From Library Journal
The author of several other single-subject Italian cookbooks, including Gelato! and Pizza Napoletana!, Johns presents 50 recipes for regional Italian pasta dishes, along with history and background on this favorite food, a useful chart of pasta shapes categorized by region, and "A Tour of Artisan Pasta Makers." The book has a certain appeal, but recipes for many of these specialties can easily be found elsewhere. For large Italian cookery collections.
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About the Author
Pamela Sheldon Johns, a James Beard Award nominee, is the author of many cookbooks. Sheldon Johns runs a cooking school in Santa Barbara, California, and week-long wine and food workshops in Italy.