The Top One Hundred Pasta Sauces by Diane Seed

The Top One Hundred Pasta Sauces

by Diane Seed

Illustrated by Robert Budwig

BCA, 1992, colour illustrations throughout, illustrated end-papers, hardcover with illustrated glossy boards 

Very Good Condition, a little edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing to edges and corners, small tear to edge of front end-paper, top of spine repaired with tape (see photographs)

'In this book, I have drawn together one hundred of the best pasta sauce recipes, encountered after many years of living, eating and cooking in Italy.  Many of them are simple sauces that can be cooked in a few minutes.  Others are elaborate confections from the kitchens of great Italian families.  All of them adapt well to the needs of other countries, and other climates.
However, it would be as well to remember that in Italy pasta is served as an entree dish before the meat course, while outside Italy it is frequently thought of as the main course itself, and served with simply a salad to follow.  In allowing for this, I have recommended quantities for all the pasta variations to feed four to six: an ample dinner for four hungry people, or sufficient for six elegant diners who will then move on to a meat course, as in Italy."