“Half Poetry, Half Science”: The Art of Food with River Cafe’s Ruthie Rogers - 258 - Alain Elkann Interviews

EASY PEASY LEMON SQUEEZY. Ruthie Rogers CBE is an American and British chef who owns and runs the Michelin starred Italian restaurant The River Café in Hammersmith, London. She is the widow of the Italian-born British architect Richard Rogers, Baron Rogers of Riverside, who together with Renzo Piano created the Pompidou Centre in Paris. “I always want somebody to come to the River Cafe and leave happier than they arrived.” “A lot of immigrants talk about the food of their grandmothers, because very often the mothers adapt and the grandmothers retain the cooking of their country of birth.” “I’m really proud of this beautiful book when I hand it to somebody. The fact that it’s called Squeeze Me is sexy and fabulous.”