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Ruthie's Table 4

Ruthie's Table 4

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 For more than 30 years The River Cafe in London, has been the home-from-home of artists, architects, designers, actors, collectors, writers, activists, and politicians. Michael Caine, Glenn Close, JJ Abrams, Steve McQueen, Victoria and David Beckham, and Lily Allen, are just some of the people who love to call The River Cafe home. On River Cafe Table 4, Rogers sits down with her customers—who have become friends—to talk about food memories. Table 4 explores how food impacts every aspect of our lives. “Foods is politics, food is cultural, food is how you express love, food is about your heritage, it defines who you and who you want to be,” says Rogers. Each week, Rogers invites her guest to reminisce about family suppers and first dates, what they cook, how they eat when performing, the restaurants they choose, and what food they seek when they need comfort. And to punctuate each episode of Table 4, guests such as Ralph Fiennes, Emily Blunt, and Alfonso Cuarón, read their favourite recipe from one of the best-selling River Cafe cookbooks. Table 4 itself, is situated near The River Cafe’s open kitchen, close to the bright pink wood-fired oven and next to the glossy yellow pass, where Ruthie oversees the restaurant. You are invited to take a seat at this intimate table and join the conversation. For more information, recipes, and ingredients, go to https://shoptherivercafe.co.uk/ Web: https://rivercafe.co.uk/ Instagram: www.instagram.com/therivercafelondon/ Facebook: https://en-gb.facebook.com/therivercafelondon/ For more podcasts from iHeartRadio, visit the iheartradio app, apple podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com2025 iHeartMedia, Inc. © Any use of this intellectual property for text and data mining or computational analysis including as training material for artificial intelligence systems is strictly prohibited without express written consent from iHeartMedia Art Cooking Food & Wine
Episodes
  • Nili Lotan on the five key at her fashion company, her grandmother’s recipe book, and working for Ralph Lauren

    Nili Lotan on the five key at her fashion company, her grandmother’s recipe book, and working for Ralph Lauren
    Jun 16 2025

    Nili Lotan is not only a brilliant designer, and an entrepreneur. A woman with strong values she has held onto since starting her own fashion company, she advocates for peace, she supports women and working mothers.

    She and I both believe that great design, whether food or fashion, is about simplicity, precision, and timelessness. We talk about food and architecture, food and politics, food and family, food and fashion.

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    35 mins
  • Q&A special - Ruthie answers your questions with executive chefs, Sian Wyn Owen and Joseph Trivelli

    Q&A special - Ruthie answers your questions with executive chefs, Sian Wyn Owen and Joseph Trivelli
    Jun 9 2025

    In The River Cafe, we like a question. One of the reasons we have an open kitchen is that everything is on view and even our customers ask for tips on how to prepare their favourite meals.

    This week, Sian Wyn Owen, Joseph Trivelli and I are answering questions you have sent in. When and what to eat, our favourite seasons and much more.

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    35 mins
  • Graydon Carter on the Vanity Fair Oscar party, banning people from his restaurant and profiling Trump

    Graydon Carter on the Vanity Fair Oscar party, banning people from his restaurant and profiling Trump
    Jun 2 2025

    Looking at all the work Graydon Carter has done over the years, what it would be like to be one of his creations?

    As Spy magazine, I'd be fearless, funny, ahead of my time, radical and brave. Were I Vanity Fair, I'd be glamorous and erudite. Say I was his restaurant, The Waverly Inn, I'd be delicious, nestled in a beautiful corner of Greenwich Village. As Airmail, I would fly through the air every week, telling everyone what they need to know.

    And were I one of his five children or his beautiful wife Anna, I'd know what it feels like to be the focus of Graydon’s life.

    As for his newly published memoir, When The Going Was Good, I'd be unputdownable and number five on the New York Times bestseller list.

    But I would trade any of these just to be Graydon's friend, and that is what I am.

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    34 mins
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