The Complete Book of Pasta and Noodles

by Cook's Illustrated

Book Overview

How do you boil pasta? How much water and salt do you need? Should you add oil to the water? How well should you drain it? (Turn to page viii for the answers.) One part cooking course, one part kitchen reference, and one part foolproof recipes,The Complete Book of Pasta and Noodlestells the story of flour and water like no other book on the market. Extensively covering the basics of pasta and noodles, this thoroughly researched and taste-tested guide...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0609600648
• ISBN13: 9780609600641
• Release Date: August 2000
• Publisher: Clarkson Potter Publishers
• Length: 496 Pages
• Weight: 2.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 7.7" x 9.5"

Customer Reviews

Simple Guide To Create Art

This book is so comprehensive and yet so simple. I recommend this book for every cook no matter what financial stage you're in. If I had this book during my college/ art student days I would have churned out an elegant, simple meal for friends for under $10. But honestly, with the Kitchenaid mixer/ pasta attachments I got for Christmas and this book I will be elbow deep in fresh pasta making heaven. BTW: Vegans, there are eggless, dairy free recipes to be found.

Buy ThisIf You Want A Wide Variety of Flawless Pasta Recipes

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

Fantastic book for fast sauce recipies and homemade pasta

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!

A Masterpiece!

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.