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Pasta : the story of a universal food / Silvano Serventi and Françoise Sabban ; translated by Antony Shugaar.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: Italian Series: Arts and traditions of the tablePublisher: New York : Columbia University Press, 2002Description: xxi, 439 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0231124422
  • 9780231124423
Uniform titles:
  • Pasta. English
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 641.822
LOC classification:
  • TX809.M17 S4713 2002
Contents:
Note Concerning a Definition of Pasta Products -- Introduction: In the Beginning Was Wheat -- 1. The Infancy of an Art -- 2. The Time of the Pioneers -- 3. From the Hand to the Extrusion Press -- 4. The Golden Age of the Pasta Manufactory -- 5. The Industrial Age -- 6. Pasta Without Borders -- 7. The Time of Plenty -- 8. The Taste for Pasta -- 9. China: Pasta's Other Homeland -- 10. The Words of Pasta.
Summary: 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.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book City Campus City Campus Main Collection 641.822 SER (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Issued 09/10/2024 A296875B

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Note Concerning a Definition of Pasta Products -- Introduction: In the Beginning Was Wheat -- 1. The Infancy of an Art -- 2. The Time of the Pioneers -- 3. From the Hand to the Extrusion Press -- 4. The Golden Age of the Pasta Manufactory -- 5. The Industrial Age -- 6. Pasta Without Borders -- 7. The Time of Plenty -- 8. The Taste for Pasta -- 9. China: Pasta's Other Homeland -- 10. The Words of Pasta.

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.

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