River Cafe Green

‘A good restaurant lives and grows and so do its recipes’ Ruth Rogers 
 
At London’s River Cafe, you can tell the seasons by the range of vegetables atop the restaurant bar: bushels of artichokes, bunches of puntarelle, crowns of romanesco and so much more. It is these ingredients that are at the heart of this new book; an ambitious, comprehensive celebration of fruits and vegetables from the Italian table that is destined to be an instant classic. 
 
Stunning, still-life photographs by Matthew Donaldson elevate the finest produce to works of art. Each ingredient receives its own peak-season portrait, followed by 1–2 iconic recipes that capture the ingredient at its finest. 
 
Vegetable-centric dishes bring the produce to splendour with perfect flavour pairings, which capture the essence of Italian cooking - where you walk into a restaurant in Rome in the spring, and see a table with sautéed peas, spinach, and artichokes. It says, this is our season and this is our world. 
 
This ground-breaking work redefines what a cookbook can be by combining bold visuals with eminently cookable recipes.

Ruth Rogers

Sian Wyn Owen

Joseph Trivelli

Rose Gray

One of the most beautiful hardbacks we’ve ever seen

A beautifully designed cookbook that offers classic and new recipes from the restaurant.

Now, you can recreate The River Cafe’s best-loved dishes.

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!

It's hard  to decide which has made the greater contribution  to British food  culture, Rose and Ruthie's outstanding restaurant, or  their wonderful  and inspiring cookbooks. If pushed, I would plump for  the latter.

‘A classic book that truly hits the sweet spot’ Crumbs magazine

Observer Food Monthly, Best CookBooks of 2017

Simple Italian recipes from an iconic restaurant

From the Fortnum &amp; 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.

Sian Wyn Owen

Praise for River Cafe 30

One of the most beautiful hardbacks we’ve ever seen

A beautifully designed cookbook that offers classic and new recipes from the restaurant.

Now, you can recreate The River Cafe’s best-loved dishes.

One of the most beautiful hardbacks we’ve ever seen

A beautifully designed cookbook that offers classic and new recipes from the restaurant.

Now, you can recreate The River Cafe’s best-loved dishes.

One of the most beautiful hardbacks we’ve ever seen

A beautifully designed cookbook that offers classic and new recipes from the restaurant.

Now, you can recreate The River Cafe’s best-loved dishes.

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