Pasta.pdf

encyclopedia of pasta

California Studies in Food and Culture

Darra Goldstein, Editor

oretta zanini de vita

pasta

translated by maureen b. fant

with a foreword by carol ﬁeld

University of California Press Berkeley Los Angeles London

encyclopedia of

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Zanini De Vita, Oretta, 1936–

[Pasta, atlante dei prodotti tipici. English]

Encyclopedia of pasta / Oretta Zanini De Vita ; translated by

Maureen B. Fant ; with a foreword by Carol Field.

p. cm. — (California studies in food and culture ; v. 26)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-0-520-25522-7 (cloth : alk. paper)

1. Pasta products—Italy—Encyclopedias. 2. Pasta

products—Italy—History. 3. Cookery (Pasta). I. Title.

TX394.5.Z35 2009

664'.755—dc22

2009010522

Manufactured in the United States of America

17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 09

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

The paper used in this publication meets the minimum require-

ments of ansi/niso z39.48-1992 (r 1997) (Permanence of Paper).