# Around the Table - 52 Essays on Food and Life. the Perfect Gift for Foodies by Diana Henry (Paperback)

**A Food & Drink Book of the Year in _The Times_.**  
  
'One of her finest books yet.' Bee Wilson, the _Sunday Times_  
  
**'Diana Henry stands alongside Nigella Lawson and Nigel Slater as a writer whose prose is as nourishing as her recipes...Wonderful stuff." Tony Turnbull, _The Times_**  
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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  
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'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  
  
  
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'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.

## Details

- **Price:** 10.99 GBP
- **Vendor:** Octopus Publishing Group
- **Type:** Diana Henry
- **Tags:** All Books, Food and Drink

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