Quick from Scratch Pasta Cookbook

by Food & Wine and Food & Wine Magazine

Book Overview

This...gives me more serving ideas than I thought possible...each dish is temptingly illustrated.--Jacques Pepin. Versatile and sure to please, pasta is also one of the fastest meals to prepare. From... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0916103668
• ISBN13: 9780916103668
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: American Express Food & Wine Magazine Corpora
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 8.9" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

The Never-Fail Cookbook

What can one add to this review's title? We have made a large fraction of the many recipes in this delight, and never had anything but wonderfully good eating as a result. It is truly "the never-fail cookbook".

Great!

This cookbook is easy to follow and the recipes are really good. It gives some different recipes to add to your pasta repertoire, rather than the usual red sauce. I like this book so much, I've bought it and given it as a gift several times. The bolognese recipe is awesome!

My all time favourite cookbook!

This is one incredible cookbook. I love the fact that the recipes are simple and delicious (I think I have tried nearly all of them), but it is the layout and extras offered that make the book especially great. For example, there is a full size colour picture of every dish beside the recipe; each recipe includes a suggested wine; and suitable ingredient substitutions are provided for most recipes.. The beginning of the book lists the staples you need to have for most of the recipes (most of which are stocked in the average kitchen anyway)and at the end of the book there is a breakdown by season of what recipes are best suited given the availability of local produce. Finally, there is a section of the book entitled "leftovers" which lists the recipes within the book which could be used for each type of leftover you may have. I love it!

This book is the best!

This book is a "must have" for anyone who likes quick, easy recipes that use fresh ingredients and taste just like you imagine they will. Lots of variety and interesting flavor twists (like fresh jalapeno, unusual spices, etc.). If you love pasta and can't/won't spend a lot of time cooking, don't miss this one!

Good, basic, easy to prepare recipes

This is a good cookbook for people with limited time. The recipes are easy to follow, and I have not had one turn out wrong yet. The dishes are not fancy and not always low fat, but they are tasty and appealing. Directions are well written. Each recipe has its own photograph, and, contrary to other cookbooks, the finished dish actually LOOKS like the photo. The authors also include some general pasta cooking hints and ideas for making ingredient substitutions. A good choice for a basic pasta cookbook.