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Midnight Chicken : & Other Recipes Worth Living For - Ella Risbridger

Midnight Chicken

& Other Recipes Worth Living For

By: Ella Risbridger, Elisa Cunningham (Illustrator)

Paperback | 30 March 2021

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'A manual for living and a declaration of hope' – Nigella Lawson

There are lots of ways to start a story, but this one begins with a chicken.

Because one night, Ella found herself lying on her kitchen floor, wondering if she would ever get up – and it was the thought of a chicken, of roasting it, and of eating it, that got her to her feet and made her want to be alive.

Midnight Chicken is the story of Ella's life in a Tiny Flat, and the food she cooked there. From roast garlic and tomato soup to charred leek lasagne or burnt­butter brownies, she shares recipes that are about people, about love, about the things that matter every day. This is a cookbook-of-stories to make you fall in love with the world again.

With a new afterword about life after The Tiny Flat.

About the Author

Ella Risbridger is a writer, editor and anthologiser. In a former life she was a beauty columnist for the i, a cancer columnist for the Pool, a sometime journalist for lots of places (Guardian, Observer, Prospect, Grazia, Stylist), a poet and a carer. She now lives and works in south-east London, where she has too many books and thinks a lot about getting a cat.
Industry Reviews
“A manual for living and a declaration of hope”
Nigella Lawson

“An utter treat”
Dolly Alderton

“The most talented British debut writer in a generation”
Sunday Times

“A moving testimonial to the redemptive power of cooking. Risbridger knows that it offers not just solace but a map; cooking can save you. Generous, honest and uplifting. I wish I'd had this book when I was in my twenties”
Diana Henry

“Her writing is beautiful, brave and moving. She shares wholeheartedly with her reader, not just of her experience, but also herself. This is a book for all seasons and states of mind and is as effective as a manual for life as it is as a kitchen companion”
Shamil Thakrar, co-founder of Dishoom

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