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Author Zanini De Vita, Oretta, 1936-

Title Encyclopedia of pasta / Oretta Zanini De Vita ; translated by Maureen B. Fant ; with a foreword by Carol Field
Published Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009

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Description 1 online resource (xxi, 374 p.)
Series California studies in food and culture ; 26
California studies in food and culture ; 26.
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
Summary 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 of shapes it takes and the even greater abundance of names by which it is known. Food scholar Oretta Zanini De Vita traveled to every corner of her native Italy, recording oral histories, delving into long-forgotten family cookbooks, and searching obscure archives to produce this rich and uniquely personal compendium of historical and geographical information. For each entry she includes the primary ingredients, preparation techniques, variant names for the same pasta, and the locality where it is made and eaten. Along the way, Zanini De Vita debunks such culinary myths as Marco Polo's supposed role in pasta's story even as she serves up a feast of new information. Encyclopedia of Pasta, illustrated throughout with original drawings by Luciana Marini, will be the standard reference on one of the world's favorite foods for many years to come, engaging and delighting both general readers and food professionals
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Translated from the Italian
Translated from the Italian
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Subject Pasta products -- Italy -- Encyclopedias
Pasta products -- Italy -- History
Cooking (Pasta)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Food Science.
COOKING -- History.
Cooking (Pasta)
Pasta products
Italy
Genre/Form Encyclopedias
History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2021697049
ISBN 9780520944718
0520944712
1784026018
9781784026011
9786612359910
6612359919
Other Titles Pasta, atlante dei prodotti tipici. English