Member Reviews: Pasta: A Passion

Examining a book on pasta can be likened to exploring a work of art. A book on pasta examines some aspects of a very large ingredient, whereas artwork examines an object for a brief moment in time. The same pasta recipe can be interpreted several different ways by various authors, as can the object in a painting by the artist. A particular pasta book may contain pleasant surprises or unexpected variations the same as a painting upon the wall. To the contrary, some pasta books may contain recipes that smack against all that is familiar and anticipated and, again, could a painting. My latest read Pasta, a Passion by the trio of Nina Dryer Hensley, Jim Hensley and Paul Lowe combines the...