Diana Henry
Diana comes from County Derry in Northern Ireland and is a cook and food writer for The Sunday Telegraph. She is also one of the presenters on Good Food Channel's daily show, Market Kitchen.
Diana started to write about food after the birth of her first child and has published four books to date: The Gastropub Cookbook; Roast Figs, Sugar Snow; Crazy Water, Pickled Lemons; and Cook Simple: effortless cooking every day. All have been significant critical and commercial successes. Currently, Diana is working on a follow-up to The Gastropub Cookbook (out autumn 2008).
Her first cookbook, Crazy Water, Pickled Lemons, focused on the tastes and enchantments of the Middle East, Mediterranean and North Africa. With praise from Claudia Roden and its appearance twice on the Glenfiddich award shortlist, it became an instant classic.
Cook Simple is a catalogue of the sort of food Diana cooks at home on a day to day basis. She shows that effortless cooking doesn't have to be sterile, but lets the the heat of the oven do the hard work for her.
Diana also contributes to a wide range of magazines including House and Garden, Red, Olive and Waitrose Food Illustrated. She also writes for magazines in the States, Australia and New Zealand and broadcasts regularly on BBC Radio 4.
In 2007, Diana was named Cookery Writer of the Year by the Guild of Food Writers.
We meet Diana at home
Books
Pure Simple Cooking: Effortless Meals Every Day
Cook Simple: Effortless Cooking Every Day
Crazy Water, Pickled Lemons
Roast Figs, Sugar Snow: Food to Warm the Soul
The Gastropub Cookbook
Diana Henry's Recipes
This is sticky finger food at its very best from Diana Henry
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2 hrs 10 min
Get your party off to a good start with Diana Henry's festive cocktail brimming with champagne, cranberry juice and Cointreau
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5 min
For an indulgent brunch try Diana Henry's scented mangos with a lime and lemongrass syrup
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55 min
Diana Henry shows you how to thicken a casserole the traditional Catalan way – with a paste of bread, sweet biscuit and nuts
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1 hr 20 min
Chocolate and beetroot are a winning combination in Diana Henry's decadent home-made cake with crème de cassis icing
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1 hr 15 min
Diana Henry’s delicious salmon and potato salad makes a terrific quick supper or light lunch dish
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20 min
Try something a little more exotic for breakfast with Diana Henry’s tasty traditional Turkish egg dish
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25 min
Diana Henry serves a delicious vegetarian main course layered with home-made yogurt cheese and chilli roast tomatoes
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20 min
Let everyone in the family have a stir and make a wish when you prepare Diana Henry's fabulous traditional Christmas pudding on 'Stir-up Sunday'
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10 hrs 30 min
Diana Henry’s recipe for this spectacular rice dish incorporates the rich flavours and colours of sour cherries, pomegranate, and figs
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50 min
