A life spent toiling in professional kitchens equals a head full of great recipes, kitchen hacks and shortcuts and invaluable cooking tips. Not to mention the entertaining yet sometimes sordid stories of life as a cooking addict.

This book is a collection of those years of learnings and stories collected, from breakfast beans through to rooftop sangrias.

They are recipes Bridget knows well, most off by heart, as they have appeared on restaurant menus and kitchen tables to the delight of paying customers and hungry family members in some cases, for nearly three decades.

The recipes have been lifesavers with their deliciousness and unashamed ease, many a time pulling Bridget through the weeds and on to cooking glory, even if that glory means satisfying a hungry household.