Author:Izzy Judd
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER, now with an extra chapter.
'All I ever wanted was to be a mum - I couldn't wait and it felt as though my time was so close. But the months started to tick by, with each one ending in disappointment and frustration. And then the inevitable panic started to set in ...'
Having been told by doctors that, due to Izzy's polycystic ovarian syndrome, they would have difficulty conceiving - and after two years of trying - Izzy and her husband, Harry, turned to IVF.
Izzy's aim is to break through some of the taboos surrounding miscarriage, IVF and fertility issues. This brutally honest and deeply personal account acknowledges the struggles that many couples go through but will ultimately focus on the positive, life-changing results that IVF can yield.
Izzy hopes that this book will be a companion to those going through similar challenges to those she has experienced. As she herself says, 'No couple should have to go through it alone and in silence.'
What sets her apart from every other food writer is her empathy with working women and her realism
—— The TimesIf I could only keep one cookbook, this would be it. How To Eat suits the way I cook. It is as if Nigella is sitting on a stool next to me in the kitchen as I’m cooking ... With every page you know she loves this stuff, and she wants you to love it too. It’s a very, very special book for me. My own copy is falling apart.
—— Nigel SlaterA masterclass in food writing – one glance shows how good she really is
—— Yotam OttolenghiA classic of the genre
—— Irish IndependentMiss Lawson is the Thinking Person’s Cook. She tells stories, she explains why things must be the way she says they must be... enlightenment and sensual pleasure
—— Jeanette Winterson , The TimesA gloriously sensual wander through the possibilities of food. The recipes read more like seduction than instruction
—— IndependentI love Nigella Lawson’s writing and I love her recipes
—— Delia SmithHer prose is as nourishing as her recipes
—— Salman Rushdie , ObserverNigella Lawson is one of the best and most influential of British food writers
—— Ruth Rogers, co-author of The River Café CookbookThe domestic bible for the millennium generation
—— SpectatorNigella Lawson is, whisks down, Britain's funniest and sexiest food writer, a raconteur who is delicious whether detailing every step on the way towards a heavenly roast chicken and root vegetable couscous or explaining why 'cooking is not just about joining the dots'
—— VogueI’m inspired by Nigella Lawson’s How to Eat… It’s about a lifestyle and an attitude
—— Kathryn Parsons, tech entrepreneur , Harper's Bazaar[Nigella] brings you into her life and tells you how she thinks about food, how meals come together in her head...and how she cooks for family and friends... A breakthrough
—— New York TimesHow to Eat is suffused with the idea that eating a good meal – together, with another, or on your own – is healing and renewing, no matter how simple the meal, no matter how difficult the circumstances
—— Diana Henry , Sunday TelegraphTwo decades on, the task of trusting our own palates to tell us what to eat has become more complicated than ever… There has never been a better time to return to the sanity of this book and its call to come to our senses in the kitchen
—— Bee Wilsom , GuardianOnly one [cookbook] among my collection could be described as a true friend
—— Ellen E Jones , Evening StandardThis is a book to reach for when hastily organising a last-minute dinner with friends; contemplating a store-cupboard meal for one; trying to tempt a fussy toddler; or when planning a leisurely weekend lunch, when you have nothing to do but stir a pot… Nigella's back catalogue has steered us through many a social situation
—— SheerLuxeThe recipes are stories as much as instructions… while there are ingredients lists, the words run on like a well-ordered stream of consciousness
—— UK Press SyndicationThis is a book to be read cover to cover, like a novel. Buy yourself two copies: one for reading and one for use in the kitchen
—— Constance Craig Smith , Daily Mail, **Books of the Year**I love novels that are obsessed with the "erotics of knowledge," books that understand how ideas are not the opposite of feelings but rather their intense distillation. A. S. Byatt's "Possession," Ann Patchett's "State of Wonder," Barbara Kingsolver's recent "Unsheltered," and Nell Freudenberger's forthcoming "Lost and Wanted" all are marvelous depictions of the direct link between the body's cravings and the passions of the mind
—— Richard Powers , New York TimesFreudenberger's outstanding achievement is that Lost and Wanted is also a moving story about down-to-earth issues like grief and loneliness
—— NPRA true triumph
—— Richard Ford on 'The Newlyweds'An unambiguous success
—— Meg Wolitzer on 'The Newlyweds'A marvellous book
—— Kiran Desai on 'The Newlyweds'A deliciously precise and perceptive writer
—— ElleAn incandescent talent
—— The TimesGenuinely moving . . . Freudenberger demonstrates her assurance as a novelist and her knowledge of the complicated arithmetic of familial love, and the mathematics of romantic passion
—— Michiko Kakutani on 'The Newlyweds' , New York TimesEvery minute I was away from this book I was longing to be back in the world she created
—— Ann Patchett on 'The Newlyweds'An ode to the companionship of the women on the neonatal ward in the darkest, most volatile days, it is moving but never mawkish
—— Phoebe Luckhirst , Evening Standard, *Books of the Year*A song of praise to the beleaguered, indomitable NHS, with writing at such a pitch that it lingered with me all year
—— Olivia Laing , Observer, *Books of the Year*A heart-tugging account… this is one of the year’s most exquisitely written books
—— Claire Allfree , Metro, *Books of the Year*