The pasta ninja and Instagram star Linda Miller Nicholson delivers her first cookbook, a stunning cornucopia of pasta in every color and shape, all created by hand using all-natural colors from vegetables, herbs, and superfoods-and including 25 dough recipes, 33 traditional and modern shaping techniques, and the perfect fillings and sauces to make your creations sing! Linda Miller Nicholson began making pasta at age four, but started adding color to it several years ago to entice her son to eat more vegetables. Her creations became a viral sensation, attracting fans worldwide who are mesmerized by her colorful and flavorful designs. Now, with Pasta, Pretty Please home cooks can create dreamy, dazzling pastas in their own kitchens using only all-natural ingredients-flour, eggs, vegetables, herbs, and superfoods-that are true works of art. Playful and inviting, Pasta, Pretty Please includes recipes, techniques, tips, and inspiration. Linda starts with recipes for basic doughs-standard egg dough, various gnocchi doughs-and works her way up to recipes for dough in many colorful shades. She teaches you just how many colors are pastable and what kinds of pigmented vegetables, fruits, and spices you can use to color your pasta-such as mixing turmeric with parsley for just the right shade of chartreuse, or using activated charcoal powder to create black pasta. She also shows you how to roll out dough, cut and form many pasta shapes, and gives tips for retaining brilliant colors even when cooked. Once you've mastered the basics, you'll find recipes for more elaborate patterns and colors that are sure to impress your family and friends. Linda reveals how to layer colors to make multi-colored doughs in recipes including: Rainbow Cavatelli Polka Dot Farfalle Emoji Ravioli Avocado Gnocchi Hearts and Stripes Pappardelle Argyle Lasagna Sheets 6-Colored Fettucine You'll also find recipes for spectacular sauces and fillings, such as: Golden Milk Ragu Pecorino Pepper Sauce with Broccolini Roasted Tomatoes with Basil Oil and Burrata Spiced Lamb Yogurt Sauce Rustic Squash Filling Classic Ricotta Filling Pepperoni Pizza Filling Featuring beautiful pasta in a rainbow of colors and a variety of shapes, patterns, and sizes, Pasta, Pretty Please is an artistic treasure trove that will please the eye and the palate. Buon Appetito!

This is a step-by-step guide to making traditional Italian sauces, with 75 authentic recipes and more than 350 easy-to-follow photographs. It is a delicious collection of 75 recipes for traditional and modern pasta sauces. It includes meat and poultry sauces, cheese and cream sauces, fish and seafood sauces, and vegetable sauces. It features best-loved classics such as Spaghetti alla Carbonara and Ravioli with Four-cheeses plus innovative combinations such as Campanelle with Yellow Pepper Sauce and Linguine with Clams, Leeks and Tomatoes. It is illustrated with over 350 beautiful photographs, including detailed step-by-step instructions for every recipe that ensure perfect results every time. Complete nutritional analysis is given for each recipe. It is one of the world's best-loved dishes: tasty, quick, easy to prepare and part of an essential healthy diet. Pasta is quick and easy to cook, but it is the sauce that makes the dish. This fantastic collection of over 75 recipes has a pasta sauce for every taste and occasion. The introduction outlines the types of pasta and how to cook them as well as a guide to popular Italian herbs and other ingredients. This is followed by four chapters providing sauces for meat and poultry, cheese and cream, fish and seafood and vegetables. Every recipe is shown step by step with a stunning photograph of the finished dish. You can choose from Tagliatelle with Gorgonzola Sauce or Spaghetti with Olives and Capers for a light lunch or entertain friends with Rigatoni with Spicy Sausage or Tagliatelli with Saffron Mussels. Whether your choice is a meat-based, vegetarian or seafood sauce, you are sure to find a recipe here to suit the occasion.

This is an inspiring collection of more than 30 toppings for Italy's best-loved dish. It has ideas for every kind of sauce, from light and creamy to robust and spicy. It includes easy-to-follow techniques for making your own fresh pasta. It features classic Fresh Tomato Sauce, Wild Mushroom Sauce with Fusilli, and Meatballs with Spaghetti, as well as contemporary recipes such as Ricotta & Chilli with Black Pasta. You can learn how to make the most of fresh and storecupboard ingredients, including fish and shellfish, chicken, meat, vegetables, cheese, nuts, herbs and spices. This inspiring collection of ideas for dressing pasta will delight all food lovers. Whether it's dried spaghetti or fresh egg tagliatelle, pasta is a wonderfully versatile ingredient for making the most of seasonal ingredients or marrying together a few storecupboard staples to create a quick and easy meal. This book takes inspiration from all regions of Italy, with traditional options such as Alfredo's Fettuccine, Squid Sauce with Black Pasta, and Tuna & Anchovies with Spaghetti. With ideas for family meals, midweek suppers and luxurious dinner party occasions, this book will help you build up a repertoire of delicious pasta sauces to have at your fingertips.

This superb book is a comprehensive guide to choosing, making, cooking and enjoying Italian pasta. It features 150 classic and original recipes from simple yet robust soups to fresh and healthy salads, and from rich and warming bakes and casseroles to delicately stuffed pasta parcels. There is also a pictorial guide to all the key ingredients. The recipe section is a triumphant combination of classic regional dishes and original, contemporary ideas, including shellfish lasagne, tortellini with ham, and spaghetti with artichokes. This is a kitchen guide, sourcebook, reference manual and recipe collection - a perfect resource for every pasta-lover.

Learn how to make your own pasta. In A Passion for Pasta, everyone can take a delicious trip down Italy, from top to toe, led by 'pasta queen' Carmela Sereno - your guide to making speciality pasta dishes from each Italian region. With stunning photographs throughout, these recipes include: * Mandilli di Seta, handkerchief pasta with creamy pesto, from Liguria and the Italian Riviera. Liguria's capital, Genoa, is birthplace of the well-known basil pesto. * Orecchiete con cime di rape, which combines the speciality pasta of Puglia, orecchiete (translated as 'little ears'), with the humble turnip to produce a dish full of flavour and yet typical of Puglia's unique style of cooking, cucina povera. * Ziti with sardines, chicory and breadcrumbs. Ziti pasta come in many sizes from the length of small maccheroni to that of spaghetti. Originating from Sicily, this dish has strong Middle Eastern and North African influences, acknowledging these two regions' involvement in Sicilian history. Serano shows us how to make even the most basic pasta dough into a variety of shapes and stunning designs using stripes, spots and delicate herbs. Even those who are already great pasta enthusiasts will be amazed at the range of pasta explored in this book, with dishes selected to delight not only with their exquisite taste but also by their beautiful and varied appearance. From the 'Polenta Gnocchi' of the Aosta Valley to Tuscany's 'Pancake Pasta', A Passion for Pasta has a dish for every occasion, and all tastes.

Everyone needs that fail-safe chicken recipe in a hurry. And everyone needs the perfect stir-fried vegetarian dish, the light-as-air sponge cake, the satisfying stew. This hardworking series, each book a compilation of 100 tried-and-tested recipes, caters to those needs. Practical easy, budget-conscious and, best of all, bursting with flavour. Buy one, buy them all. It features simple solutions to your everyday cooking needs.

Whether you are cooking for one or twelve, Simply Ramen brings homemade ramen to your table with a delicious fusion of seventy recipes, including soup bases, noodles, toppings, and sides. Author Amy Kimoto-Kahn shows you how to put together a bowl of piping hot ramen in a myriad of ways with a choice of four soup bases, ramen noodles (homemade or store-bought), and traditional and non-traditional ingredients. Enjoy bowls of pork, chicken, and beef ramen. Or branch out with seafood, vegetarian, and spicy soups-and even cold ramen and a breakfast version topped with bacon and a poached egg. Make your soup base in advance and you have a quick, easy, and special midweek family meal. Try your hand at: Indonesian Pork Ramen with Coconut Curry Soup Chicken Meatball Ramen Teriyaki Beef-Wrapped Asparagus Ramen California Ramen with crabmeat, avocado, and cucumber Spicy Tofu Ramen Crispy Greens Ramen with Swiss chard, kale, and Brussels sprouts With simple step-by-step instructions and mouthwatering photos, Simply Ramen will turn your kitchen into a ramen-ya for family and friends. Delve into the world of Asian cuisine with the Simply ... series. From ramen to pho to hot pots, these beautifully photographed cookbooks serve to diversify your kitchen and your palette with easy-to-follow recipes for these iconic dishes. Other titles in this series include: Simply Hot Pots, Simply Pho.