Sick Day Banquet is a collection of recipes designed by disabled artists: Leah Clements, Kyla Harris, Raisa Kabir, Romily Alice Walden and Bella Milroy, celebrating their ideal sick day foods.
These menus were originally part of Bella Milroy’s 2019 Soft Sanctuary programme at Bootle Library. At the Library volunteers cooked the artists’ recipes for a series of free communal lunches held in Bootle Library.
In 2021 we are very pleased to present the Sick Day Banquet recipe collection, including updated and additional recipes commissioned by Bella. The recipe booklet is available to download, view online, or as a print copy. You can also find audio descriptions of each of the recipes below.
Our At the Library Chopping Club producers Gregory Herbert and Niamh Riordan have also collaborated with artist Kyla Harris and Bella to produce a short film, “Methods Of Care: Ramen Edition”: Since the beginning of the year, Bella and Kyla have been recording a conversation over Voice Notes, about sick day foods, cooking, care, and their experiences of hiring and living with Personal Assistants (PAs). The film weaves together this conversation with footage of a virtual cook along, in which Niamh and Kyla cook Kyla’s recipe for ‘Comfort Ramen’ together over Zoom – Kyla directing Niamh through every detail of the recipe. Watch the film here: