Nicola Cox lives in the small village of Farthinghoe in Northamptonshire , where she created two of her celebrated books: Good Food from Farthinghoe and Country Cooking from Farthinghoe. In 1986 Nicola won The Sunday Times Best Cook in Britain award.
In 1975 she and her husband, Simon, founded Farthinghoe Fine Wine Ltd, which is now run by one of their sons, Alex.