Everyday Pasta: Favorite Pasta Recipes for Every Occasion

Bestselling author and Food Network star de Laurentiis presents a collection of 100 new recipes for the most popular and beloved of Italian foods and the delicious extras that make pasta a meal.For New York Times bestselling author 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.brWithout 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.brAlthough 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.brWhether 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.br- Tuna, Green Bean, and Orzo Saladbr- Crab Salad Napoleans with Fresh Pastabr- Roman-Style Fettuccini with Chickenbr- Baked Pastina Casserolebr- Tagliatelle with Short Ribs Ragoubr- Spaghetti with Eggplant, Butternut Squash, and ShrimpbrEasy 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 thefridge and the pantry, you're never more than minutes away from a delicious pasta dinner.