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Designed for both the amateur and the more experienced cook, this book is one of a range of paperbacks which form a complete cookery library. Packed with delicious recipes, each book is illustrated in full colour. ... Read more

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DESCRIPTIONThis book contains traditional Italian recipes as well as modern innovations, starting from the very basics like step by step instructions for rolling your own pasta and also baking your own pizza base.Click on for more information. ... Read more

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A savory collection of recipes from one of America's bestselling chefs—the award-winning Wolfgang Puck, cooking star of Good Morning America and the Home Shopping Network.
        World-renowned for his dazzling Spago restaurants and his Wolfgang Puck Cafes, Puck now brings us this spectacular collection of soups, salads, pizzas, and pastas.Offering inventive twists on our favorite classics, this book provides us with a new appreciation for America's favorite foods.
        Here are recipes for the basics, simple delicious sauces, and easy-to-make pizza toppings.Puck tempts us with such wonderful starters as Roasted Beet Napoleon and Chicken Bouillon with Chicken Herb Crepes and Julienne of Vegetables.He tantalizes us with tangy pizzas, such as Caesar Chicken Pizza.And finally, he presents us with an array of fabulous pastas, including Smoked Salmon Ravioli with Lime-Dill Butter Sauce and tasty Pappardelle with Garlic, Oven-Dried Tomatoes, and Herbed Goat Cheese.
        All of the recipes reflect Puck's lively personality and confident approach to cooking—his passion for fresh tastes, textures, and ingredients.Innovative and delicious, the recipes in Wolfgang Puck's Pizza, Pasta, and More! are ideal for every home chef and food lover.Amazon.com Review
Since the 1982 opening of his L.A. restaurant Spago, Wolfgang Puck hasbecome a household name. Several restaurants, TV appearances, and cookbookslater, Puck has put together Wolfgang Puck's Pizza, Pasta, and More,a collection of his favorite and most popular recipes. "Eating with family andfriends is like having a little party," says Puck. "It is pure pleasure, arelaxing and fun experience. Casual and easy to prepare, these are disheseveryone can make and enjoy."

Puck starts with the basics--stocks, sauces, dressings, and condiments.With chicken or vegetable stock fresh made or stored in your freezer, youhave the base for Hazelnut Brown Butter and Herb Sauce (toss with wild-mushroom ravioli and dust with Parmesan) or Tomato Garlic Basil Sauce (goodfor pasta or pizza). The salads range from a classic Caesar with HomemadeTapenade Croutons to a Grilled Ahi Tuna Niçoise Salad to a colorful stackedRoasted Beet Napoleon. Thin-crust wood-oven pizzas are Puck's signatureand he does not disappoint. The Herbed Artichoke Pizza is studded withsautéed artichoke bottoms, niçoise olives, and caramelized onions and theTangy Chicken Pizza features peppers, eggplant, and chicken marinated inolive oil, lime, jalapeños, garlic, and cilantro. Try the brunch pizza withscrambled eggs and smoked salmon on a leisurely Sunday.

The pastas are equally as enticing. Puck suggests making your own andincludes his fail-safe recipe. Particularly temping are Angel Hair withWild Mushrooms, Asparagus, and Shaved Parmesan Cheese, Crispy Calamari withChinese Noodles and Spicy Garlic Sauce, and Gnocchi with Braised VealShank.

Besides alluring photos of many of the dishes, pictures of Puck and hisstaff preparing for the 2000 Academy Awards post-party are included (FYI:Haley Joel Osment's favorite pizza is Pepperoni and Mushroom). --Dana Van Nest ... Read more

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LOVELY
This is a lovely little book that celebrates the simplicity of pizza and pasta. I cannot recall the "more" at the moment, but I believe there are some sauces, broths, and breads included.

The book contains colorful pictures and narrative from the chef himself. The recipes are broken down into step-by-step, easy to follow sections. The ingredients are simple and fresh, and easily located.

I recommend this book if you are a pizza or pasta fanatic. It will bring some new ideas to the table, quite literally.

Wolfgang Puck's Pizza, Pasta and More!
Delicious recipes.I would recommend this cookbook for any fan of his cuisine.We go to his restaurant at the MGM whenever we're in Vegas and love the gnocchi's, but my son can eat two (or three)orders at one sitting!At $22.00 a plate, this can get expensive.Now I can make them myself for a fraction of the cost.

A variety of tastes in one cookbook
I had never been too impressed with what I saw of Wolfgang Puck and his celebrity chef status until I had the opportunity to try one of his restaurants in LA.While I wasn't blown away by the originally of the menu (there is very little difference from California Pizza Kitchen), the excution was simply terrific.All of the food, though items you can find on many other menus, was incredibly tasty and well done.

Same can be said of this cookbook.There are recipes in it that you will find in other cookbooks, but the flavor of the dishes make it great.My favorites include the tortilla soup and the beet salad with blue cheese, both a nice combination of textures and flavors.While none of the pizza recipes in of themselves blew me away, the pizza dough recipe is one of the best I've worked with.Yeast doughs in general don't like to work for me, and maybe it is just that I finally got the hang of it with his recipe, but it was a great tasting dough which made a great base for any pizza.

The Best Cook Book of All Time
This book include many great recipes that can all be made with simple, inexpensive ingriedients. Many a time have I impressed guests by using these recipes. These recipes were created by the well known chef, Wolfgang Puck. After some practice, one cook these delicious recipes and the results will be so outstanding, the food will taste as if it came from a restaurant. Before the purchase of this book, it is best if one has had some previous experience cooking.

Wolfgang Puck's Pizza, Pasta, and More!
As always, Puck gives us clever and innovative recipes, but this time they're better suited to professional chefs and restaurant budgets.I particularly point to recipes like the one for balsamic shallots which calls for a whole pound of shallots and one-and-a-half cups of balsamic vinegar.That much supermarket balsamic vinegar would be harsh and unpalatable, while a decently-aged balsamic from a specialty shop would take this dish, just a side dish after all, out of range for the average budget.

Also, I don't think his testing team did a thorough job.I found several errors, obvious to me because I'm a professional too.Regardless of these points, I think Puck is a terrific chef and teacher, although he just may have lost touch with what people will cook at home as opposed to what they would rather eat in a restaurant. ... Read more

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Las pizzas y las pastas fascinan a los adolescentes en todo el mundo, constituyen excelentes comidas familiares y son perfectas para reuniones informales, pero lo mejor de todo es que son buenos alimentos.En este libro encontrará muchas recetas atractivas e ideas fáciles para reuniones y comidas familiares, como también para los que se preocupan por su salud y los vegetarianos. ... Read more

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Evan Kleiman easily qualifies as one of the leadinginterpreters of Italian cuisine. Available for the first time in anaffordable paperback edition, Angeli Caffe Pizza Pasta Paninioffers a decade of treasured recipes that have won the hearts of theadoring customers who frequent her hip and modern Angeli Caffe in theheart of Los Angeles. As usual, Evan has created recipes with her namewritten all over them-simple, unadorned, rustic, yet unfailingly freshand original. Fans line up nightly to eat her imaginative filled andflat pizzas, inspired focaccia, savory tarts, breads, snacks, andspirited pastas. Now home cooks can make any one of the 200 recipes inless time than they would spend waiting in line at the ever-popularAngeli Caffe!Amazon.com Review
"Earthly simplicity," Evan Kleiman calls the certain essential extra that makes the foods of Angeli Caffé in Los Angeles so special. "Angeli food," she writes, "is 'roots food' served in a city where roots are hard to seeor find.... It is a cucina reduced to the most basic elements.... Foodreduced to basic taste components where nothing is covered up; complexitysimply for its own sake is banished."

Chef, restaurant owner, and food writer Evan Kleiman starts Pizza PastaPanini with a pizza dough recipe that will make enough dough for foureight-inch pizzas. This is intentional. The biggest secret to "successful"pizza, Kleiman reveals, is making the dough frequently (learning throughrepetition) and always having some on hand, either in the freezer or in therefrigerator. "The more you do it," she writes, "the easier and morenatural it becomes--like most things in life."

And what a life. For it includes recipes for pizza, calzone, sfincione (thedouble-decker pizza of Sicily), panzerotti (which are little calzone friedin oil), focacce, and savory tarts, delectable treats one and all. You'llalso find recipes for pastas to match the seasons and their ingredients.There are recipes as well for panini, cicchetti (Venetian antipasti),bruschetta, and tramezzini (an Italian translation of English teasandwiches). All of it is straightforward and easy to accomplish,particularly the more you do it.

While all these recipes (some 200) are deeply rooted in the Italian rustictradition, Kleiman doesn't for a moment overlook her immediate whereabouts.This is a Los Angeles cookbook, but one based on truth, not artifice. Andthat's why FaithWillinger describes the food of Angeli Caffé as "cucina rustica from the provincia California." Pull up a chair, assemble some basic ingredients, then tuck in to deceptively simple food that will reshape your palate, if not your state of mind. --Schuyler Ingle ... Read more

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Among the best Pasta cookbooks I have
I love Italian cooking and this cookbook is among the best of the best that I own. Right now, i am making the pasta dish that sits for hours with chopped tomatoes, garlic, basil and s & p. Then I will add chopped fresh mozzarella with the hot pasta...oh my!!!

Italian made delicious and easy
As a restauranteur for over 10 years I have read and cooked with hundreds of books.Ms. Kleinman's recipes are simple and delicious.My favorites include the Pizza Salsicce, Pasta Muro Leccese as well as the Polenta andall the basics.Her uncooked Tomato Sauce has become a staple in my home. This is a great book for the Home Chef.

fantastically simple recipes for Italian trattoria cuisine
The restaurant cookbook of Angeli Caffe in Los Angeles conveys the passion and simplicity of its Italian trattoria cuisine with recipes for the important triad of pizza, pasta, and panini as well as complimentary elements of calzone, sfincione, panzerotti, focaccia, cicchetti, bruschetta, and tramezzini.One basic recipe for pizza dough suffices for use in the pizza recipes and emphasizes this simplicity.Recipes are introduced with a short description providing background, significance, and/or tidbits of culinary knowledge.Nothing short of a visit to the restaurant should satisfy you after reading this cookbook! ... Read more

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Create traditional pasta & pizzas with this delightful and practical book designed for the modern cook bent on preparing Italian food in the authentic style. ... Read more

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Different and delicious Italian recipes. ... Read more

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We know the universal appetite for pasta and pizza doens't go away. These are foods in step with today's fast-paced lifestyles and zest for fresh ingredients. Traditional and trendy, our collection of tested recipes captures this interest in flavors, convenience and nutrition. Dressed up and slimmed down, imaginative, tasty recipes invite you into meals, just right for summer or anytime, that are simple yet offer sumptuous eating. Illustrated with color photographs throughout. ... Read more

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This book contains over 60 authentic Italian recipes for pizzas, breads, and pasta dishes, providing an irresistible collection for all lovers of Italian food. ... Read more

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Create these authentic Italian favourite recipes using the step-by-step instructions and colour photographs. Describes every type of pasta, pizza bread and topping, how to make it or what to look for when buying. ... Read more

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tasty and easy recipes
I've used recipes from this book for several years.It contains one of my all-time favorite dishes: pasta with a creamy avacado sauce.It also has great recipes for pizza dough.

Pasta & Pizza Presto : Step-By-Step
I lived in Italy for 2 years and I found the recipes very authentic.Excellent recipes with excellent cooking techniques and great pictures of food and cooking equipment. I borrowed my girlfriend's copy and have made almost everything in the book.I'm waiting to buy my copy! I love it!

Pasta & Pizza Presto : Step-By-Step
I lived in Italy for 2 years and I found the recipes very authentic.Excellent recipes with excellent cooking techniques and great pictures of food and cooking equipment. I borrowed my girlfriend's copy and have made almost everything in the book.I'm waiting to buy my copy! I love it!

Excellent Italian for Beginners!
I found this book to have clear and cohesive explanations. As I thumbed through it I found several wonderful meat, seafood, and vegetarian recipies that anyone with any level of cooking experience could prepare. I'm abeginner at Italian cooking and my co-workers, friends, and family simplyrave about the wonderful dishes that I serve at outings, dinners, andpotlucks. I strongly recommend this book to anyone with little time and adesire to learn to cook.

Clear Pictures & Instructions.Tasty Recipes
Pages are packed with simple, tasty looking recipes.The large photos show the dishes to perfection, and there are step-by-step guides for producing the pasta and pizza doughs. An excellent book that will appeal to all levels of cooks. ... Read more