Friday 26th September 2025
An evening with Diana Henry
Smeeton Westerby Village Hall & The King's Head, 7.00pm (doors open 6:15pm)
Join us for an evening of culinary delight, featuring a conversation and book-signing with author and chef Diana Henry in celebration of her new book Around the Table: 52 Essays on Food & Life. Copies of the book are being made available exclusively for this event which pre-dates the book's official publication date and Diana will be signing copies purchased from our bookstall on the night, or via pre-order.
We're thrilled to be hosting this event in collaboration with our friends at the award-winning King's Head pub in Smeeton Westerby, who will be facilitating the post-talk book-signing and serving finger food created from a Diana Henry recipe, included in the ticket price.
NB. The event will commence with an author talk at Smeeton Westerby Village Hall, then it's across then road to the pub for book-signing and finger food. Ticket price includes the cost of finger food.
About the book:
For Diana Henry's many fans, her evocative writing about places, people 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 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.
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.
This vivid and nourishing collection of essays on the joys of good food is an
utter delight for the senses.
About Diana:
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, 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 André Simon Food & Drink Book Awards; and a James Beard award.