Ella Risbridger writes food memoir and cookbooks in which recipes are tied closely to grief, friendship and everyday survival. Midnight Chicken combines personal essays with recipes that mark particular moments, from roast chicken and bread to meals cooked when ordinary routines feel difficult. The Year of Miracles follows a later period of bereavement, lockdown and rebuilding a life through seasonal cooking and small celebrations. Risbridger's books are intimate, conversational and recipe-led, with food used as a record of time rather than as restaurant aspiration. Her work fits culinary memoir, comfort cooking, grief writing and narrative cookbooks. Read more Less