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• Bardi, Carla

Pasta is the perfect food for both family and friends. It's not only adaptable to the seasons, with cool pasta salads taking center stage in summer and hearty lasagna in colder months, but it also doesn't break the family budget. Starting with simple step-by-step instructions for making fresh pasta at home, Pasta provides more than 40 mouthwatering sauce recipes, followed by more than 100 ideas for dishes using dried, commercially made pasta shapes, including:

• Classics such as “Spaghetti with Meatballs” and “Linguini with Pesto”
• Tantalizing new dishes, such as “Spaghetti with Kiwi Fruit” and “Macaroni with Chocolate Nut Sauce”
• Pasta salads for cool summer dining
• Healthy choices, such as whole-wheat spaghetti with summer vegetables
• Budget-conscious recipes that call for just a few ingredients
• A quick-and-easy section to get you out of the kitchen fast