Bridgit binns biography sample

Rottenkid: A Succulent Story of Survival

Prolific cookbook author Brigit Binns’ coming-of-age memoir―co-starring her alcoholic actor father Edward Binns and glamorous but viciously smart narcissistic mother―reveals how simultaneous privilege and profound neglect led Brigit to seek comfort in the kitchen, eventually allowing her to find some sense of self-worth.

A memoir sauteed in Hollywood stories, world travel, and always, the need to belong.

Published on March 5, 2024

Order now from your favorite indie bookstore (Brigit’s is Omnivore Books in San Francisco), bookshop.org, or Amazon. 

“Definitely not the usual culinary memoir, this is a moving, tell-all story of survival, resilience—and the healing power of food.”

– Barbara Fairchild, Bon Appétit Magazine

“Brigit Binns may have had a hard-drinking actor for a father and a mother of dangerous exuberance, but she is the star of her life story.

This child of Hollywood writ