{"product_id":"around-the-table-52-essays-on-food-life","title":"Around the Table: 52 Essays on Food \u0026 Life","description":"\u0026lt;p\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;A \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;TIMES\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; BOOK OF THE YEAR\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;'One of her finest books yet.' Bee Wilson, the \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Sunday Times\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;'Diana Henry stands alongside Nigella Lawson and Nigel Slater as a writer whose prose is as nourishing as her recipes...Wonderful stuff.\" Tony Turnbull, \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;The Times\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;'Diana Henry's food writing is a gift...I so loved reading this book. It is poignant, funny, and just plain great.' \u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;Stanley Tucci\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;'Lyrical...radiant...timeless. A dazzling collection.' \u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;Nigel Slater\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;'Diana Henry is thrillingly alive to both the poetry and the practicalities of food, and reading her is a nourishing, resonant pleasure in itself.' \u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;Nigella Lawson\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;'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.'\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt; India Knight\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;'An all too rare blend of sensible and sensuous writing on food. Up there with Elizabeth David's \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;An Omelette and a Glass of Wine, \u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;this book will last.' \u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;Louise Kennedy, author of \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Trespasses\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;'Diana writes like a dream' \u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Daily Mail\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;'The food writers' food writer' \u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;Mark Diacono\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;***\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;b\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;'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.'\u0026lt;\/b\u0026gt; Diana Henry\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;For Diana's many admirers, her evocative writing about places, people and food brings just as much pleasure as her delicious recipes. \u0026lt;i\u0026gt;Around the Table\u0026lt;\/i\u0026gt; is a beautiful collection of some of Diana's very best essays, handpicked from more than two decades of her beloved cookbooks.\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;\u0026lt;br \/\u0026gt;Moving, funny and incisive, together these pieces form a memoir through food.\u0026lt;\/p\u0026gt;\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHardback | 320 pages | Published October 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"GARDNERS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63966577885533,"sku":"9781846016004","price":25.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9781846016004.jpg?v=1774348012","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/around-the-table-52-essays-on-food-life","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}