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ⓘ About Delia Smith
Delia Smith is an English author of cookbooks and home and garden books. She is also a cook and television presenter famously known for teaching basic cooking skills to ordinary people in a practical and realistic style. She is a bestseller cookery author, with her books selling more than 21 million copies. Smith was born in Woking, Surrey, to Harold Bartlett Smith, who worked as an RAF radio operator, and Etty Jones Lewis, her Welsh mother. She went to Bexleyheath School but left at 16 without completing O-level exams. She has worked as a hairdresser, a shop assistant, and in a travel agency. At 21, Delia Smith began working in a small Paddington restaurant. At first, her job description was washing dishes; later, she worked as a waitress.
All Book Series by Delia Smith
Delia's How to Cook: Book Three
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 1981
You Matter: The Human Solution
Latest in the series · book 4 of 4 · published 2022
Food for Our Times: An Anthology of Recipes Donated in Aid of Oxfam
Single-title series · published 1978
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Delia Smith?
Delia Smith is an English author of cookbooks and home and garden books. She is also a cook and television presenter famously known for teaching basic cooking skills to ordinary people in a practical and realistic style. She is a bestseller cookery author, with her books selling more than 21 million copies.
Which Delia Smith series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Delia's How to Cook series, the earliest of Delia Smith's multi-book series: it opens with Delia's How to Cook: Book One (1978) and runs to 3 books across 1978–1981, ending with Delia's How to Cook: Book Three (1981). Delia Smith's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Delia Smith written?
Delia Smith has 33 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1971 and 2022. 11 of them belong to 2 named series — the largest being The Delia Collection series with 8 books — and 22 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should Delia Smith's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Delia Smith's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Delia's How to Cook (1978–1981, 3 books) and The Delia Collection (2001–2006, 8 books).
How are Delia Smith's books organised into series?
This guide splits Delia Smith's 33 books into 2 named series and 22 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: The Delia Collection (8 books, 2001–2006); Delia's How to Cook (3 books, 1978–1981).