Biba's Taste of Italy: Recipes from the Homes, Trattorie and Restaurants of Emilia-Romagna

This book is full of the author's memories and experiences of eating in and around Emilia-Romagna. Biba does a good job of explaining the ingredients and procedures for the recipes. Many of them sound fairly simple, with good ingredients that most people have access to. A few of the ingredients would be hard to find in parts of America, and I do wish she had included some mail order or online resources in the book. I found some of the recipes to be repetitive, I think it could have works to simply included variations at the end of the recipe. I made the squash gnocchi recipe, and though I have never made gnocchi before, with the instructions, it turned out very well.

Garganelli with sausage sauce (Garganelli con il sugo di salsiccia), p140, used penne, good but the tomato paste dominated. Reduce to 4 Tbs tomato paste and 2 c chicken broth.