "I'd still have liked to go to the same class as you..."
Mayumi: 'Yukihira-kun wo zutto miteta koto-'
Mayumi: 'I've been watching Yukihira all this time-'
'Soshite ano geso no fuumi ga hon no sukoshi kimochi yokatta koto wa'
'And that tentacle's flavor made me feel a little good,'
'Dare ni mo iemasen deshita'
'not that I told anyone.'
Mayumi: 'Watashi koto henna kana...'
Mayumi: 'I feel kinda weird...'
Translation comes soon, but well, seems like our one chapter/cover wonder has a crush on Souma to me! (...or Soma. Urgh, i don't like *that* version...)
EDITED TO ADD that I translated this thing. Seems like she fell in love by eating the Peanut Butter Sex Tentacle.
...wow.