Pasta : the story of a universal food /
Serventi, Silvano,
Pasta : the story of a universal food / Silvano Serventi and Françoise Sabban ; translated by Antony Shugaar. - xxi, 439 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Arts and traditions of the table . - Arts and traditions of the table. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note Concerning a Definition of Pasta Products -- Introduction: In the Beginning Was Wheat -- The Infancy of an Art -- The Time of the Pioneers -- From the Hand to the Extrusion Press -- The Golden Age of the Pasta Manufactory -- The Industrial Age -- Pasta Without Borders -- The Time of Plenty -- The Taste for Pasta -- China: Pasta's Other Homeland -- The Words of Pasta. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Exploding the myth that Marco Polo brought pasta to Italy from China, this title shows that pasta existed in various cultures in various forms long before its appearance in the West. It chronicles the infancy of various forms of pasta and the effects of technology on pasta production.
0231124422 9780231124423
2002073840
Cooking (Pasta)
Pasta industry
TX809.M17 / S4713 2002
641.822
Pasta : the story of a universal food / Silvano Serventi and Françoise Sabban ; translated by Antony Shugaar. - xxi, 439 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Arts and traditions of the table . - Arts and traditions of the table. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note Concerning a Definition of Pasta Products -- Introduction: In the Beginning Was Wheat -- The Infancy of an Art -- The Time of the Pioneers -- From the Hand to the Extrusion Press -- The Golden Age of the Pasta Manufactory -- The Industrial Age -- Pasta Without Borders -- The Time of Plenty -- The Taste for Pasta -- China: Pasta's Other Homeland -- The Words of Pasta. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
Exploding the myth that Marco Polo brought pasta to Italy from China, this title shows that pasta existed in various cultures in various forms long before its appearance in the West. It chronicles the infancy of various forms of pasta and the effects of technology on pasta production.
0231124422 9780231124423
2002073840
Cooking (Pasta)
Pasta industry
TX809.M17 / S4713 2002
641.822