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 world`s 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 Buonassisi`s 1974 Italian masterwork, Il Codice della Pasta. At last, that wait is over. Never before available in its complete form in English, Buonassisi`s landmark work in John Alcorn`s 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. There`s never been a more authentic and exhaustive look at the world`s 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 Buonassisi`s delightfully gossipy voice, with no chef-speak here to confuse or dilute the authentic enjoyment of good food.