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16%OFFOretta Zanini de Vita - Sauces and Shapes - 9780393082432 - V9780393082432
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Sauces and Shapes

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Description for Sauces and Shapes Hardcover. Winner of the 2014 International Association of Culinary Association (IACP) Award The indispensable cookbook for genuine Italian sauces and the traditional pasta shapes that go with them. Num Pages: 400 pages, 24 pages of color photographs; black-and-white drawings. BIC Classification: 1DST; WBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 213 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1210.

Pasta is so universally popular in the United States that it can justifiably be called an American food. This book makes the case for keeping it Italian with recipes for sauces and soups as cooked in Italian homes today. There are authentic versions of such favorites as carbonara, bolognese, marinara, and Alfredo, as well as plenty of unusual but no less traditional sauces, based on roasts, ribs, rabbit, clams, eggplant, arugula, and mushrooms, to name but a few.

Anyone who cooks or eats pasta needs this book. The straightforward recipes are easy enough for the inexperienced, but even professional chefs ... Read more

Cooking pasta the Italian way means:

  • Keep your eye on the pot, not the clock.
  • Respect tradition, but don’t be a slave to it.
  • Choose a compatible pasta shape for your sauce or soup, but remember they aren’t matched by computer. (And that angel hair goes with broth, not sauce.)
  • Use the best ingredients you can find—and you can find plenty on the Internet.
  • Resist the urge to embellish, add, or substitute. But minor variations usually enhance a dish.
  • How much salt? Don’t ask, taste!

Serving and eating pasta the Italian way means:

  • Use a spoon for soup, not for twirling spaghetti.
  • Learn to twirl; never cut.
  • Never add too much cheese, and often add none at all.
  • Toss the cheese and pasta before adding the sauce.
  • Warm the dishes.Serve pasta alone. The salad comes after.
  • To be perfectly proper, use a plate, not a bowl.

The authors are reluctant to compromise because they know how good well-made pasta can be. But they keep their sense of humor and are sympathetic to all well-intentioned readers.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780393082432
SKU
V9780393082432
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

About Oretta Zanini de Vita
Oretta Zanini De Vita was born in Bologna, where she learned the art of pasta making as a child in a local convent school. A respected Italian culinary historian, she has written more than forty books on Italian food and its traditions, including the James Beard Award–winning Encyclopedia of Pasta (2010) and Popes, Peasants, and Shepherds: Recipes and Lore from ... Read more

Reviews for Sauces and Shapes
"Spend a little time with Sauces and Shapes and instead of asking why anyone might need yet another pasta cookbook, you might find yourself wondering why you would keep all those others."
Russ Parsons - Los Angeles Times "Revelation lies between these covers…This book is as much a fascinating lesson in Italian character as it is generous with dishes ... Read more

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