An A-Z of Pasta: Stories, Shapes, Sauces, Recipes (Hardback)

Pleasure provoking ... [Rachel's] recipes seem to beam her readers into the kitchen with her as she cooks, helping us to absorb the tastes, textures, sounds and smells of everything along the way. - Nigella Lawson

I love this book. Every story is a little gem - a beautiful hymn to each curl, twist and ribbon of pasta. - Nigel Slater

Rachel Roddy describing how to boil potatoes would inspire me. I want to live under her kitchen table. There are very, very few who possess such a supremely uncluttered culinary voice as hers, just now - Simon Hopkinson

When I describe this, [Rachel's] third book, as a journey into the world of pasta, I am short-selling what a soaring and glorious read it is...The intensely curious Roddy is an earthily sensual writer unencumbered by an excess of ego - Nicola Miller

Rachel Roddy's writing is as absorbing as any novel - Russell Norman

Oh I wish I could write like Rachel. She is a natural: recipes that instantly make you want to cook and then eat. I love this book. - Angela Hartnett

Roddy is a gifted storyteller, and a masterful hand with simple ingredients - Guardian Cook

Unpretentious, unusual and delicious - Country Life on Five Quarters

An A-Z of Pasta is not only immensely user-friendly and practical, it is also a labour of love...Open the book on any page, get into the kitchen, and you are guaranteed a delicious meal - Madeleine Morrow for London Unattached