Midnight Chicken

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
One of the things that makes Midnight Chicken such a very good book is how hard it is to say exactly what it is. Yes, to be sure, it’s a cookbook, but it is also a manual for living and a declaration of hope -- Nigella Lawson
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 * Caterer *
A wholly unconventional cookbook * Guardian *
A big old massive heart exploding love story... This is the first recipe book that should be made into a film * The Times *
She has found a way to write not just about food itself but, more importantly, about the darkness for which cooking can be a partial remedy -- Bee Wilson * The Sunday Times *
Risbridger is the most talented British debut writer in a generation * Sunday Times, Culture magazine *
What I’ll reach for, if I wanted to read a cookbook, is probably Midnight Chicken -- James Rebanks * Guardian *
This is so much more than a cookbook… Beautifully written and restorative with comforting recipes and ways to find joy, you’ll want to read this yourself before you give it as a gift ­ maybe buy two * BBC Good Food Magazine *
I couldn’t have loved Ella Risbridger’s Midnight Chicken more. It’s a narrative with recipes and the narrative is about love, grief and healing, and the redemptive power of stirring something at the stove, glass in hand * The Sunday Times Magazine *
The new Nigella * Good Housekeeping *
Confessional, clever and readable -- Delicious magazine
Heartfelt anecdotes and recipes will bolster your faith in the redemptive power of cooking -- Waitrose magazine
Midnight Chicken is so much more than a cookery book. Which isn’t to say that Midnight Chicken won’t nourish both your tummy and your tastebuds, but it will also nourish your soul * Red *
This is legit the warmest, friendliest, most forgiving cookbook I have ever come across -- Melissa Harrison, author of All Among the Barley
To call this a cookbook is to do it an injustice. It’s a love letter to food, a manual on how to appreciate every meal, and a book of memories * Emerald Street *
She cooks like a dream and writes like an angel * Sarah Phelps *
Divine. Utterly totally perfect * Charly Cox *
So full of loving kindness and so thoughtfully and poetically written * Josie Long *
Risbridger’s debut is also that rare thing: a cookbook in which every recipe works -- i paper
Beautiful, life-affirming memoir with recipes * The Sunday Times magazine *
A gentle how-to on cooking real food * Oldie *