Encyclopedia of pasta /

Spaghetti, gnocchi, tagliatellea, ravioli, vincisgrassi, strascinati--pasta in its myriad forms has been a staple of the Mediterranean diet longer than bread. This beautiful volume is the first book to provide a complete history of pasta in Italy, telling its long story via the extravagant variety o...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zanini De Vita, Oretta, 1936-
Other Authors: Fant, Maureen B., Field, Carol
Format: eBook
Language:English
Language Notes:Translated from the Italian.
Published: Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, [2009]
Series:California studies in food and culture ; 26.
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Table of Contents
  • Foreword
  • Preface to the English-Language Edition
  • Translator's Preface
  • Voyage in the Pasta Universe
  • Introduction to the First Italian Edition
  • Traditional Italian Pasta Shapes A to Z
  • Glossary
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index of Pasta Names
  • General Index.