Tubes, wheels, folds, grooves and twists, pasta comes in hundreds of different shapes and every one of them has it own unique beauty, history and place on the table. For centuries now these shapes have further developed amongst the cornucopia that is Italian cuisine, and if you what flavors relate best to what shaped then you have the secret formula for good taste, In The Geometry of Pasta ($18) we find more than 100 authentic recipes courtesy of the esteemed chef Jacob Kenedy paired up with designs from the the award winning designer Caz Hildebrand. This combination reveals the culture, science and philosophy which exists behind these spectacular pasta dishes that have a history as old as Italy itself.
This aromatic, impolite and erudite flatulent compendium will amaze you with the kind of trivia you didn’t know you could live without. For example, the world’s oldest joke hails from the period of Old Babylonia and it was a fart joke. Also here is the harrowing account of how the astronauts aboard Apollo got Innerspace […]