From 1978, Laurence began to write cookery articles for Country Life and The Daily Telegraph.
Eventually she became the sole author of the Telegraphs weekly 'Bon Viveur' column.
[1] She also wrote a series of articles in Country Life about historical cooking.
She also wrote one non-series mystery fiction book, 'To Kill The Past'.
[1] Laurence has also written four historical crime novels – three books where the detective is a fictionalised Canaletto (the Italian artist),[1] and one set in early Edwardian times.