Everyday pasta - Giada De Laurentiis

Learn to make pasta from New York Times bestselling author and Food Network starGiada De Laurentiis!

For Giada De Laurentiis, pasta has always been
one of the great pleasures of the table: it's healthy and delicious; it can be light
and delicate or rich and hearty; it's readily available and easy to prepare-everything
you want in a meal. And nothing satisfies a craving for Italian food quite like it!
In Everyday Pasta, Giada invites you to share her love of this versatile staple with
more than a hundred brand-new recipes for pasta dishes, as well as for complementary
sauces, salads, and sides tempting enough to bring the whole family to the dinner
table.

Without forgetting about the classics we all love, Giada makes the most of
the many varieties of pasta available to create recipes that combine familiar flavors
in exciting new ways.

Although most of these dishes are all-in-one meals in themselves,
Giada also supplies recipes for her favorite appetizers, side dishes, and salads
to round them out.

Whether you're looking for a simple summer supper that makes
the most of seasonal vegetables or seeking comfort in a pasta bowl on a cold winter' s night, Everyday Pasta offers just the thing, including:


Tuna, Green Bean, and Orzo Salad

Crab Salad Napoleans with Fresh Pasta

Roman-Style Fettuccini with Chicken

Baked
Pastina Casserole

Tagliatelle with Short Ribs Ragou

Spaghetti with Eggplant,
Butternut Squash, and Shrimp

Easy to prepare and endlessly versatile, pasta makes
a wonderful quick supper when time is short but easily becomes an elegant meal when
the occasion requires. In Everyday Pasta, Giada shows you how, with a few basic ingredients
from the fridge and the pantry, you're never more than minutes away from a delicious
pasta dinner.