The Pasta Codex: 1001 Recipes

Featuring 1 001 recipes compiled over thirty years of research and travel The Pasta Codex relates the history and traditions behind the worlds most famous food with recipes for every shape and type of pasta and sauce. For decades home cooks and pasta lovers have yearned for a complete English translation of Vincenzo Buonassisis 1974 Italian masterwork Il Codice della Pasta. At last that wait is over. Never before available in its complete form in English Buonassisis landmark work in John Alcorns famed design represents a lost gem of classical Italian gastronomy and publishing ready to dazzle an all-new generation. Featuring modern translations of all 1 001 recipes The Pasta Codex incorporates research from every region of Italy and uses every noodle shape and form--flat shaped rolled stuffed--and both dried and fresh pasta. Theres never been a more authentic and exhaustive look at the worlds favorite food. Coded by ingredient--Pasta with Vegetables Pasta with Vegetables and Dairy Pasta with Fish Pasta with Meat and so on--each recipe is easy to use without detailed knowledge of Italian history or geography. These are classic dishes from homes and kitchens across Italy presented plainly in Buonassisis delightfully gossipy voice with no chef-speak here to confuse or dilute the authentic enjoyment of good food.