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

When the world becomes overwhelming, Ella Risbridger focuses on the little things that bring her joy, like enjoying a glass of wine when cooking, FaceTiming with a friend whilst making bagels, and sharing recipes that are good for the soul. 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.

Midnight Chicken is a cookbook. Or, at least, you'll flick through these pages and find recipes so inviting that you will head straight for the kitchen: roast garlic and tomato soup, uplifting chilli-lemon spaghetti, charred leek lasagne, squash skillet pie, spicy fish finger sandwiches and burnt-butter brownies. 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 for - a manifesto of moments worth living for. This is a cookbook to make you fall in love with the world again.

Featuring an entire chapter on storecupboard recipes.

This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It contains classical literature works from over two thousand years. Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of international literature classics available in printed format again - worldwide.

Learn how to craft truly beautiful nougat, the way they used to do it. This vintage-style book is a kitchen staple for any creative cooks wanting to take a trip back to the golden age of nougat-making. This little tome will guide you through the nougat-making process, including a brief history of the sweet treats, as well as lots of traditional recipes to try out. With this book at your disposal you can turn your humble kitchen into a hub of nougat-making activity. What's more, you don't need lots of equipment or a vast array of ingredients to get started. As well as lots of classic recipes this book is filled with nougat-making tips and techniques you can try as soon as you have mastered the basics. The How They Used To Do It series will take you back to the golden age of practical skills; an age where making and mending, cooking and preserving, brewing and bottling, were all done within the home. The series will instruct you in a whole range of traditional skills that have fallen out of use, putting old knowledge into new hands. Using household items, nifty hints and tricks, and a little creativity you will be surprised what you can achieve.

Brunch should evoke a sense of pleasure and relaxation - and perhaps also the temptation to try something new. Food writer and broadcaster Ghillie Basan offers 50 recipes in seven themed sections: brunch in a bowl, brunch with eggs, brunch on bread, baked potato brunch, sweet-tooth brunch and boozy brunch. Featuring Scottish ingredients in traditional recipes as well as imaginative combinations - from herring in oatmeal with creamy scrambled eggs and cranachan smoothie to pancetta scallops with Caesar salad bruschetta and bacon butties with honey gooseberries - this little book is the perfect inspiration for those days when time is more generous and food less rushed.

Nothing cooks better than cast iron. Here at last is a cookbook for this most simple and versatile cookware, favorite of campfires and country kitchens for generations. With complete directions for seasoning and care, "Cast-Iron Cooking" features over seventy-five recipes, from johnnycakes to blackened redfish--all ladled out with A. D. Livingston's unique blend of good humor, savvy cooking sense, and plain talk.

"Cast-iron cooking may be the wave of the past, but A. D. Livingston has brought it back to the future. This book's a dandy, packed with great information and criminally delicious recipes, all well sprinkled with Livingston's peppery wit. So long, wimpy pots and Teflon skillets Cast iron is back "--Patrick McManus, author of "The Night the Bear Ate Goombaw" "A kitchen without cast iron is like a schooner without sails. A. D. Livingston has got his 'old black magic' down to an art--a simmering, aromatic art."--John Egerton, author of "Southern Food"

This ends the perpetual cycle of food ignorance! Christine Ravago brings to your apartments what mom forgot to teach you about food and cooking. Thawed contains the fundamentals of cooking through easy recipes, photographs, and basic guidelines for buying and storing food, grilling, and entertaining. After the first few years of college or even your first years starting a career and after you've had enough greasy pizza and microwave dinners, Thawed serves as a fool-proof start to your cooking repertoire. Thawed fuses timeless recipes with sugar and spice to bring you excitingly modern meals to pass on for generations. The recipes featured in Thawed have been tested and tasted by your peers, and the results are in...it's easy! Whether it's to impress the girl you just started dating, to gather friends together for a round of juicy gossip, or to celebrate youth, Thawed provides you with the cooking know-how and elegant meals that will leave your guests utterly astonished.