The Italians have a secret. Over the centuries, they have pioneered more than 300 shapes of pasta, each with a history, a story to tell, and an affinity for particular foods. These shapes have evolved alongside the flavors of local ingredients, and the perfect combination can turn an ordinary dish into something sublime. The Geometry of Pasta pairs more than one hundred authentic recipes from critically acclaimed chef Jacob Kenedy with award-winning designer Caz Hildebrand's stunning black-and-white designs to reveal the science, history, and philosophy behind spectacular pasta dishes from all over Italy.
Packaged in a crisply designed black-and-white hardcover (complete with a dust jacket that unfolds into a poster of pasta shapes and patterns), The Geometry of Pasta is a one-of-a-kind cookbook unlike anything you've ever seen!
Needless to say, this was love at first sight for a pasta fiend like me. And just the casual flip-through told me I HAD to have this book. It tells you the history of each pasta in alphabetical order, some quirky details about it, some great recipes for it, and gives suggestions for other ingredients that would also be fantastic with it. Plus, I was childishly please that the dust jacket folds out into a poster of pasta shapes. Brava!!!!
--Jackie
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