Glorious Pasta of Italy

Description

Pasta is a welcome addition to any dinner table and this gorgeous cookbook includes many favorites from her own family as well as those she has adapted from prominent Italian chefs, including crespelle baked with pork and spinach, ravioli stuffed with four cheeses, lamb ragu over saffron tagliatelle, and cappelletti 'hats' simmering in a savory broth. Additional information includes advice on equipment and ingredients plus recipes for making fresh pasta and using dried pasta. A pasta shape glossary helps the reader tell the difference between pastas like fettucine and tagliolini.

Domenica Marchetti is a writer and cooking teacher who specializes in contemporary Italian home cooking. She is the author of Big Night In and The Glorious Soups and Stews of Italy, from Chronicle Books. www.domenicacooks.com. France Ruffenach is is a San Francisco-based photographer whose work has appeared in Martha Stewart Living, Real Simple, Bon Appetit, and Travel & Leisure magazines, as well as in many cookbooks including Tartine, Every Day's a Holiday, Cupcakes, Inner Beauty, and Everyday Celebrations, all published by Chronicle Books.