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Season 1

  • S01E01 Episode 1

    • June 3, 1998

    Rose and Ruth cook spaghetti al limone - with lemons, basil and parmesan cheese and rigatoni with pecorino and twenty year old balsamic vinegar - a luxury but worth it.

  • S01E02 Episode 2

    • June 10, 1998

    Ruth and Rose look at seafood recipes, creating chargilled monkfish and scallop skewered on a rosemary stick, also visiting Piombino for a fish auction

  • S01E03 Episode 3

    • June 17, 1998

    Bruschetta is prepared using borlotti beans with celery, tomato and chilli. Viewers are also shown how to prepare wood-roasted vegetables, and the team visits Florence.

  • S01E04 Episode 4

    • June 24, 1998

    For Britain's meat eaters, Ruth Rogers and Rose Gray introduce some of their favourite recipes for poultry and game.

  • S01E05 Episode 5

    • July 1, 1998

    Ruth and Rose prepare a summer pea and rice soup from Emilia, a clear elegant broth with fresh, crunchy asparagus and two thick Tuscan bread soups.

  • S01E06 Episode 6

    • July 8, 1998

    The team recreate their famous Chocolate Nemesis as well as a deliciously light almond and strawberry tart. They make two sorbets; an intense chocolate and a zestful raspberry.

Season 2

  • S02E01 Episode 1

    • November 19, 1998

    Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers of River Cafe offer an easy to follow, step by step guide on how to bring the autumn and winter tastes of Italy into your kitchen, beginning with vegetables.

  • S02E02 Episode 2

    • November 26, 1998

    This programme focuses on fish.

  • S02E03 Episode 3

    • December 3, 1998

    This programme is devoted to risotto and polenta.

  • S02E04 Episode 4

    • December 10, 1998

    How to bring the autumn and winter tastes of Italy into your kitchen. This programme is devoted to game.

  • S02E05 Episode 5

    • December 17, 1998

    Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers of River Cafe investigate some comforting soups for autumn and winter.

  • S02E06 Episode 6

    • December 24, 1998

    A festive programme catering for the sweet of tooth.