Rachel Roddy Book order

Delving into the art of pasta, this cookbook offers a comprehensive collection of recipes and techniques from award-winning food writer Rachel Roddy, who has spent over a decade in Rome. It features an alphabetical assortment of pasta and sauce pairings, alongside guidance on making pasta from scratch. The book also includes insightful essays on the history and diversity of pasta shapes across Italy. With both traditional favorites and innovative twists, it serves as a delightful tribute to authentic Italian cuisine.

This is a 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 over 120 essential pasta and sauce recipes. Short essays weave together the history, culture and the everyday life of pasta shapes from the tip to the toe of Italy. There is pasta made with water, and pasta with egg; shapes made by hand and those rolled by machine; the long and the short; the rolled and the stretched; the twisted and the stuffed; the fresh and the dried. An A-Z of Pasta suggests how to match pasta shapes with sauces, and how to serve them. The recipes range from the familiar - pesto, rag and carbonara - to the unfamiliar (but thrilling)- ziti with onion and beef, scialatielli with sea bass and lemon; capelli d'angelo with leeks and saffron. This is a mouthwatering guide to pasta from one of the best food writers of our time.

A recipe book that reflects the way I cook and eat: uncomplicated, direct and adaptable Italian family food that reflects the season. From tomato and salted ricotta salad, caponata and baked Sicilian pasta to lemon crumble, honeyed peaches and almond and chocolate cake, it features authentic recipes that you will want to cook again and again.

Five Quarters - notebook, recipe book and kitchen diary. Award-winning Guardian Cook columnist, Rachel Roddy, merges her love of Italian cooking with a strong nostalgia for the family mealtimes of her English childhood.