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Delia Smith

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Delia Smith


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in The United Kingdom
June 18, 1941

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Delia Smith CBE is an English cook and television presenter, known for teaching basic cookery skills in a no-nonsense style. She is the UK's best-selling cookery author, with more than 21 million copies sold.

Smith is also famous for her role as joint majority shareholder at Norwich City F.C. Her partner in the shareholding is her husband, Michael Wynn-Jones. Her role at the club has attracted varying media attention, from positive when she "saved" the club from bankruptcy, to negative, when making a controversial on-pitch announcement in 2005.

Already an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), Smith was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) in the 2009 Birthday Honours, "in recognition of ... [her] contributi
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Average rating: 4.15 · 6,797 ratings · 211 reviews · 120 distinct worksSimilar authors
Delia's Complete Cookery Co...

4.34 avg rating — 2,807 ratings — published 1982 — 18 editions
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Delia Smith's Christmas: 13...

4.32 avg rating — 508 ratings — published 1990 — 6 editions
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Delia's How to Cook: Book O...

4.04 avg rating — 464 ratings — published 1998 — 5 editions
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Delia Smith's Winter Collec...

4.16 avg rating — 450 ratings — published 1995 — 5 editions
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Delia's How to Cook: Book T...

4.15 avg rating — 332 ratings — published 1999 — 6 editions
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Delia Smith's Summer Collec...

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4.11 avg rating — 319 ratings — published 1993 — 10 editions
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Delia's How to Cook: Book T...

4.15 avg rating — 228 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions
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Delia's Happy Christmas

4.16 avg rating — 202 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions
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Delia's Vegetarian Collection

3.99 avg rating — 173 ratings — published 2002 — 7 editions
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Delia's Complete How To Cook

4.46 avg rating — 145 ratings — published 2001 — 8 editions
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Delia's How to Cook: Book One Delia's How to Cook: Book Two Delia's How to Cook: Book T...
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“My message is, as it alway has been, moderation: meat as a main course on three days a week, eggs on one, fish on one other and some form of vegetarian meal on the rest constitute a perfectly acceptable, interesting and varied diet.”
Delia Smith, One Is Fun!

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