Lorenza's Pasta: 200 Recipes for Family and Friends - Softcover

De'Medici's erudite, cultured yet personable voice and 50 photographs by Gus Filgate feed the eye and intellect in this handsome cookbook. Related to the Medici's, Lorenza shares profound knowledge of Italian pasta cookery past and present, and in all its regional diversity. Enjoy classics, including Bucatini with Spiced Meat Sauce, with roots in the Renaissance; contemporary dishes like Ravioli with Radicchio; and quintessentially Italian Tortelli with Zucchini Flowers. Kitchen experience helps for coping with a few in accurate conversions of liquid measures (e.g. "2 1/2 pints/6 cups) and the lack of description for what steps should look like when completed.

In this definitive cookbook, Lorenza dešMedici shares her wealth of knowledge and culinary experience in the art of making and cooking pasta. In Lorenzašs hands, pasta is never an ordinary dish; even when simply dressed with garlic, oil, and pepper or butter and Parmesan, it is cooked and prepared as it should be: with care and attention. From classics like Ravioli with Pancetta and Potatoes and Taglietelle with Porcini Mushrooms ‹ to the more sophisticated and unusual ‹ Agnolotti with Black Truffles, Penne with Swordfish, and Zitoni with Olives ‹ the recipes are defined clearly for all aspiring cooks. Lavishly enhanced with photos and illustrations, and revealing all of Lorenzašs genius for simple but elegant cooking, this is a feast of a book for pasta lovers.