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"Ryan Riley's recipes deliver bold flavour and deep comfort: this is a book that nourishes both body and soul." - Nigella LawsonbrbrWhether you're recovering from an illness, or running low on mood, time, energy, money or headspace, Ryan Riley has the easy and delicious recipes to minimise the work and maximise the flavour and perk yourself up.brbrNo matter how you're feeling, do something enjoyable for yourself and beat the January blues with Ryan Riley's small pleasures: simple, delicious bites packed full of Life Kitchen's signature flavours to revive your love of food. These are recipes high in flavour for low times, to nourish and heal, with the added bonus of using ingredients that are naturally gut-friendly.brbrThis is Ryan's manifesto to feeling better and falling back in love with food: first you have recipes forcomfort, for when eating is a chore but these recipes are the first steps in the roadmap to feeling more yourself; then comesrestoration, with recipes to reawaken your senses; and the final chapter,leasure, is all about indulgence, a love letter to yourself as you return to the world.brbrTake some time for self-care in the kitchen with these simple and surprising recipes -new favourites that you didn't know you were searching for. These are can-do recipes for when you feel like you can't. Frommarmite jacket potatoesor5-ingredient miso tomato saucetogreen herbs and 'nduja frittataandgochujang, ginger and avocado toast, the 80+ simple recipes are all easily scalable, so no matter your mood or appetite, there is something in these pages to help you rediscover the joy of food. These are small pleasures with big flavours.p

Small Pleasures

  • Ryan Riley

    A cookbook full of simple, flavour-packed recipes to help nourish and comfort.b
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    Bloomsbury Publishing January 2024 Hardback, 189 x 246 '22.00 192 pages, 25,000 words
  • About the Author

    Ryan Riley is the founder of Life Kitchen, which immediately gained support from the public, press and ce?lebrities nationally, and he has gone on to run his signature cookery classes for people living with cancer across the country ? including collaborations at River Cottage, Daylesford and the Jamie Oliver Cookery School.p He is also an established food writer and stylist who has worked for print publications such as Sainsbury?s Magazine, Waitrose Food and BBC Good Food. In 2019, Ryan opened the Life Kitchen Cookery School in his home town of Sunderland. Life Kitchen is his first cookbook.br @lifekitchen@ryanrileyyp

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