Ella Risbridger: The Kitchen Book

About this episode

Gilly Smith interviews Ella Risbridger about her latest book, The Kitchen Book, exploring themes of joy and food.

This week, we're with Ella Risbridger and The Kitchen Book Now, we know Ella intimately through her memoirs, Midnight Chicken and The Year of Miracles , both of which blended grief, joy, love and loss with food, gathering serious accolades and scooping up the awards. Here, she’s happy. Her life is good. Her writing is full of joy and the reception over on Instagram in particular has been effusive. And it’s an instant Sunday Times bestseller. Pop over to Gilly's Substack for Extra Bites of Ella and a recipe from The Kitchen book. If you'd like to support CTB which is advertising and sponsorship free, contribute whatever you like via this link , or become a paid subscriber on Substack which gives you access to Second Helpings, monthly Zooms with a CTB guest, and a massive archive of Gilly's articles. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Gilly Smith

Guest: Ella Risbridger

Topics covered

• cooking
• memoir
• food writing
• joy
• grief
• bestsellers

Keywords

• Ella Risbridger
• The Kitchen Book
• Midnight Chicken
• The Year of Miracles
• cooking
• memoir
• bestseller

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sunday Times, Substack, Acast

Books & works: Midnight Chicken, The Year of Miracles, The Kitchen Book

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