How to eat a peach: Menus, stories and places

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'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

'...her best yet...superb menus evoking place and occasion with consummate elegance' - Financial Times

When Diana Henry was sixteen she started a menu notebook (an exercise book carefully covered in wrapping paper) in which she wrote up the meals she wanted to cook. She kept this book for years. Putting a menu together is still her favourite part of cooking. Menus aren't just groups of dishes that have to work on a practical level (meals that cooks can manage), they also have to work as a succession of flavours. But what is perhaps most special about them is the way they can create very different moods - menus can take you places, from an afternoon at the seaside in Brittany to a sultry evening eating mezze in Istanbul. They are a way of visiting places you've never seen, revisiting places you love and celebrating particular seasons.

HOW TO EAT A PEACH contains many of Diana's favourite dishes in menus that will take you through the year and to different parts of the world.

Reviews

Her writing is incredibly vivid: her anecdotes invite you to sit down at the table with her and taste the flavours she describes. * The Culture Whisperer 'Best Books To Gift' *
The perfect book for anyone who loves hosting, How To Eat a Peach is a great reference for how to create amazing lunch and dinner party menus and is filled with Diana Henry's favourite dishes and recipes from around the world. * Lovefood.com Ultimate Food-lovers Christmas Gift Guide *
Diana Henry's How to Eat a Peach is the only book I managed to find time to write about. To be fair, I made the time to do that because it's a gem. In short, I think it's her best cookbook to date. * Ed Smith, Rocket and Squash 'Books Ideas for Christmas 2018 *

A Masterpiece

* Bee Wilson, The Sunday Times *
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 *
Diana Henry's How to Eat a Peach is as elegant and sparkling as a bellini. * The Guardian 'Books of the Year' *
I adore Diana Henry's recipes - and this is a fantastic collection. They are simple, but also have a sense of occasion. The recipes come from all over the world and each menu has an evocative story to accompany it. Beautiful. * The Times 'Best Books of the Year' *
..her best yet...superb menus evoking place and occasion with consummate elegance * Financial Times *
The recipes are superb but, above all, Diana writes like a dream * Daily Mail *
Any book from Diana Henry is a joy and this canny collection of menus and stories is no exception. * delicious. magazine 'Top 10 Food Books of 2018' *
You can always rely on Diana Henry. Her prose is elegant and evocative, her recipes pure and delectably international. This is perhaps her best yet. * Tom Parker Bowles, The Mail on Sunday 'Essential Cookbooks Published This Year' *
No one quite captures a place, a moment, a taste and a memory like she does. If you've been there before, you're transported back but if you haven't not to worry, she takes you there with her. * The Independent 'Best Books of the Year' *
The stories associated with the meals are what draw you in. * The Herald 'The Year's Best Food Books' *
A life-enhancing book * The London Evening Standard 'Best Cookbooks To Buy This Christmas' *
...enchanting, evocative menus. * iPaper *
One of my favourite food writers with a book of 25 themed menus that I can't wait to cook. This is top of my wish list! * Good Housekeeping 'Favourite Reads to Gift' *

Author Bio

Diana Henry is one of the UK's best-loved food writers with book sales of more than 950,000 copies worldwide. She has regular columns in the Sunday Telegraph and Waitrose Weekend, her work has appeared in BBC Good Food, House & Garden, Delicious and beyond, and her broadcast appearances include BBC Radio 4. 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 Andre Simon Food & Drink Book Awards; and a James Beard award. Her last four books - A Bird in the Hand, Simple, How to Eat a Peach and From the Oven to the Table - were all instant Sunday Times Top 10 Bestsellers.

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