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The Food Programme: Diana Henry: A Life Through Food (Part 2)

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23/05/2016

Diana Henry: A Life Through Food (Part 2)

BBC Radio 4 - The Food Programme, Diana Henry: A Life Through Food (Part 2)

Diana Henry continues to share her favourite readings from food writers who inspire her.

Food writer Diana Henry talks to Sheila Dillon about the writers whose work she loves, including memoirs, online articles and critics. She also shares her tips on food writing.

Food writer Diana Henry has just collected a James Beard Award in America for her latest book 'A Bird in the Hand'. Straight from the plane she joined Sheila Dillon at the Bristol Food Connections Festival.
In Part 1 of the interview she shared about growing up in Antrim, how a revelatory French exchange fuelled her excitement about cooking and starting out in TV. She shared works by Naguib Mahfouz and Seamus Heaney.
In this second part, she shares more of her chosen excerpts on food - including memoirs, online journalism and restaurant reviews - and explains what each of the authors bring that inspires and excites her.
The podcast including both parts of this interview are available from this programme page.

Readers: Rebecca Ripley and Sam Woolf
Presented by Sheila Dillon
Produced by Anne-Marie Bullock.

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