Fast & Fresh A go-to book to make a fast, wholesome dinner that isn’t the same noodles you had last week. Fresh ideas and easy to follow directions! A wonderful addition to your cookbook collection – but don’t put this one on the shelf – keep it on the counter and use it! Great photos and fun tips! Enjoy! NetGalley and Abrams provided an advanced review copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

Thirty Minute Pasta by Giuliano Hazan has a little bit of everything related to pastas, not just recipes. Contents include The Many Shapes of Pastas where he details different pastas, both flour and water and egg pastas, and suggests best pairings for them: tagliatelle for Bolognese Sauce; bucatini for robust sauces; fusilli and rigatoni for chunky sauces; cavatappi for soups; and spahettini for simple, savory sauces.
The Pasta Pantry goes into non-perishables for the pantry to keep on hand (bouillon, olive oil, dried porcini, breadcrumbs) as well as perishables (garlic, fresh tomatoes, butter, pancetta). And in case a pasta primer is in your future, Hazan shows How to Cook Pasta, perfectly, using his five simple rules.

I liked the recipes - all seemed easy to put together without a lot of fuss. With the fall season in full force, pasta soups will be big in my house so these all looked good. 100 recipes to try, each 'quick and easy' for any day of the year. Below is the recipe for Spaghetti alla Puttanesca to try. Savory, flavor packed, and super simple.