Download or read book The Essential Pasta Cookbook written by Whitecap Books and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pasta gives more pleasure to people than almost any other food you can think of. The Italians would never have survived without it, and a wave of their beloved pasta followed them as migrated across Europe to the new worlds in both hemispheres. This book celebrates the delicious simplicity of many popular classics, passed down over the generations, as well as introducing innovative recipes with a contemporary twist. All offer a trip around Italy without ever leaving home.