Lorenza's Pasta: 200 Recipes for Family and Friends

De'Medici's erudite, cultured yet personable voice and 50 photographs by Gus Filgate feed the eye and intellect in this handsome cookbook. Related to the Medici's, Lorenza shares profound knowledge of Italian pasta cookery past and present, and in all its regional diversity. Enjoy classics, including Bucatini with Spiced Meat Sauce, with roots in the Renaissance; contemporary dishes like Ravioli with Radicchio; and quintessentially Italian Tortelli with Zucchini Flowers. Kitchen experience helps for coping with a few in accurate conversions of liquid measures (e.g. "2 1/2 pints/6 cups) and the lack of description for what steps should look like when completed.