An A-Z of PastaThis is the story of pasta. In it, Guardian columnist and award winning food writer Rachel Roddy condenses everything she has learned about Italy's favourite food in a practical, easy to use and mouth watering collection of 100 essential pasta and pasta sauce recipes. Along with the recipes are short essays that weave together the history, culture and the everyday life of pasta shapes from the tip to the toe of Italy.

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