“Pasta Diva” is the new title in the “Mestieri d’Arte” series by Fondazione Cologni with Marsilio Editori: an original tribute to pasta, our national dish par excellence. Written by Andrea Grignaffini, a well-known and highly esteemed author in the world of food and wine, the book becomes even more precious and enters a fantastic dimension thanks to the dreamlike and visionary illustrations of Paolo Rui. Pasta is food for the palate and for the mind. For years, signature cuisine has highlighted its multiple potential, which goes far beyond the excellent – yet in a certain sense reductive – definition of a first course.
“Pasta Diva” is an extraordinary journey in thirty-three chapters that illustrates and explores all the secrets of pasta: from shapes to cooking methods and times, from sauces to seasonings, from customs to festive occasions. The journey concludes triumphantly with a mouth-watering Recipe Book that gathers — for the joy of the reader — thirty-three signature pasta dishes by great Italian chefs.
The book was presented to the public and the press with great success and participation on Friday, 14 November in the Salone d’Onore of Triennale Milano. Speakers included: journalist and food critic Antonio Paolini, who moderated the meeting; Davide Rampello, former President of the Triennale and professor at IULM University, who wrote the introduction; Alberto Gipponi, chef of the restaurant Dina; and the duo Alessandro Negrini and Fabio Pisani, chefs of Il Luogo di Aimo e Nadia.
“Thanks to our President Franco Cologni, food and wine has rightfully entered the list of Italian artistic crafts,” said Alessandra de Nitto, Editorial and Events Director of Fondazione Cologni. A special thanks to the Apulian company Moderne Semolerie Italiane, which made possible the presentation of this book and the cocktail at Triennale Milano, featuring traditional pasta dishes from across the country.
Read the technical sheet of “Pasta Diva” and discover how to purchase it: https://marsilioeditori.com/libri/scheda-libro/2979134/pasta-diva
