Pasta modern : new and inspired recipes from Italy today

Segan details the hottest, newest, and most unusual pasta dishes from Italy's food bloggers, home cooks, artisan pasta makers, and vanguard chefs. The recipes include many vegan and vegetarian dishes; range from simple to cutting-edge; and will revive any pasta lover's repertoire.;Appetizers & soups -- Fruit -- Nuts -- Vegetarian -- Fish -- Meat -- Savory chocolate & coffee -- Fresh pasta -- Holidays -- Pasta for dessert. In Pasta Modern , Italian food authority Francine Segan challenges the notion that pasta must be traditional or old-world. In this beautifully photographed cookbook, Segan details the hottest, newest, and most unusual pasta dishes from Italys food bloggers, home cooks, artisan pasta makers, and vanguard chefs. The 100 distinctive pasta recipes, including many vegan and vegetarian specialties, range from simple and elegant (Gemelli with Caramelized Oranges and Crispy Pancetta) to more complex (Neapolitan Carnevale Lasagna) to cutting-edge (Cappuccino Caper Pasta). Tips and anecdotes culled from Segans Italian travels enhance the easy-to-follow directions, and a glossary of more than 50 extraordinary dried pastas showcases shapes to revive any pasta lovers repertoire. For contemporary, authentic Italian pasta, Pasta Modern is the go-to guide. Praise for Pasta She lives up to her own billing, well demonstrating a fierce, profound, and zealous reverence for Italian pastas. Booklist (starred review) A palate-pleasing cookbook that “enables us to virtually visit Italy’s 20 regions and savor its pastas” ( Booklist , starred review). In Pasta Modern , Italian food authority Francine Segan challenges the notion that pasta must be traditional or old-world. In this beautifully photographed cookbook, Segan details the hottest, newest, and most unusual pasta dishes from Italy’s food bloggers, home cooks, artisan pasta makers, and vanguard chefs. The one hundred distinctive pasta recipes, including many vegan and vegetarian specialties, range from simple and elegant (Pasta with Caramelized Oranges) to more complex (Neapolitan Carnevale Lasagna) to cutting-edge (Cappuccino-Caper Pasta). Tips and anecdotes culled from Segan’s Italian travels enhance the easy-to-follow directions, and a glossary of more than fifty extraordinary dried pastas showcases shapes to revive any pasta lover’s repertoire. For contemporary, authentic Italian pasta, Pasta Modern is the go-to guide. Food historian and cookbook author Francine Segan has travelled through all the regions of Italy to gather the most creative dishes that contemporary Italians prepare at home and in restaurants. This collection of new and unique recipes includes 100 distinctive pasta recipes that range from the simple and elegant to the cutting edge. Offers one hundred illustrated recipes for unusual and innovative Italian pasta dishes, covering appetizers, soups, main dishes, and desserts