The Pasta Book

Name: The Pasta Book
Brand: Penguin Random House Distribution
SKU: 9780593799475
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Recipes, Techniques, Inspiration

By David Joachim and Marc Vetri

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Unlock the secrets of making creative pasta dishes with more than 75 simple and spectacular recipes, featuring helpful QR codes to step-by-step video tutorials from the James Beard Award-winning author of Mastering Pasta. In The Pasta Book, acclaimed chef Marc Vetri presents a wide range of... Read More

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The Pasta Book

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~~$69⁹⁹~~

Description

In The Pasta Book, acclaimed chef Marc Vetri presents a wide range of easy to impressive pasta dinners using both dried and fresh pastas. With a dish for every shape, sauce, mood, and timeline, Vetri demystifies the process of "marrying" pasta and sauce into one harmonious dish, creating your own flavour combinations, and pairing different pastas and sauces. Vetri shares both weeknight classics and popular pastas from his restaurants, adapting his methods so home cooks can experience these acclaimed dishes in their own kitchens, with chapters including:

Vegetable Pasta: Pici Pomodoro; Garganelli with Corn and Scallions; Spinach Gnocchi with Brown Butter and Shaved Ricotta Salata

Seafood Pasta: Paccheri with Clams and Charred Lemon Brodo; Troccoli with Shrimp and Ginger Chili Crisp; Scallop Raviolo with Champagne

Poultry and Game Pasta: Tagliolini with Chicken Liver Ragu; Pumpernickel Pappardelle with Duck Ragu

Pork Pasta: Rigatoni with Fiorella Sausage Ragu; Spaghetti alla Chitarra with Basil, Poppy Seed, and Prosciutto

Beef and Lamb Pasta: Francobolli with Short Ribs and Celery Root; Orecchiette with Lamb Merguez and Fiore Sardo

Vetri guides you through the foundations of making fresh pasta with a chapter devoted to pasta doughs and shapes like pappardelle and orecchiette, including QR codes that link to easy-to-follow technique videos. With 90 stunning photographs, The Pasta Book includes ideas to level up or simplify every recipe, so you can choose the pasta adventure you crave.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780593799475

Publisher: Random House USA Inc

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 04 November 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: Random House Inc

Illustration: 90 4C PHOTOGRAPHS

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 216.0mm

Height: 241.0mm

Weight: 600g

Pages: 304

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About the Author

Chef and restaurateur Marc Vetri is renowned worldwide for his rustic yet sophisticated interpretation of Italian cuisine which he has perfected over the last 35 years in the restaurant industry. Marc's flagship restaurant, the critically acclaimed Vetri Cucina, recently celebrated its 26th anniversary. In addition to his restaurants in Philadelphia, Marc also operates restaurants in Las Vegas and Kyoto. Outside of the kitchen, Marc is the driving force behind the Vetri Community Partnership, a non-profit organization that provides nutrition education through cooking, and he is the author of five highly acclaimed cookbooks. He lives in Philadelphia with his wife and three children. David Joachim has authored, edited or collaborated on more than 50 cookbooks, including The Science of Good Food, an IACP Award winner and James Beard Award finalist, and A Man, a Can, a Plan, a series of cookbooks that has sold more than one million copies. The Pasta Book is the sixth cookbook he has written with Marc Vetri and it is their second book on pasta, after Mastering Pasta. Joachim ghost-wrote We The Pizza with Philadelphia social entrepreneur Muhammad Abdul-Hadi, and he is the editorial director of AmazingRibs, the world's largest barbecue website. He lives near Philadelphia.

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