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Rose Gray

March 2025

  • Lemon tart

    Observer Food Monthly's 20 best recipes
    Ruth Rogers and Rose Gray’s recipe for lemon tart

    There are lemon tarts, and then there is the ultimate lemon tart from the River Cafe

October 2023

  • Focaccia with black grapes.

    Observer Food Monthly's 20 best recipes
    Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers’ focaccia with black grapes recipe

    Traditionally made during the Italian grape harvest, this is both flat bread and dessert

October 2016

  • Nigel Slater’s chocolate peanut butter cheesecake

    Observer Food Monthly's 20 best recipes
    The 20 best cake recipes: part 4

    Cheesecake, ice-cream cake and more from top cooks including Nigel Slater and Claudia Roden, selected by Observer Food Monthly

July 2015

  • Pana cotta

    Observer Food Monthly's 20 best recipes
    The 20 best Italian recipes: part 4

    Brilliant dishes including The River Cafe’s panna cotta and Nigella Lawson’s chocolate olive oil cake, selected by Observer Food Monthly

August 2014

  • Sabrina Ghayour's cumin-roasted carrots with honey-lemon dressing and goats' cheese

    Observer Food Monthly's 20 best recipes
    20 best summer salad recipes: part 4

    Great seasonal dishes from top chefs, including Nigella’s serrano ham salad, chosen by Observer Food Monthly

September 2009

  • river cafe anti pasti

    River Cafe antipasti: four crunchy treats

    River Cafe: recipes for delicious crunchy treats from the new River Cafe Classic Italian Cook Book

  • Peas with proscuitto

    River Cafe vegetables

    River Cafe: Peas with proscuitto, deep-fried courgette flowers and garlic chickpeas

  • Fusilli with zucchini and butter

    Italian classics

    Classic Italian recipes from the new River Cafe cookbook

August 2008

  • A little place I know
    A little place I know

    Rose Gray of the River Cafe shares her favourite food spots and specialist suppliers

November 2007

  • Baking
    Fresh from the River Café oven

    Cherry focaccia from the River Café Cook Book

October 2006

  • How to make the perfect ...

    ... roast potatoes, roast beef, roast lamb, roast pork, roast chicken, Yorkshire pudding, beef stew, lamb stew, bread, pasta, cheese soufflé, fish pie, fruit crumble and, of course, a delicious chocolate cake.

January 2006

  • Fine drizzle

    Britons are now spending more on olive oil than on the more traditional cooking varieties. But which brands are worth splashing out on? We asked Rose Gray and her River Cafe team to take a blind taste test.

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