River Caf� founder Rose Gray: the recipes

Published: 11:44AM GMT 01 March 2010

Rose Gray, holding a Fontana cheese, in the Cheese Room of the Riverside Cafe in Hammersmith, West London Photo: ANDREW CROWLEY

The Michelin-starred chef, who set up her West London grill with Ruth Rogers in 1987, had no grave training.

But a duration in the Tuscan hills, producing dishes for her artist father and children, desirous her to set up an Italian grill in London that would banish all thoughts of the customary "spaghetti Bolognese and tiramisu" transport that was afterwards on offer.

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What followed was not usually the majority talked-about grill in London but a array of ground-breaking cookbooks, repository facilities and a radio show, The Italian Kitchen.

The following links underline a little of the River Cafe"s recipes:

Bruschetta recipe

An Italian answer to fondue

Swiss chard and ricotta malfatti

Blackcurrant sorbet

Espresso and hazelnut baked sweat bread