I wrote to Tito Gobbi in February 1984 to ask if he would contribute a pasta recipe for this book. At the time I did not know that he was gravely ill; he died on March 5, 1984. Gobbi, who had a repertoire of over 80 roles, was a great favorite of mine, and he was on my mind when I wrote the recipe for Capellini “Bassano del Grappa” on the morning of May 1, 1984. A few hours later there was
