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Virtual Author Talk (FREE): Diana Henry, Around the Table

Name: Virtual Author Talk (FREE): Diana Henry, Around the Table
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Location:

Online via Zoom

Event Date:

Nov 4, 2025

Event Time:

12:00 pm - 01:00 pm

Free Event

Ticket Type: Free Zoom Admission

We're delighted to welcome Diana Henry for a virtual author talk to celebrate her new book Around the Table: 52 Essays on Food and Life on Tuesday, November 4th. A selection of some of Diana's very best essays on food, handpicked from over two decades of her much-loved cookbooks and food writing, this vivid and nourishing collection of essays on the joys of good food is an utter delight for the senses. Diana will be in conversation with author Elissa Altman, food writer and memoirist of many titles such as Poor Man's Feast (2013) and Permission (2025).

How this works:

This event will be broadcast live on Zoom. To register for the event: simply "purchase" your free ticket by adding to cart and checking out as normal.
Closer to the event date, we will email you an access link for the live Zoom. At the event time, click that link to watch the talk on Zoom.
If you can't join live, you will be provided with a link to the event recording following the talk.
During the event, feel free to submit questions using the Zoom Q&A feature!

This author talk is FREE, but you can support it by purchasing a signed copy of the book here. Thank you!

About the book:

"Lyrical…radiant…timeless. A dazzling collection” – Nigel Slater

“This is an extraordinary piece of food writing, pitch perfect in every way. I couldn't love anyone who didn't love this book.” Nigella Lawson on How to Eat a Peach

“...beautifully written and endlessly inventive...” Felicity Cloake, The Guardian, on Diana Henry's beloved culinary classic Simple

“The food writers' food writer” Mark Diacono

For Diana Henry's many fans, her evocative writing about both place and food brings just as much pleasure as her delicious recipes. Around the Table is a selection of some of Diana's very best essays, handpicked from over two decades of her much-loved cookbooks.

From the bustling Turkish groceries of the Edgeware Road to the kitchen table of a cottage in rural France, a trattoria tucked away in the suburbs of Rome to the chilly Vermont countryside famed for its maple syrup, Diana Henry has followed her tastebuds around the world.

In this collection, Diana's writing brings ingredients to life on the page. Tuck into salty and sweet, buttery and inky purple and black olives. Blood-red threads of saffron that turn whole platters of food into gold, bleeding yolk-yellow streaks over creamy chicken and milky white yogurt. Mouth-puckeringly citrusy, easy to peel and almost seedless Valencia oranges. The simple pleasure of a warming slice of toast.

Diana Henry is one of the UK's best-loved food writers with sales of more than one million copies worldwide. She has regular columns in the Sunday Telegraph and Waitrose Weekend. 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.

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