Midnight Chicken: & Other Recipes Worth Living For

There was a time when, for Ella Risbridger, the world had become overwhelming. Sounds were too loud, colours were too bright, everyone moved too fast. One night she 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. It’s the kind of cooking you can do a little bit drunk, that is probably better if you’ve got a bottle of wine open and a hunk of bread to mop up the sauce.

But if you settle down and read it with a cup of tea (or a glass of that wine), you’ll also discover that it’s an annotated list of things worth living fora manifesto of moments worth living for. This is a cookbook to make you fall in love with the world again.