{"podcast":{"title":"Ruthie's Table 4","slug":"ruthie-s-table-4-4309343","podcast_index_feed_id":4309343,"rss_url":"https://omnycontent.com/d/playlist/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/F142F29A-33CF-4E9A-92E3-AE32006CD59D/75BD3DF4-3898-48A6-A40E-AE32006CD5B4/podcast.rss","website_url":"https://www.iheart.com/podcast/1119-river-cafe-table-4-86783836/","image_url":"https://www.omnycontent.com/d/playlist/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/f142f29a-33cf-4e9a-92e3-ae32006cd59d/75bd3df4-3898-48a6-a40e-ae32006cd5b4/image.jpg?t=1670269133&size=Large","author":"iHeartPodcasts","episode_count":282,"summary":"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 love to call The River Cafe home. On River Cafe Table 4, Rogers sits down with her customers—who have become friends—to talk about food memories. Table 4 explores how food impacts every aspect of our lives. “Foods is politics, food is cultural, food is how you express love, food is about your heritage, it defines who you and who you want to be,” says Rogers. Each week, Rogers invites her guest to reminisce about family suppers and first dates, what they cook, how they eat when performing, the restaurants they choose, and what food they seek when they need comfort. And to punctuate each episode of Table 4, guests such as Ralph Fiennes, Emily Blunt, and Alfonso Cuarón, read their favourite recipe from one of the best-selling River Cafe cookbooks. Table 4 itself, is situated near The River Cafe’s open kitchen, close to the bright pink wood-fired oven and next to the glossy yellow pass, wher…","last_synced_at":"2026-07-04T22:20:32.040802+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ruthie-s-table-4-4309343"},"episode":{"title":"Mel Brooks Turns 100","slug":"mel-brooks-turns-100","published_at":"2026-07-02T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ruthie-s-table-4-4309343/mel-brooks-turns-100","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ruthie-s-table-4-4309343","url":"https://omny.fm/shows/river-cafe-table-4/mel-brooks-turns-100","audio_url":"https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/f142f29a-33cf-4e9a-92e3-ae32006cd59d/88569357-13ea-4a2b-8053-b47b009a4228/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=75bd3df4-3898-48a6-a40e-ae32006cd5b4","summary":"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 warmth and humour, delighting audiences as a writer, director, actor and comedian. From The Producers and Blazing Saddles to Young Frankenstein, his unique talents have left an indelible mark on film, television and theatre. To celebrate Mel, we're going to revisit some of the best moments from his wonderful appearance on Ruthie's Table 4, back in 2023 - one of my favourite ever episodes. We talk about the food of his childhood in Brooklyn, keeping carp in the bathtub, eating in the army, his friendship with Cary Grant, his uncanny impression of a cat, and many more memories from one of the greatest storytellers of our time. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.","meta_description":"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 warmth an…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1190,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ruthie-s-table-4-4309343/episodes/mel-brooks-turns-100/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ruthie-s-table-4-4309343/mel-brooks-turns-100.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}