A Brief History of Pasta: The Italian Food that Shaped the World

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Author Luca Cesari
ISBN 9781788169394
Publisher Profile Books
Size 142 x 223 x 33mm
Weight (g) 460g

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A moreish history of everyone's favourite dish.

What is Italy without pasta? Come to think of it, where would the rest of us be without this staple of global cuisine?

The wheat-based dough first appeared in the Mediterranean in ancient times. Yet despite these ancient beginnings, pasta wasn't wedded to sauce until the nineteenth century. Once the food of peasants, it has been served everywhere from rural taverns to royal ... Read More

A moreish history of everyone's favourite dish.

What is Italy without pasta? Come to think of it, where would the rest of us be without this staple of global cuisine?

The wheat-based dough first appeared in the Mediterranean in ancient times. Yet despite these ancient beginnings, pasta wasn't wedded to sauce until the nineteenth century. Once the food of peasants, it has been served everywhere from rural taverns to royal tables - and its surprising past holds a mirror up to the changing fortunes of its makers.

Full of mouthwatering recipes and outlandish anecdotes - from (literal) off-the-wall 1880s cooking techniques to spaghetti conveyer belts in 1940 and the international amatriciana scandal in 2021 - Luca Cesari embarks on a tantalising journey through time to detangle this culinary classic.

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Author Luca Cesari
Isbn 9781788169394
Publisher Profile Books
Size 142 x 223 x 33mm
Weight (g) 460g

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