Writing at the Kitchen Table

Episode 1

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: Mon 15^th May 2017, 14:45 on BBC Radio 4 ExtraLatest broadcast: Tue 16^th May 2017, 02:45 on BBC Radio 4 Extra

Cookery writer, Elizabeth David brought the light and tastes of the Mediterranean to post-war Britain.

Her private life was as passionate as her writing - but she first aspired to become an actor...

Helena Bonham Carter reads the first extract from Artemis Cooper's acclaimed biography of Elizabeth David (1913-1992).

Abridged by Sally Marmion.

Producer: Sarah Johnson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2000. Show less