''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

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.