Around the Table: 52 Essays on Food & Life

<p><b>A <i>TIMES</i> BOOK OF THE YEAR</b><br /><br />'One of her finest books yet.' Bee Wilson, the <i>Sunday Times</i><br /><br /><b>'Diana Henry stands alongside Nigella Lawson and Nigel Slater as a writer whose prose is as nourishing as her recipes...Wonderful stuff." Tony Turnbull, <i>The Times</i></b><br /><b><br />'Diana Henry's food writing is a gift...I so loved reading this book. It is poignant, funny, and just plain great.' </b>Stanley Tucci<br /><b><br />'Lyrical...radiant...timeless. A dazzling collection.' </b>Nigel Slater<br /><br /><b>'Diana Henry is thrillingly alive to both the poetry and the practicalities of food, and reading her is a nourishing, resonant pleasure in itself.' </b>Nigella Lawson<br /><br /><b>'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.'</b><i> India Knight</i><br /><br /><b>'An all too rare blend of sensible and sensuous writing on food. Up there with Elizabeth David's <i>An Omelette and a Glass of Wine, </i>this book will last.' </b>Louise Kennedy, author of <i>Trespasses</i><br /><br /><b>'Diana writes like a dream' </b><i>Daily Mail</i><br /><br /><b>'The food writers' food writer' </b>Mark Diacono<br /><br /><br /><b>***</b><br /><br /><b><br />'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.'</b> Diana Henry<br /><br />For Diana's many admirers, her evocative writing about places, people and food brings just as much pleasure as her delicious recipes. <i>Around the Table</i> is a beautiful collection of some of Diana's very best essays, handpicked from more than two decades of her beloved cookbooks.<br /><br />Moving, funny and incisive, together these pieces form a memoir through food.</p>

Hardback | 320 pages | Published October 2025