David had intended to publish a second such volume, and eight years after the author's death, Norman, her literary executor, published a sequel, "Is There a Nutmeg in the House?" (2000). Like its predecessor, it was drawn from magazine articles, essays and other earlier writings, to which Norman added articles written by David in the 1980s. The first section of the book is a short autobiographical piece, a rarity from David, who guarded her privacy carefully. David's interest in the historical aspects of cuisine is given scope in essays on the history of Oxo and Bovril, Alexis Soyer and the potato. Articles aimed at the domestic cook include "Do not Despair over Rice", "Making Ice Cream", and one propounding a view for which she was famous: "Garlic Presses are Utterly Useless". "The New York Times" called the book "this very appealing, completely absorbing miscellany. ... This is a book good enough to eat—and, in a way, you can."