Food, Memory And Pleasure In Every Essay
This elegant collection gathers Diana Henry’s best food essays into a memoir through meals, places and ingredients. Funny, moving and deeply hungry-making, it explores how food connects us to history, geography and one another, making it perfect for readers who savour beautiful writing as much as cooking.
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Food, Memory And Pleasure In Every Essay
This elegant collection gathers Diana Henry’s best food essays into a memoir through meals, places and ingredients. Funny, moving and deeply hungry-making, it explores how food connects us to history, geography and one another, making it perfect for readers who savour beautiful writing as much as cooking.
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Diana Henry's food writing is a gift... I so loved reading this book. It is poignant, funny, and just plain great. Stanley Tucci. Lyrical... radiant... timeless. A dazzling collection. Nigel Slater. Diana Henry is thrillingly alive to both the poetry and the practicalities of food, and reading her is a nourishing, resonant pleasure in itself. Nigella Lawson. It is completely wonderful, rich, lyrical, moving and incredibly hungry-making - I couldn't recommend it more highly. In fact I can think of few better books, in any genre, to curl up with as the nights draw in. India Knight. An all too rare blend of sensible and sensuous writing on food. Up there with Elizabeth David's An Omelette and a Glass of Wine, this book will last. Louise Kennedy, author of Trespasses. Diana writes like a dream. Daily Mail. The food writers' food writer. Mark Diacono.
A table is where we eat and talk, where we connect... What and how we eat remains a source of constant fascination to me, as is how particular ingredients spread across the world. I want to make links and trace patterns. Food is about history, geography, our habits, imagination and how we relate to each other. Diana Henry.
For Diana's many admirers, her evocative writing about places, people and food brings just as much pleasure as her delicious recipes. Around the Table is a beautiful collection of some of Diana's very best essays, handpicked from more than two decades of her beloved cookbooks. Moving, funny and incisive, together these pieces form a memoir through food.
Ideal for readers who:
- Love food writing, essays and culinary memoir
- Enjoy reflections that connect ingredients, memory and place
- Like books shaped by kitchens, tables and travels
- Want warm, witty prose that leaves you hungry
- About The Author
- Diana Henry is one ofthe UK's best-loved food writers with sales of more than one million copies worldwide. She has a regular column in the Telegraph Magazine and has contributed to many other publications, including BBC Good Food and House & Garden. Her broadcast appearances include BBC Radio 4. Diana has won numerous awards for her journalism and books, including Cookery Journalist of the Year and Cookbook of the Year from the Guild of Food Writers; Cookery Writer of the Year and Cookery Book of the Year at the Fortnum & Mason Food and Drink Awards; Food Book of the Year at the André Simon Food & Drink Book Awards; and a James Beard award. She is the author of 13 books, including most recently Around the Table, hailed as 'a dazzling collection' by Nigel Slater. instagram.com/dianahenryfood
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- ISBN
- 9781846016004
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Mitchell Beazley, (02 October 2025)
- Number of Pages
- 320
- Weight
- 501 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 218 x 142 x 32 mm
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