The Silver Spoon pasta, authentic Italian recipes

I was lucky enough to find this book for $4 in a thrift store, adding to my large collection of Phaidon cookbooks, but I wouldn't hesitate to pay full price for it. If you're looking for your first and last comprehensive guide to pasta sauces, this is a strong candidate. It has most (if not all) of

An indispensable pasta cookbook. Reading this makes you learn new recipes and pastas both common and uncommon. A must-have for pasta lovers. Well done!

Good recipes, but somewhat short on production techniques. The abridged version uses the same recipes, but has more on making pasta.