Table of Contents

Introduction: or How This Book Came to Be

A history of sorts on sauces, their origins and their incredible varieties. Ditto for pasta, plus what we've tried to do and what was accomplished.

Subtitled; Information You Can't Live Without! Or, Terms and Phrases You Should Know. The notes features lots of good information about sauce ingredients, terms used, timing, et cetera, et cetera.

Starts out with a primer on pasta shapes and names plus the commercial names of our recommended pastas organized by their shape..

I've provided you with a complete cross-referenced alphabetical index. This will allow you to scan for sauces by specific, well recognized names, or in most cases, by ingredients.

Chapter 1:    The Cooking of Your Pasta: 
                      You get the information once, right here.

Chapter 2:    Sauces Made From Butter and/or Olive Oil

Chapter 3:     Sauces Made From Cream

Chapter 4:     Sauces Made From Cream and Meat or Seafood

Chapter 5:     Sauces Made From Uncooked Herbs 

Chapter 6:     Sauces Made From Nutmeats

Chapter 7:     Sauces Made From Uncooked Tomatoes and/or Vegetables

Chapter 8:     Sauces Made From Tomatoes

Chapter 9:     Sauces Made From Tomatoes and Meat

Chapter 10:   Sauces Made From Tomatoes and Vegetables

Chapter 11:   Sauces Made From Cheese

Chapter 12:   Sauces Made From Uncooked Cheese

Chapter 13:   Sauces Made From Vegetables

Chapter 14:   Sauces Made From Vegetables and Meat

Chapter 15:   Sauces Made From Seafood

Chapter 16:   Sauces Made From Legumes

Chapter 17:   Sauces Made From Legumes and Meat

Chapter 18:   Soupy Sauces, or Pasta in a Seasoned Liquid

Chapter 19:   For Carnivores Only; Sauces Made Mostly From Meats

Chapter 20:   Sauces Made From Fowl

Chapter 21:   Sauces Made From Fruit and Fruit Juices

Chapter 22:   Sauces Made From Dried Tomatoes

Chapter 23:   Sauces Made with Low to No Fat

Chapter 24:   Sauces Made with Liqueurs, Brandies and Whiskies

Chapter 25:   Sauces Made with Wine

Chapter 26:   Sauces Made with Wine and Meats, or Seafood