Pasta Classica the Art of Italian Pasta Cooking Tapa dura - 1989

Hardback. Good.

London: John Murray, 1989. Book. Good. Paperback. First Thus. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Informal history, musings, recipes and splendid artwork render this volume entertaining for armchair cooks as well as useful in the kitchen. Readers can browse leisurely through accounts of authentic mozzarella (made from water buffalo milk), fascist antipasta propaganda of the 1930s, memories of a donkey-driven grinding wheel that turned wheat into flour, reproductions of a hand-colored engraving of a saffron crocus, a simple pen-and-ink drawing of a soup tureen and Torriglia's 19th century painting of a monk eating noodles. Sauces include Bolognese tomato-and-meat sauce and an uncooked tomato sauce. Fresh pasta is featured in such dishes as taglierini with fish and lemon sauce and tomato tagliatelle with lobster saffron cream sauce, while separate recipes for dried pasta include spaghetti with raw tomatoes and avocado and pasta with pink vodka sauce..

London: John Murray, 1989. Book. Very Good. Hardback. First Thus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 160 pages. Not only a cookery book, but a complete history of pasta. Overseas customers please email us before ordering, this book has shipping weight of 1.5kg.

London: John Murray, 1989. Book. Very Good. Hardback. First Thus. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 160 pages. Not only a cookery book, but a complete history of pasta. Press release loosely inserted to front. Overseas customers please email us before ordering, this book has shipping weight of 1.5kg.

Chronicle. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. Hardcover. 0719546079 . 160 pages .

John Murray (Publishers) Ltd. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1989. Revised Edition. Hardcover. 0719546079 . Very clean & tightly bound hardback book with no inscriptions, in a bright unclipped dustjacket. Appears little used. 160 pages, illustrations in the text, index .

John Murray, 1989-05-18. Revised Edition, 1989. hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 9x0x9. Signed by Author. Hardcover. Light rubbing to boards and dust jacket. Binding square and tight. No highlighting, notation, or remainder marks. Signed by author on front end page. Thank you for supporting Last Word Books and independent bookstores.