Midnight Chicken: & Other Recipes Worth Living For | 
pickAs a vegan reviewing a cookbook where the first recipe and the title are a chicken dish, I feel confident in saying, this book is for more people than it might first appear. My relationship status with food these days is 'it's complicated', but there's something about the simple joy in cooking and eating - no dietary recommendations, no shame about indulgence, this book hit the right tone for me. 1/?
I'm putting a spoiler warning on this one because I'm not certain the language wouldn't be triggering to those with mental health concerns or a history of disordered eating, but it felt too important in its message not to quote.
Do the open flames and food and drink make me irrationally nervous for this two dimensional representation of books? Yes. Does this drawing seem to hold all the key components for a good time? Also yes.
As a lover of green olives and green things, I must now go find this poem. 💚
...more then toast...
As someone with a rural childhood and a necessarily urban adulthood: this hits HARD.
Phonetic spelling: it does fun things to my brain. 😵💫☺️
Happy Jolabokaflod - @Deblovestoread thank you SO MUCH for the perfect #JolabokaflodSwap2023 gift. I sat down and immediately cracked the book and started reading. 😂 I‘ve been dying to read this one!
There are lots of ways to start a story, but this one begins with a chicken.
#firstlinefridays @ShyBookOwl
There are lots of ways to start a story, but this one begins with a chicken.
#firstlinefridays #firstlinefriday
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pickWhat a lovely book. It‘s a cookbook but with stories. Ella says it‘s really a book about moments to live for. So excited to start trying these recipes!
pickDec/Jan pick for my bi-monthly virtual foodie book club is part cookbook, part memoir with gorgeous watercolor illustrations. The author got herself out of a serious depression by focusing on cooking, food & rediscovering her zest for life. I ended up not making a recipe from the book & instead made a slow cooker low-effort but fully loaded potato soup inspired by the pocket & lid potato (She‘s a Brit) recipe mentions in the book. Recipe link ⬇️
It‘s definitely been a week😬& I‘m happy to be home on the couch tonight. A co-worker grabbed poke bowls for lunch & since I taught a class at another location & the chef fed us, I brought my poke bowl (ponzu salmon & ahi & green onion) home for dinner.😋
The book is an upcoming selection for my virtual foodie book club. It was on sale for Amazon Prime Days & so I splurged a bit & it arrived today. It‘s a memoir/cookbook mashup & it‘s gorgeous.💙
pickThis book is beautiful and reads like a memoir. The acknowledgements will break your heart. 😢
But, only few of the recipes are of interest so I won‘t be adding it to my stash.
pickA love letter to food, surviving grief, celebrating friends and family, and using what you have to make something special that doesn‘t require fancy equipment or excessive time. A beautiful book about food, cooking, mental health, and so much more. (Requires some conversions for American readers, but worth it.)
For a more eloquent review:
https://www.nigella.com/cookbook-corner/midnight-chicken-by-ella-risbridger
#cookbook #cookbookaddict
Today I cooked the title recipe from this book. I just can't stop thinking about how beautifully it is written. How much love and tenderness are put not only into the recipes, but into the stories they tell. I'm only sorry I did not take a picture of the lovely chickens. I could see how sharing it with someone you love could help you get up off the floor and keep going for one more day. #cookbooks
#worthlivingfor
As with so many things, it'a also a matter of personal taste: the author clearly favours umami tang and mentions fennel on multiple occasions. Neither are really my bag. I can go for salty and creamy as tastes and there's a lot of room for that here, 4mo
⚠️attempted suicide, mental health concerns
4mo