A Good Read: Cornelia Parker and Jeremy Lee

Cornelia Parker is an artist whose creations involve the destruction and resurrection of everyday objects, with solo shows at the Tate Britain, the Metropolitan Museum of New York and others. Jeremy Lee is chef-proprietor of Quo Vadis restaurant in Soho and author of Cooking: Simply and Well, for One or Many. Cornelia chooses South by Sir Ernest Shackleton, the story of his extraordinary journey to Antarctica and how they all survived. Jeremy's a fan of the food writer Elizabeth David, and recommends her book of essays, An Omelette and a Glass of Wine. Finally, presenter Harriett Gilbert suggests the novel Foreign Affiars by Alison Lurie, about two American academics' escapades in London