Soon after the publication of "Summer Cooking", David was wooed away from her regular column in "Harper"s by "Vogue" magazine, which offered her more money and more prominence—a full central page with a continuing column following, and a full page photograph. The new contract meant she also wrote for "Vogue"s sister magazine "House & Garden". Audrey Withers, the editor of "Vogue", wanted David to write more personal columns than she had done for "Harper's", and paid her £20 a month for food ingredients and from time to time £100 for research trips to France.