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Books > Food & Drink > General cookery > Cookery by ingredient > Pasta dishes
All about Pasta serves as the ideal kitchen companion, whether you
would like to master mixing and forming the dough from scratch or
you just want to expand your repertoire of easy weeknight sauces
for store-bought pasta. Organized by families of pasta, the book
explains every major pasta shape: its history, the best sauce
pairings, and the inside scoop on signs of quality in the market.
Recipes range from all-time favourites such as Tortellini in Brodo
and Tagliatelle alla Bolognese to contemporary creations from
Eataly's restaurants such as Kale Fusilli with Butternut Squash and
Penne with Duck and Olive Ragu. All about Pasta provides everything
the home cook needs, in one quick-reference volume, to prepare
delicious pasta dishes whether for an elegant dinner party, a
make-ahead buffet, or a quick family meal.
Nigella Lawson described Anna Del Conte's book Portrait of Pasta as
'The book that actually changed the way the English thought about
Italian cooking... and the instrumental force in leading us from
the land of spag bol, macaroni cheese and tinned ravioli'. Now Anna
Del Conte has fully updated and revised that book, introducing many
new recipes, to create Anna Del Conte On Pasta. This is a delicious
collection of 120 recipes, many of which can be cooked within
minutes. The book starts with a fascinating historical account of
pasta, then guides you through how to cook pasta, and explores the
different types of pasta. The recipes, which come from every region
of Italy, are divided into easy to navigate chapters on meat,
dairy, vegetables, soups, stuffed and baked pastas. This is a
classic Italian cookbook, and will quickly prove essential in your
kitchen. Her accolades include the prestigious Duchessa Maria
Luigia di Parma prize for Gastronomy of Italy, in 1987; the Premio
Nazionale di Cultura Gastronomica Verdicchio d'Oro prize for her
contribution to the dissemination of knowledge concerning authentic
Italian cooking, in 1994 and In 2010, she was awarded the honour of
Ufficiale dell'Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana, in
recognition of the importance of her work in keeping alive Italy's
good image in the UK.
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