Delia throws out the rule book with new recipe for life

She’s so famous, she’s known by her first name. But cooking guru Delia Smith’s new tome is not about food – it’s about existence itself.

Jill Dupleix

Mar 17, 2022 – 8.00am

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Before Nigella, there was Delia. Not “Delia Smith”, or Delia Smith, OBE, CBE. Just Delia. She is the biggest-selling cookery book writer in the world, with aggregate sales topping 21 million. Her Delia Smith’s Cookery Course alone sold more than six million copies.