{"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":"Patrick Radden Keefe, Author of London Falling","slug":"patrick-radden-keefe-author-of-london-falling","published_at":"2026-05-19T08:14:29+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ruthie-s-table-4-4309343/patrick-radden-keefe-author-of-london-falling","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/ruthie-s-table-4-4309343","url":"https://omny.fm/shows/river-cafe-table-4/patrick-radden-keefe-author-of-london-falling","audio_url":"https://podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/e73c998e-6e60-432f-8610-ae210140c5b1/f142f29a-33cf-4e9a-92e3-ae32006cd59d/17ab2269-09b8-418f-89a3-b44e011fe252/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=75bd3df4-3898-48a6-a40e-ae32006cd5b4","summary":"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 the same way, today’s guest, Patrick Radden Keefe, creates a book by choosing the people he’s drawn to — most recently in his newly published London Falling: A Mysterious Death in a Gilded City and a Family’s Search for Truth. Today, we’re here together to talk about his latest book, his parents’ second dinner, the mise en place of his writing process, and the ingredients of his stories. Order Table 4 at The River Cafe —the star-studded, food-filled book inspired by the beloved podcast: https://bit.ly/Table4AtRiverCafeBook See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.","meta_description":"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. I…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2368,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/ruthie-s-table-4-4309343/episodes/patrick-radden-keefe-author-of-london-falling/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/patrick-radden-keefe-author-of-london-falling.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}