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    Oretta Zanini De Vita

    Oretta Zanini De Vita was born in Bologna, where she learned the art of pasta making as a child in a local convent school. A respected Italian culinary historian, she has written more than forty books on Italian food and its traditions, including the James Beard Award–winning Encyclopedia of Pasta (2010) and Popes, Peasants, and Shepherds: Recipes and Lore from Rome and Lazio (2013), both translated by Maureen B. Fant. She lives in Rome.

    Oretta Zanini De Vita

    Oretta Zanini De Vita was born in Bologna, where she learned the art of pasta making as a child in a local convent school. A respected Italian culinary historian, she has written more than forty books on Italian food and its traditions, including the James Beard Award–winning Encyclopedia of Pasta (2010) and Popes, Peasants, and Shepherds: Recipes and Lore from Rome and Lazio (2013), both translated by Maureen B. Fant. She lives in Rome.

    Awards

    Winner — International Association of Culinary Professionals Cookbook Award, 2014

    Shortlisted — James Beard Foundation Book Award, 2014

    Books by Oretta Zanini De Vita

    • Sauces & Shapes: Pasta the Italian Way

      Oretta Zanini De Vita, Maureen B. Fant

      Hardback, 2013

      Winner of the International Association of Culinary Association (IACP) Award

      The indispensable cookbook for genuine Italian sauces and the traditional pasta shapes that go with them.

    • Sauces & Shapes: Pasta the Italian Way

      Oretta Zanini De Vita, Maureen B. Fant

      E Book, 2013

      Winner of the International Association of Culinary Association (IACP) Award

      The indispensable cookbook for genuine Italian sauces and the traditional pasta shapes that go with them.

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