'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.'Diana Henry's food writing is a gift... i so loved reading this book. it is poignant, funny, and just plain great.' - Stanley Tucci

a BBC radio 4 book of the week

'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

'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

'the food writers' food writer' - Mark Diacono

319 pages, hardback