TY  - BOOK
AU  - Serventi,Silvano
AU  - Sabban,Françoise
TI  - Pasta: the story of a universal food 
T2  - Arts and traditions of the table
SN  - 0231124422
AV  - TX809.M17 S4713 2002
U1  - 641.822 
PY  - 2002///
CY  - New York
PB  - Columbia University Press
KW  - Cooking (Pasta)
KW  - Pasta industry
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -