Product Description

A selection of recipes based on the farmhouse cooking of northern Italy, based on the food of the "River Cafe" which relies on good quality, fresh seasonal produce, plus authentic Italian ingredients. It includes authentic recipes for both savoury and sweet dishes.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #244575 in Books
• Published on: 1995-05-04
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 320 pages

Customer Reviews

absolutely fabulous darlings!
Despite the embarassing associations of this book - polenta eating, virgin olive oil drizzling Southern yuppies - when you get past these understandable feeling and pick one up, you will have bought one of the best cookbooks you will ever own. The chicken stuffed with mascarpone and rosemary is a favourite, but most of the recipes are incredible. Use the ingredients you can get hold of and don't use the amounts suggested if they seem ridiculous - and you are confident.This book improved our cooking 100%. Buy it, you won't regret it.

Italian food like you've never tasted before
Ruth Rogers and Rose Gray's The River Cafe Cook Book and the follow-up River Cafe Cook Book Two changed my life. The recipes are easy to follow and yield consistently sensational results. After the first bite of their Panzanella--Tuscan summer salad--you'll think you're in heaven. And the Winter Minestrone--sublime. It's better (and a whole lot cheaper) than a holiday in Tuscany!

This is the most outstanding cook book ever!
I agree with the other reviewer - the Winter Minestrone is fabulous - but so are all the other soups - the Sardinian fennel in Book 2 - and the stocks are so simple to make, yet taste SO GOOD! The vegetable recipes are a yum, the meat and poultry superb and the desserts, delicious! Absolutely brilliant. Try their Estate Olive Oils too!