Food Made Fast: Pasta (Williams-Sonoma) (Hardcover)

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Product Description

Delicious Recipes for Busy People Designed for the busy home cook, Food Made Fast is the latest collectible series from Williams-Sonoma. Using a straightforward approach to everyday cooking, Food Made Fast is about delicious food, simply prepared, with easy-to-follow recipes and tips. Each book emphasizes keeping a well-stocked pantry, planning ahead, and using fresh ingredients as the keys to cooking delicious meals with a minimum of time and effort. Dedicated to a single subject - from Soup to Pasta to Weeknight - each volume makes it simple to plan, cook, and enjoy great-tasting food throughout the week. The recipes are both simple and inspired, making quick cooking a truly satisfying experience.

From the Author

Julia della Croce is a noted author, food journalist, lecturer, and teacher. She has written many cookbooks on Italian subjects, including Antipasti, Pasta Classica, and Salsa di Pomodoro, as well as a series of single-subject cookbooks based on the regional cooking of Italy.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 112 pages
• Publisher: Oxmoor House; 1 edition (October 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0848731352
• ISBN-13: 978-0848731359
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 8.1 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #225,509 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Decadently Cheap, May 15, 2008

By	S. Caldwell (Arkansas) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Pasta of various kinds is one of the things that I always have in the pantry, what to do with it other than add just jarred sauce stumps me though. This book offers quick solutions to just such a dilemma.

Each recipe offers simple outlined step by step instructions, with a beautiful color photograph with each one. After reading the tempting recipes and seeing the pictures, one thinks, "Yes, I can most certainly make that!" Among the 40 different recipes there is a range from traditional favorites like spaghetti alla carbonara to more dressed up fare such as gemelli with brown butter & asparagus. It also offers substituions for ingredients that may not be so readily available. For example, if you don't have broccoli rabe, then simply use broccoli florets. If you don't have Swiss chard, forget about it and use fresh baby spinach instead. The focus of this book is simple, easy fare, with a concentration on using a few fresh ingredients combined to yield the best results.

The with economy in the state that it is in, pasta deserves another look. A few well chosen ingredients and the this proper guide, can have you looking forward to spaghetti Tuesdays.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Authentic Pasta dishes, October 31, 2008

By	J. R. BARONE (Santa Monica, CA, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have every Marcella Hazan cookbook and Giuliano's Every Night Pasta, still, the Williams-Sonoma FOODMADEFAST PASTA recipes with text by Julia della Croce are a welcomed edition to the bookshelf. I've tried several recipies and appreciate the nuances of each, for example bucatini with pesto instead of tagliatelle or pappardelle with mushrooms instead of duck sauce and so forth.The section called "the smarter cook" has six pages of valuable and time saving tips and "the well-stocked kitched" speaks for itself. Has index. The photos are exceptional, instructions straight forward and this is another brilliant Williams-Sonoma edition one has come to expect.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Food Made Fast Rocks!, January 15, 2009

By	Emily D. Agunod (East Coast United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I gave this cookbook to my daughter because she finally got interested in cooking and she loves it! The book is very informative, colorful, and the recipes are easy to replicate. The recipes are also fast and uncomplicated. The book also makes suggestions for substitutions in case you can't find the ingredients. We'll definitely look for more books in this series.