Christine Dawood

For Diana Henry’s many fans, her evocative writing about places, people and food brings just as much pleasure as her delicious recipes. She is joined in Petworth by food writer and podcaster Gilly Smith to savour Around the Table - a selection of some of Diana’s very best essays, handpicked from over two decades of writing her beloved cookbooks. From the bustling Turkish groceries of the Edgware 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.

Diana Henry is one of the UK’s best-loved food writers. She has a weekly column in the Sunday Telegraph and writes for BBC Good Food, House & Garden and Waitrose Weekend, as well as being a regular broadcaster on BBC...

This event will be recorded as an edition of the podcast Cooking the Books