Roddy Nicoll · A life in meals
Eat my
Family
A life told in meals — and the people who became them.
Did we have to eat the whole family?
A lifetime of feeding people, told one plate at a time.
The masterpiece that turned out to be eight tins of Campbell’s. The half-slice of hospital toast that beat every Michelin meal. A suckling pig that wouldn’t fit the oven, and a pasta sauce that tasted — unforgivably — of hot dogs.
Funny, warm and quietly true: stories about the thing food is really for — the table, and the people you keep setting it for.
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First run, limited to 25 of each, signed and posted by the author. Ships July 2026. When they’re gone, they’re gone.
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The Hardback
First Edition
Faux-leather case, gold foil, matte jacket. Signed, numbered, and posted by the author. A keepsake, not a paperback.
£35 posted · ships July 2026
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The Paperback
Personalised
The first-run paperback, signed and inscribed with a personal message to whoever you like. Tell me who it’s for at checkout.
£14.99 posted · ships July 2026
A pre-order, not a dispatch — your copy is signed and posted as the first run lands, by July 2026. Full refund any time before it ships. Once the wider paperback is out, this section will also link to Amazon.
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Dispatches
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Why I’m writing this down
Somebody asked me recently how many people I’ve fed. Not “cooked for” — fed. I started counting and…
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