Ruthie's Table 4
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Ruthie's Table 4
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 l...
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Clare Hornby, Founder and CEO of ME+EM
Good food and good clothes should do the same thing: make you feel instantly comfortable, confident, and completely at home.
In this episode Rut...
Bonus: Michael Elias on his new book, Bender's LA
Ruthie speaks to her brother, screenwriter and author Michael Elias, about his latest novel, Bender's LA.
In the coke-dusted canyons and deal-ma...
In Conversation With Zanny Minton Beddoes, Editor-in-Chief of The Economist
Zanny Minton Beddoes and I have different professions, and different workplaces. As editor-in-chief of The Economist, hers is in the newsroom mine is...
Bonus: Wine with Ab Rogers
Ab Rogers explains his fascination with wine and why he prefers grapes that have had to fight for their survival.
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Ab Rogers, Designer
Ab Rogers is a visionary designer. He is also my stepson.
For over 50 years, we’ve been side by side, taking adventures together.
Today,...
Bonus: Erin Lyall on Eating With Soldiers
Erin Lyall, a conflict producer for CBS News, reveals what it's like to eat with soldiers, how an army feeds itself, and how she personally recovers a...
Erin Lyall, Conflict Producer For CBS News
As a conflict producer for CBS News, Erin Lyall has eaten with Ukrainian soldiers on the freezing front line, cooked with families in their homes in G...
Bonus: Graham Norton on why you should work in a restaurant
Graham Norton reveals what he learned from working in restaurants, what he noticed about tricky customers, and why he would recommend the experience t...
Mel Brooks Turns 100
This week marks a very special occasion. My friend, Mel Brooks, is turning 100.
For the best part of a century, he has lit up the world with his...
Graham Norton
To be a truly great host, as Graham Norton is every week on his television sofa, you have to understand and genuinely like people. It's the same for m...
Giulio Bertelli, Filmmaker
Last September, at the Venice Film Festival, I went to see Agon — a radical and powerful film. Afterwards, I immediately changed my schedule to attend...
Piers Morgan, Broadcaster
Everyone knows Piers Morgan as a journalist, editor, and fearless interviewer. But I also know him as someone who loves food and can describe in detai...
Bonus: Ruth Porat - “If We Can, We Must.”
Ruth Porat - President and Chief Investment Officer of Google and Alphabet - discusses the social responsibilities that come with technological advanc...
Ruth Porat, President and Chief Investment Officer at Alphabet and Google
Ruth Porat is the President and Chief Investment Officer of Google and Alphabet. She is also my friend.
Her extraordinary schedule has often kep...
Bonus: Declan Kelly On Going Vegetarian
Consello CEO Declan Kelly discusses his decision to become a vegetarian as a teenager in 1980s Ireland, and how he eats today.
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Declan Kelly - Founder, Chairman and CEO of Consello
A few months ago, I met Declan Kelly, founder, Chairman, and CEO of Consello, one of the world’s most influential advisory firms.
The connectio...
Bonus: Making A Menu
The River Café’s Sian Wyn Owen joins Michael and Lindsay Tusk to discuss the menu she has prepared for the day, the seasonal ingredients she is using,...
Michael & Lindsay Tusk, Restaurateurs, Quince & Co.
Chef Michael Tusk and his wife and partner, Lindsay Tusk, believe great food is about simplicity, quality ingredients, and happiness.
A few mont...
Bonus: Patrick Radden Keefe on eating together and eating alone
Patrick Radden Keefe talks about two contrasting food pleasures - hosting and eating alone.
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Patrick Radden Keefe, Author of London Falling
I’ve sometimes wondered whether writing a book might be a bit like cooking a meal.
I create a menu by choosing the ingredients I’m drawn to. In...
Bonus: Talking Restaurants with Paul Price
Burberry’s Paul Price talks about the restaurants of his past, and his idea to start one in the future.
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Paul Price
Paul Price is Burberry’s Chief Product Merchandising Officer.
When I asked his friend, film director Andrew Jarecki about him, he said ‘Paul is...
Bonus: Asparagus
Spring is here, which means it’s asparagus season. In this bonus episode of Ruthie's Table 4, we’re joined by The River Cafe executive chefs Sian Wyn...
Dara Khosrowshahi, CEO of Uber
Dara Khosrowshahi is known as one of the world’s most influential CEOs. Everyone wants to talk to him about leading a company as huge, and impactful,...
Bonus: Jorge and Paola Ramos on Welcoming Food
Journalists Jorge and Paola Ramos discuss Jorge’s favourite way to welcome Paola home - quesadillas.
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Jorge and Paola Ramos
When I was growing up in the sixties, the United States was a tumultuous place. Journalists were heroes, seeking the truth with courage.
So toda...
Bonus: Bruce Bozzi On The Magic Of Lasagna
Bruce Bozzi discusses the magic of his mother's lasagna.
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Bruce Bozzi
A few months ago, I was at Bruce Bozzi's home in Los Angeles. We decided to make a tomato pasta together, and there in the kitchen, we discovered how...
Bonus: Tom Freston On Bartending
Former CEO of MTV Networks, Tom Freston, talks about the joys and the value of bartending.
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Tom Freston - Co-creator of MTV
Some weeks ago, I met Tom Freston at a party in London. We immediately started talking—mostly about Unplugged, his brilliant new memoir.
Unplugg...
Jamie Oliver, Gary Lineker & Seth Doane
A few weeks ago, just hours before the opening of Jamie’s Italian in Leicester Square, Jamie Oliver joined me at The River Cafe to sit, and to talk.
Bonus: Margate, or ‘Traceyville’
Tracey discusses how she’s supporting the creative community in her hometown of Margate. This includes the training café A Perfect Place to Grow, for...
Dame Tracey Emin
When we first started Ruthie’s Table 4 back in 2021, Tracey Emin was one of the very first people I asked to join me—an artist and a friend I love.
Bonus: What To Eat When with Sir Sadiq Khan
In this bonus episode of Ruthie’s Table 4, Mayor Sadiq Khan discusses how mayors from all over the world connect, learn from one another, and fight f...
Sir Sadiq Khan, Mayor Of London
Sir Sadiq Khan, the third and longest governing Mayor in London’s history, sees the dinner table as a place of importance.
Today, he is here wi...
Bonus: The Cook And The Book
In this bonus excerpt from her conversation with Ashley Baker, Ruthie reflects on the importance of grandparents, and of tradition during the writing...
Special Episode: The Cook and the Book
In this special episode, Ruthie is joined by her friend and journalist Ashley Baker to take us inside the creation of the new book Table 4 at the Rive...
Bonus: The Chocolate Nemesis
In this bonus episode of Ruthie's Table 4, food writer and dessert connoisseur Aleksandra Crapanzano is joined by executive chef Sian Wynn Owen, to di...
Aleksandra Crapanzano
Aleksandra Crapanzano is a close friend who has written four fantastic books - The London Cookbook, Eat. Cook. L.A., Gâteau: The Surprising Simplicity...
Peter Sarsgaard On Bees And A Bear
In this bonus episode of Ruthie's Table 4, actor Peter Sarsgaard explains the joys of beekeeping, as well as the challenges of protecting his hives fr...