PASTA

JAMES BEARD AWARD NOMINEE A stylish transporting pasta master class from New York City s premier pasta chef with recipes for 40 handmade pasta shapes and 100 Italian American regional Italian and modern dishes IACP AWARD FINALIST Missy Robbins brings her extraordinary knowledge and generous heart to teach us to prepare the pastas that made her restaurants Lilia and Misi two of the best in the world Ina Garten Barefoot Contessa ONE OF THE TEN BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR San Francisco Chronicle Boston Globe ONE OF THE BEST COOKBOOKS OF THE YEAR Minneapolis Star Tribune Glamour Food52 Epicurious Food trends come and go but pasta holds strong year after year Despite its humble ingredients made of merely flour and water or flour and eggs the magic rituals and art of pasta making span over five centuries Two ingredients are turned into hundreds of stuffed rolled extruded dried stamped and hand cut shapes each with its own unique provenance and enrobed in a favored sauce New York City chef Missy Robbins fell in love with Italian food and pasta twenty five years ago She has been cooking researching and studying her way across Italy ever since which led her to open two of America s most renowned pasta restaurants Lilia and Misi With illust