The book that taught America how to cook,now illustrated with glorious color photographyALL ABOUTPASTA & NOODLESA fresh and original way to put the classic advice ofJoy of Cookingto work -- illustrated and designed in a beautiful and easy-to-use new book.More than 90 sensational recipes, including Orecchiette with Sausage and Broccoli Rabe, Roasted Red Pepper and Herb Goat Cheese Lasagne, and classic Macaroni and CheeseExplanations for 27 different pasta shapes, featuring cooking times, creative substitutions, and appropriate saucesStep-by-step recipes for preparing a wide range of sauces -- from pesto to ragu to Alfredo -- as well as noodles, from Spdtzle to Beef Chow FunSixty years after Irma Rombauer advised new cooks to "Stand facing the stove," America's love affair withJoy of Cookingcontinues unabated. And why not?Joyin hand, tens of millions of people -- from novices to professionals -- have learned to do everything from make a meat loaf to clean a squid to frost a wedding cake. For decades,Joy of Cookinghas taught America how to cook, serving as the standard against which all other cookbooks are judged.All About Pasta & Noodlesupholds that standard. While keeping the conversational and instructional manner of the flagship book,All About Pasta & Noodlesis organized into chapters that include fresh pasta, sauces, filled and baked pastas, American noodle dishes, Asian noodles, dumplings, and more. The chapters incorporate more than 90 ofJoy'sbest-loved recipes -- Spaghetti alla Carbonara to Spicy Szechuan Noodles to Bolognese Sauce. You'll also find rules for cooking pasta, step-by-step information for making homemade pasta, and suggestions for pasta shapes and sauces. Add to that more than 150 original photographs, specially commissioned for this volume, presented in the most easy-to-use design imaginable.Whether you belong to one of the millions of American households that already own a copy (or two) ofJoy,or you have never cracked the spine of a cookbook before,Joy of Cooking: All About Pasta & Noodlesis for you. It is a spectacular achievement, worthy of its name.Joyhas never been more beautiful.The Indispensable Kitchen Resource...All-New, All-Purpose, and now All-in-Color

Ethan Becker is the son of Marion Rombauer Becker and the grandson of Irma S. Rombauer the original author of Joy of Cooking. He attended Le Cordon Bleu in Paris and has been a devoted home cook all his life. Continuing a family tradition stemming from the conviction that fine cooking depends upon the freshest ingredients, Ethan is an enthusiastic organic gardener. He and his wife, Susan, live at the family home, Cockaigne, in Cincinnati, Ohio.