{"product_id":"9781787703285","title":"A Short History of Spaghetti with Tomato Sauce","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Montanari, Massimo, Conti, Gregory \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eSocial \u0026amp; cultural history\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 23 September 2021 by Europa Editions (UK) Ltd (Europa Compass) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback | 128 pages\u003cbr\u003e144 x 218 x 18 | 236g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE MYTHS SURROUNDING THE WORLD’S FAVOURITE DISH, DEBUNKEDDid Marco Polo bring pasta back from China, or is that a myth? How did the Neapolitan “macharoni” turn into the ubiquitous spaghetti?Is it even an Italian dish? Hundreds of shapes and thousands of recipes give expression to the culture and products of the country’s regions. But spaghetti with tomato sauce remains Italy’s identity dish par excellence. Massimo Montanari goes in search of the dish’s true origins, tracing its history along the multiple, intricate routes taken by its raw ingredients to merge and become a distinctive element of culinary tradition.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt took almost two thousand years and input from the Far East, the Arabic world, and the Americas, for the dish to take centre stage. Its development is the result of chance encounters, unplanned exchanges, and unpredictable intersections. As we dig in search of spaghetti’s origins, we find its strands wrap right around the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Learned and entertaining.”–Il Giornale\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43924683751683,"sku":"9781787703285","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9781787703285.jpg?v=1731408895","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.live\/products\/9781787703285","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}