FOREWORD

The simplest things are always the best!

Discover, or re-discover, pasta! Dried or fresh, baked, in a salad, or stuffed—pasta in its many variations is all about entertaining large groups of friends or family around the dinner table. Great times, when the really important thing is sharing!

Why not try making your own ravioli, lasagne, or cannelloni? It is so easy, as well as extremely satisfying! This book will provide you with all the instructions you need to make wonderful and delicious pasta recipes in a range of colors. If you are pushed for time, it goes without saying that all the recipes using fresh pasta can equally well be adapted to dried versions.

Whether cooking with meat, fish, seafood, cheese, vegetables, or herbs, you should never skimp on quality. Our delicious pasta recipes will bring out the best in these ingredients, are great fun to make and fuss-free.

Just choose a nice bottle of wine if you like, get ready to enjoy your labor of love, and Buon appetito!

Valéry Drouet