- Hardcover: 272 pages
- Publisher: Ebury Press (14 April 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0091884640
- ISBN-13: 978-0091884642
- Product Dimensions: 19.7 x 2.5 x 25.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 233,388 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The celebrated authors of River Café Cookbook Easy, Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers, have combined their wonderfully fresh approach to modern and classic Italian food with a sharp eye on the huge market of time-poor gourmands.
It's not overstating it to say that the authors' River Café was at the vanguard of the foodie revolution. However, for many people, this revolution has been more aspirational than achievable, as the punters turned on by radicchio and rocket are the very same ones who may have the least time to try recipes out--never mind trying to source specialist ingredients, fiddling with truffles or building their own wood-burning oven. River Café Easy is a boon with easy-to-follow and easy-to-make recipes presented clearly and attractively, each beginning with a shopping list. Kicking off with bruschetta, each combination of gnaw-inspiring ingredients arranged on toasted slabs of Italian bread is shot from above to form a space-saving yet clear menu mosaic with presentation suggestions. Pasta is divided up into Spaghetti, Short Pasta and Tagliatelle to show how each suits a different type of sauce from the simple cucina rustica of garlic, chilli, parsley and the omnipresent extra virgin olive oil or butter, parmesan and pecorino tossed with spaghetti, to more robust ingredients of tomatoes, seafood and sausage that nestle in the hollows of short pasta, to the richer cream-based sauces holding figs and chilli or dried porcini and sage to thick ribbons of tagliatelle. Cooking processes for meat, seafood and game dishes are simple yet sophisticated and many are ideal for barbeques, family meals and dinner parties as well as being easily scaled down for singles or couples who want to brave a step away from microwave meals. As expected from this source, the cakes and desserts are to die for, with an easy version of the River Café's legendary Chocolate Nemesis.
As well as an Italian store cupboard feature with a list of the perennial ingredients readily available that you should have on hand to whisk up meals at any time and a section on basics such as peeling tomatoes and sauces such as aioli and salsa verde, many recipes include tips and short cuts on ingredients, methods and equipment. River Café Easy works both as a quick meals bible and a great introduction to Italian country cooking. --Fiona Buckland
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'a manual of how to live...a straightforward and accessible guide to how to cook good - and yes, affordable - Italian food', Harpers and Queen .'It's silver! It's easy! Are your kitchen shelves gastro-glam enough?', Sunday Times Style .'This book proves that good Italian food doesn't have to be hard work...will have you whipping up delicious and simple food everyday - in no time at all', Essentials .'With recipes so straightforward that even village idiots will have no problem rustling up a whole roast monkfish, spiced pigeon and polenta crumble, this is cooking made visually spectacular, astonishingly tasty and, it must be said, incredibly easy', GQ .'recipes that are quick, simple but still glamorous and delicious...it is foolproof', Daily Telegraph .'With Easy, its (River Cafe)proprietors guide us through a host of mouthwatering, reassuringly straightforward dishes', Red
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44 of 45 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
The River Cafe book for every day,
By Steve (Cambridge, UK) - See all my reviews
This review is from: River Cafe Cookbook Easy (Hardcover)
This book delivers exactly what its title promises: River Cafe food that's much quicker and easier to prepare than in their previous books. I love all the River Cafe books but it has to be said that, especially during the working week, I'm not always up to the lengthy preparation and constant involvement with the cooking that they so often require. So, for me, this is the perfect mid-week cookbook and it has quickly won a place on the kitchen bookshelf chez-moi. The recipes are significantly simpler than in the other books: they have shorter, less exotic ingredients lists and the methods are less involved and require less preparation. What's not compromised is the success of the dishes: perfectly judged flavours and endlessly fascinating combinations. So the end result is an excellent River Cafe style meal that takes far less time and effort to prepare than you'd believe from the taste. This book should be on every food lover's shelf, when it's not open on the kitchen counter that is!
15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
It really is easy, colourful and tasty,
This review is from: River Cafe Cookbook Easy (Hardcover)
The River Cafe Cook Book certainly is Easy. The latest installment features recipes that are colourful, creative, tasty and tempting for even the novice cook. I usually like to see colour photographs of what the end result should look like and this cook book has plenty on offer. So far, I have made the Dark Truffle cake, which is just about the easiest and scrummiest chocolate cake I have ever eaten. The Chicken with Lemon and the Slow Roast Tomatoes were just as delicious.I am looking forward to making some of the other recipes including the Gnudi Bianchi, as well as the many desserts that are featured. I especially liked the tips that are given throughout the cook book, the Italian Store Cupboard and list of Suppliers that are at the end of the book. I highly recommend that this cook book should grace your bookshelves.
28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic!,
By S WALKER (United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
This review is from: River Cafe Cookbook Easy (Hardcover)
River Cafe Cookbook Easy follows on in the same style as the earlier River Cafe books. It's clear and concise with naturalistic photography. Where it differs is that the ingredients and methodologies are much simpler. This is a cookbook that not only makes you want to cook the food, but makes you feel like you can! One to cook from - not just to read!
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