A food for all occasions pastas huge variety of shapes textures & flavours makes it the perfect basis for all kinds of meals from sophisticated dinner parties to simple suppers at home. In this fully revised & updated edition Antonio Carluccio once again shares with you his Passion for Pasta providing innovative & exciting recipes for soups main courses salads & even desserts to promote this staple ingredient of traditional Italian cookery to the rank of haute cuisine. The 100 delicious dishes include Egg in Raviolo with White Truffles Oriecchiette with Lamb Ragout Pappardelle with Quail Sauce & the unusual Chocolate Pasta Sauce. Forget the blasphemy of bottled sauces ready-made pasta dishes & pre-packed Parmesan cheese. Instead seek inspiration from the palette of delicious Italian ingredients Parma ham mozzarella radicchio artichoke hearts wild mushrooms & truffles combined with originality & genius in Antonio Carluccios pasta masterpieces.