Here in the United States, 17 October's National Pasta Day has come and gone. However, it’s not too late to commemorate World Pasta Day on 25 October 2024. The good folks at Emiliomiti are offering 20% off all standard pasta dies. This sale ends on 27 October, so if you are in the market for a new pasta die, check out https://pastabiz.com.
To mark Pasta Day(s), I am sharing a list of my go-to pasta-related books, both reference and culinary. These titles hold pride of place in my collection. If you dig around this site, you will see that I frequently reference many of these books.
To keep this post short, I will not cover the “why” behind my list other than to say each enriches my understanding of pasta cookery.
An A-Z of Pasta by Rachel Roddy, Fig Tree / Penguin, 2021.
American Sfoglino by Evan Funke with Katie Parla, Chronicle Books, 2019.
Bugialli on Pasta by Giuliano Bugialli, Simon & Schuster, 1988.
Cooking By Hand by Paul Bertolli, Clarkson Potter, 2003.
Encyclopedia of Pasta by Oretta Zanini De Vita, translated by Maureen B. Fant, University of California Press, 2009.
The Geometry of Pasta by Caz Hildebrand & Jacob Kenedy, Quirk Books, 2010.
Pasta by Missy Robbins and Talia Baiocchi, Ten Speed Press, 2021.
The Pasta Codex by Vincenzo Buonassisi, Rizzoli, 2020.
Pasta Grannies by Vicky Bennison, Books One and Two, Hardie Grant, 2019 & 2022.
Sauces & Shapes by Oretta Zanini De Vita and Maureen B. Fant, W. W. Norton, 2013.
Happy Pasta Day, everyone!
