| This was a good concept for a cook book, and | | | | But try to remember that although a good |
| the recipes are quite good. | | | | pasta sauce will provide for a delicious |
| | | | pasta dish, a few minutes of awareness when |
| Pasta | | | | boiling pasta is essential to ensure a total |
| | | | success of your pasta recipe. |
| Pasta recipes for young and old alike. Not | | | | |
| so long ago rumor had it that pasta was | | | | Macaroni and spaghetti constituted its image |
| fattening, and many people, particularly | | | | in the popular mind but in Italy itself a |
| women, avoided pasta recipes afraid of | | | | vast range of different shapes suitable for |
| putting on weight. | | | | different sauces were developed and adapted |
| | | | across the regions resulting in the diverse |
| You can buy dried pasta virtually everywhere, | | | | forms in which pasta can be found in shops |
| and you find fresh pasta in gourmet or | | | | around the globe today. |
| specialty stores. The Balearic island of | | | | |
| Eivissa, that you probably know as Ibiza,kept | | | | I think to be healthier, one to two cups of |
| the longest the tradition of making fresh | | | | pasta is enough for one meal. The most |
| pasta at home. | | | | important thing for my pasta recipes is to |
| | | | keep them light and clean but give them lots |
| Most dried pasta cooks in 10 minutes, but it | | | | of flavor. |
| takes about 20 minutes for the water to boil. | | | | |
| | | | Many of the recipes are designed to be |
| You can serve a meat sauce or a lovely tomato | | | | versatile, allowing you to substitute |
| and herb sauce along with your pasta. | | | | ingredients which you have in your vegetable |
| | | | rack or store cupboard. |