River Cafe Cook Book 2: Bk.2 [Paperback]

With their innovative interpretation of Italian country cooking, Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers have established The River Cafe as one of the most influential restaurants in the world. In River Cafe Cook Book Two they provide over 200 sensational new recipes in the vibrant style that has become their trademark. The emphasis throughout is on top-quality ingredients and a fresh, uncomplicated approach. Reflecting the new directions Rose and Ruth have taken in the restaurant, this collection places more emphasis on vegetarian dishes, for example, and on new techniques such as wood-roasting, which can easily be adapted for any domestic oven. With its dynamic design and great photography, River Café Cook Book Two is an exciting yet accessible cookbook which no-one will want to be without.

Praise for River Cafe Cook Book Two
"Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers have changed the way we eat." --The Times

"The River Cafe is a dish that's perilously close to perfection itself." --Independent

"The artwork is outstanding, the instructions are precise and the recipes heavenly." --Daily Mail

"You should cook these dishes: they are good, not too hard to follow and presented with an almost puritan economy... The pictures themselves are almost pornographically alluring." --Guardian

"No food-lover's bookshelves are complete without this follow-up." --Vogue

"The Two is a joy." -- Sunday Telegraph

A paperback edition of the phenomenally successful River Cafe Cook Book Two, featuringexciting new recipes and techniques from one of London`s most innovative and influential restaurants.

The first River Cafe Cook Book was a publishing phenomenon, winning both the Glenfiddich Food Book of the Year and the BCA Illustrated Book of the Year Awards. As wellas the innovative, striking design of the book, the appeal also lies in the exquisite simplicity of its food. A sophisticated re-interpretation of the cucina rustica or farmhouse cooking of northern Italy, the food of the River Cafe relies on good quality, fresh, seasonal produce. Ruth and Rose`s direct, uncomplecated approach means that many of the dishes are strikingly simple-fish, meat and vegetables are chargrilled, pan-fried and baked-but all of them are vibrant with flavour. This new book retains the essential style of The River Cafe while reflecting the new directions Ruth and Rose`s cooking has taken since their first book; meat is less prominent, for example, while vegetables and vegatarian cooking have become more important; new techniquies, such as wood-roasting are featured, always with advice on how the results can be achieved can be achieved in a domestic oven. With over 200 completely new recipies, illustrated and presented in the first book, River Cafe Cook Book 2 will be a must both for the many people who loved the first volume and for those who have yet to discover the delights of cooking. (19980423)