The Il Fornaio Pasta Book: Authentic Recipes Celebrating Italy's Regional Pasta Dishes

Il Fornaio is one of my favorite restaurants, so I was delighted to find this book. While I don't make pasta from scratch too often, I do use dried pasta often. The recipes in this book are very good in that they are not complicated but, like my Grandmother's dishes, make the best use of simple ingredients. Well, you CAN get fancy if you wish, but my inclination is to use really good ingredients, whether imported pasta, canned or fresh tomatoes, organic greens, shellfish, meat, etc. and let them come together in a splendid finished dish. My grandparents were from Calabria so I couldn't wait to try the Cavatelli con Braciolette (small pasta shells with small meat rolls). My family loved it! 'Nuff said?

The recipes and techniques are wonderful. If you cook this cookbook and the bread cookbook are a must have.

Excellent! I live in northern Italy and know the authors sister. It was a plus to read about the family as well as get some good recipes.

Amazing recipes. Can't wait to try them all!

Great recipes, not too difficult to do. The book in excellent condition, it is only missing the jacket cover which is not a problem.