Pasta Cook Book Author:Sunset (Editors) Sunset shapes up pasta... — What's your favorite shape of pasta -- long strands of spaghetti coated with a robust meat sauce? Tender ribbons of fettuccine? Squares of ravioli in a creamy tomato sauce? — We've organized this book by pasta shape, making it easy for you to find all the ways to sauce your favorite pasta. — All the recipes for s... more »paghetti and other strand-shaped pasta are in one place -- from old-fashioned spaghetti and meatballs to Indonesian bamie. In the ribbons chapter, you'll find fettuccine Alfredo, along with an international array of recipes for saucing ribbon-shaped noodles, proving that a noodle without a sauce is a noodle without a nation.
The squares and circles of ravioli, tortellini, won ton, and kreplach are together, as are elbow macaroni and the fancy shapes that add so much to casseroles and soups. There's even a chapter on pasta's close relatives (gnocchi, spaetzle, bean threads, rice sticks), and finally an illustrated glossary of the many shapes and uses of pasta.
You'll learn how to make your own pasta, how to roll and shape the dough by hand or with a pasta machine. But if you don't feel like making your own, you can still enjoy the recipes, because the equivalent amount of packaged noodles is given.
By the way, don't hesitate to let your favorite pasta help keep you in shape. Figure about 100 calories for 4 ounces of plain, cooked pasta; then top it with a light, lean sauce such as the tangy tomato sauce pictured on the cover.« less