An elevated guide to the craft of pasta-making by rising star chef Thomas McNaughton of San Francisco's hottest Italian restaurant, flour + water.

From San Francisco’s wildly popular Italian restaurant, flour + water, comes this complete primer on the craft of pasta making. Chef Thomas McNaughton shares his time-tested secrets to creating simple, delicious, and beautiful artisan pasta—from the best fresh doughs to shaping and cooking every type of pasta.  A true celebration of Italy’s pasta traditions, flour + water includes fifty seasonally influenced recipes for home cooks of every skill level. The recipes cover the flavor spectrum from well-loved classics to inventive combinations, such as Tagliatelle Bolognese; Pumpkin Tortelloni with Sage  and Pumpkin Seeds; Tomato Farfalle with Chicken Polpettine, Roasted Peppers, and Basil; and  Asparagus Caramelle with Brown Butter. With guidance from McNaughton and the secrets of flour + water’s dough room, anyone can learn to make amazing pasta at home.
On Sale: September 30, 2014
Pages: 288 | ISBN: 978-1-60774-470-2


I waiting with anticipation for Flour and Water by Thomas McNaughton.
I married into an Italian Family, my idea of pasta was homemade egg noodles and pierogi, till my marriage.

Flour and Water is a masterpiece, I have always loved old cookbooks with a story for the recipe found within the book. Thomas McNaughton has written a novel on Pasta. With home experience of making pasta since childhood and graduating to more intricate pastas later on I was anticipating a first-time pasta maker book, to my astonishment I was totally wrong.
The cover of the book is impressive, you do feel like you are holding a masterpiece novel. The recipes have intricate descriptions, easy for anyone to follow, along with beautiful pictures.

The book starts out with Part One --- How to Make Pasta Dough and How to Cook the Pasta,
Part Two The Recipes which are broken down by season. If you like cooking with fresh ingredients, from scratch,  (Rustic Cooking) but think it is hard, this book makes it easy.

For those scared of diving into pasta making this is the book for them and also for the seasoned pasta maker. If I only could have one pasta book on my bookshelf, this would be the ONE!!
"I received this book from Blogging for Books for this review."