River Cafe 30: Simple Italian recipes from an iconic restaurant

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Simple, modern, Italian cooking from one of the world's most iconic restaurants on its 30th birthday. From the Fortnum & Mason 2018 Food and Drink Award winner- 'One of the most beautiful hardbacks we've ever seen' The Evening Standard An iconic restaurant. A celebratory cookbook. Simply delicious Italian homecooking at its best. With River Cafe 30, Ruth Rogers and her head-chefs, Joseph Trivelli and Sian Wyn Owen, invite you to join them in marking 30 years of memories and good food at London's The River Cafe. Since 1987, The River Cafe has championed simple, good quality Italian cooking. Ruth, Joseph and Sian have revisited and updated the best dishes from the first blue cookbook and introduce 30 new favourites from the menus today - Panzanella, Ravioli with Ricotta, Raw Tomato and Basil, Risotto with Porcini and Girolles, Braised Beef Fillet and, of course, Chocolate Nemesis. Including Ruth's memories and unseen archive images, Rose's careful tips and hand-drawn illustrations, new photography by Jean Pigozzi and Matthew Donaldson, bespoke menu artworks from the restaurant's friends and 120 classic Italian recipes, River Cafe 30 encapsulates the essence of the restaurant and its food. This is a beautiful cookbook of recipes you'll want to cook time and again - a must-have for all food lovers.

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One of the most beautiful hardbacks weve ever seen * The Evening Standard *
A beautifully designed cookbook that offers classic and new recipes from the restaurant. * Metro *
Now, you can recreate The River Cafes best-loved dishes. * Jamie Magazine *
The new cookbook is a real triumph. -- Felicity Spector

Throughout my career, Rose and Ruth have been a complete inspiration to me. They have changed the way the British people eat - here's to them both!

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Ruth Rogers (Author) Ruth Rogers and Rose Gray created the Michelin-starred River Cafe in 1987 and wrote their first book, The River Cafe Cookbook, in 1995. It was a game-changing Italian cookery manual and a global bestseller, which they followed with several more bestselling cookbooks. In 2010, shortly before Rose's death, they were appointed MBE. Many of the new generation of renowned chefs, such as April Bloomfield, Samuel and Samantha Clark and Jamie Oliver, began their careers in the kitchens of the River Cafe. Sian Wyn Owen (Author) Sian Wyn Owen is Head Chef at the River Cafe and has worked alongside Ruth Rogers for over 17 years. Joseph Trivelli (Author) Joseph Trivelli is Head Chef at the River Cafe and has worked in its kitchens for over 16 years. Rose Gray (Author) Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers created the River Cafe, which opened in 1987. Together they trained many of the new generation of renowned chefs, such as April Bloomfield, Samuel and Samantha Clark and Jamie Oliver.