The Complete Book of Pasta and Noodles

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Summary: A Must For Pasta Lovers!
Review: As soon as I saw this book listed, I knew I had to buy it since the folks at Cook's Illustrated created it. As with anything they do, this book is a complete reference for anything to do with pasta and noodles. There are chapters on fresh pasta, dried pasta, pasta without eggs. There are also chapters on couscous, gnocchi, and Asian noodles and lots more. Scattered throughout the book there are also step-by-step instructions on preparation of ingredients for some of the recipes, such as seafood or vegetables. The recipe selection is staggering, with something for everyone from the novice cook to the more experienced. As host of my own Italian cuisine website Italian Food Forever, I buy every pasta cookbook I see, and although many are disappointing, I know this one will be a useful reference book for many, many years.

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Summary: Will enhance any aspiring chef's abilities
Review: Comprised of more than 400 diverse and easy-to-follow recipes, techniques and kitchen tips, The Complete Book Of Pasta And Noodles offers clear, concise, step-by-step instructions that make even the most exotic recipes easily accessible to the most novice kitchen cook. Beginning with "A Guide to Pasta and Noodles", The Complete Book Of Pasta And Noodles covers every conceivable aspect of pasta and noodle dish preparation. From sauces to lasagne, from ravioli to couscous, from spatzle to soba, The Complete Book Of Pasta And Noodles is a definitive and highly recommended culinary cookbook and guide that will enhance any aspiring chef's abilities to serve delicious, nutritious, noodle and pasta based cuisines.

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Summary: Buy ThisIf You Want A Wide Variety of Flawless Pasta Recipes
Review: Do you love all kinds of pasta: Italian, Asian, spatzle, salads, soups, gnocchi and more? Do you find yourself in a rut? Do you want some truly wonderful dishes?

This is the cookbook for you! Everything I've tried- from the pumpkin ravioli, lasagne, home-made (food processor pasta), to the asian peanut noodles - has been excellent. The sauces are wide ranging and also excellent: tomato, vegetables, bean/lentil, poultry, seafood, pesto, and much more provide you

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Summary: A Masterpiece!
Review: How can we say it, other than they did it again. This is the most comprehensive book on pasta that I have seen yet to date. The folks at Cooking Illustrated are known for their tedious testing of recipes, ingredients, and everything else imaginable. This book follows their long line of other fantastic cookbooks put out by the people at Cooking Illustrated. The book goes into great dept about making of pasta, ingredients to use, how to best prepare the pasta, and then has more recipes than one could ever imagine exsisted on using of the pastas. This book is rich in detail and scope of the subject of pasta. If you are a pasta lover, you will treasure this book.

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Summary: Fantastic book for fast sauce recipies and homemade pasta
Review: This has simple but really good recipies for sauces that can be made while the water is boiling along with instructions and how-tos for sophisticated recipies and techniques. I liked the approach of explaining why particular methods work or are preferred by the author rather than just being told to do it. If I could have only two cookbooks, it would be this and Joy of Cooking. I received this book as a gift along with a pasta machine, but people compliment me on even the simplest sauces with bought pasta. They really go crazy over the homemade stuff!

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Summary: Fantastic book for fast sauce recipies and homemade pasta
Review: This has simple but really good recipies for sauces that can be made while the water is boiling along with instructions and how-tos for sophisticated recipies and techniques. I liked the approach of explaining why particular methods work or are preferred by the author rather than just being told to do it. If I could have only two cookbooks, it would be this and Joy of Cooking. I received this book as a gift along with a pasta machine, but people compliment me on even the simplest sauces with bought pasta. They really go crazy over the homemade stuff!