Truly Madly Pasta or Sue Lawrences Book of Baking

Truly, Madly Pasta: The Ultimate Book for Pasta Lovers

Author: Ursula Ferrigno

Elegant or simple, humble or classic, the infinite variety of pasta has made it a contemporary staple and the original five-minute meal. With more than 150 truly authentic recipes, this comprehensive cookbook covers everything the pasta fanatic needs to know--from dough and shapes to sauces and stuffings. Eating pasta is meant to be a sensual experience--with each of the various textures awakening the palate--and this book evokes this experience like no other in mouthwatering photographs that accompany each recipe.

The book opens with an informative chapter on making your own fresh pasta, including specialist needs such as wheat-free pastas. Following are chapters on Pasta Soups, Instant Pasta, Everyday Pasta, Light and Healthy Pasta, and Pasta to Impress. Throughout the book are master class recipes built to lend themselves to myriad variations, according to taste and seasonal availability; you could develop a new and delicious pasta meal for every day of the year. Innovative methods for cooking pasta, such as baking in parchment paper, simmering in broth, poaching in a roll, deep frying, and baking in a sweet tart are presented in stunning stylish photography that demonstrates how to prepare and serve pasta.

With an enthusiastic Italian chef as your guide, Truly, Madly Pasta offers up a treasury of authentic recipes that are sourced from every region of Italy, as well as from the author's own family and friends.

Publishers Weekly

Frequently leaving her London digs to teach cooking in her native Italy, Ferrigno (Risotto) assembles more than 150 recipes in this oddly titled book based on the ingredient she extols as "a complex-carbohydrate food" that "isn't high in calories at all," although she concedes that sauces often are. Not exactly "ultimate," this is more suitable to cooks new to the joys of pasta, because it is heavily weighted toward such mainstays as Pasta with Garlic and Oil, Farfalle with Gorgonzola Cream, and Spaghetti with Mushrooms. Recipes are arranged in six sections-"Soups," "Instant," "Everyday," "Light and Healthy," "Cook Ahead" and "Pasta to Impress"-and nearly all are within easy reach of cooks at any level. Among the most appealing are Conchiglie with Roasted Vegetables, Roasted Bell Pepper Pesto with Penne Rigate and Lasagne with Meatballs. The pastas to impress include Cheese Cappellacci with Bolognese Sauce (egg- and cheese-stuffed morsels shaped like bishops' miters) and Spinach, Ricotta and Tomato Pasta Roll, which is a long stuffed roll, wrapped in cheesecloth and boiled for 30 minutes, then sliced and broiled for five more. As expected from Rizzoli, the 175 color photos are sumptuous, including an 18-photo sequence demonstrating the steps for making pasta by hand. (June) Copyright 2003 Reed Business Information.

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Sue Lawrence's Book of Baking: More Than 120 Glorious Breads, Biscuits, Cakes and Tarts

Author: Sue Lawrenc

Fill your home with the warm smells of baking with this collection of more than 120 delicious recipes. Baked goods for every occasion, season, and meal are included, including breads for breakfast, Florentines for tea, tarts for supper and of course plenty of scrumptious desserts. From the innovative—such as Ciabatta and Ricotta Citrus Cake—to old-time favorites, from the simple to the ornate, these delectable treats are perfect for indulging friends and family—and yourself.

Publishers Weekly

Scottish cookbook author Lawrence (Sue Lawrence's Scottish Kitchen) returns with a representative sampling of UK favorites ranging from a simple, basic bread to the elaborate Buche de Noel. Novice bakers will appreciate Lawrence's calm and reassuring tone and her salient tips for bread-baking should assuage most fears. Those with a soft spot for Anglican and European baked goods that will get the most out of the book. Savory meat pies, treacle tarts, linzertorte and the like dominate, though a fair but curious selection of American dishes (New York Cheesecake, Sour Cream Raisin Pie, cornbread and Coca-Cola Cake) make appearances as well. It adds up to a strange hodge-podge of recipes, like rifling through an anglophile relative's recipe box full of dishes clipped from newspapers that sounded good at the time.
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Table of Contents:

	Introduction	6
	Ingredients	8
	Breads	10
	Savoury Pies, Pastries and Tarts	36
	Sweet Pies, Pastries and Tarts	56
	Traditional Cakes	72
	Modern Cakes	94
	Biscuits and Cookies	112
	Brownies and Bars	130
	Quick Bakes	146
	Healthy Alternatives	160
	Festive Baking	174
	Useful contacts	189
	Glossary of British/American baking terms	190
	Acknowledgements	190
	Index	191