The Noodle Maker

The Noodle Maker
Author: Ma Jian
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Total Pages: 215
Release: 2006-04-04
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1429924020

From Ma Jian, the highly acclaimed Chinese dissident, comes a satirical novel about the absurdities of life in a post-Tiananmen China. Two men meet for dinner each week. Over the course of one of these drunken evenings, the writer recounts the stories he would write, had he the courage: a young man buys an old kiln and opens a private crematorium, delighting in his ability to harass the corpses of police officers and Party secretaries, while swooning to banned Western music; a heartbroken actress performs a public suicide by stepping into the jaws of a wild tiger, watched nonchalantly by her ex-lover. Extraordinary characters inspire him, their lives pulled and pummeled by fate and politics, as if they are balls of dough in the hands of an all-powerful noodle maker. Ma Jian's satirical masterpiece allows us a humorous, yet profound, glimpse of those struggling to survive under a system that dictates their every move.

The Ultimate Pasta Machine Cookbook

The Ultimate Pasta Machine Cookbook
Author: Lucy Vaserfirer
Publisher: Harvard Common Press
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2020-08-04
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1592339484

At last, a cookbook about pasta-making that covers all kinds of pasta machines—both manual and electric, and also stand-mixer pasta attachments—and that delivers foolproof recipes sure to make you an expert noodle master in no time! Homemade pasta is easy, fast, and fun. It tastes better than boxed pastas from the store. And, while-store-bought pastas do indeed come in a variety of shapes, they all have basically one bland and unexciting flavor; by contrast, as this wide-ranging and deliciously inventive book shows, making pasta by hand at home lets you create and enjoy dozens and dozens of different flavors of noodles. In her previous books—on such subjects as searing, marinating, and cast-iron cooking—chef, cooking teacher, and food blogger Lucy Vaserfirer has earned a reputation for expertly and gently translating the methods of master chefs into simple-to-follow, step-by-step instructions that let home cooks cook like the pros. Here, Lucy does the same for pasta-making, showing you how easy it is to use a sheeter or an extruder of any type, manual or electric, to create tasty pastas that will please everyone from grown-up gourmands to picky kids who want pasta at nearly every meal. Lucy shares in these pages terrific purees that you can make, using a blender or a mixing bowl, that you then can turn into all sorts of flavored pastas, from the familiar tomato or spinach pastas to noodles flavored with herbs like basil or tarragon, spices like pepper or saffron, and other flavors, such as a Sage Brown Butter Pasta that incorporates a flavored butter. She teaches you how to make every kind of pasta shape with your pasta machine, including ones you can't find in stores. She includes durum and semolina pastas, the most common kinds, as well as buckwheat, ancient-grain, and gluten-free pastas. She even shows how to make Asian noodles, such as udon, soba, and ramen, with your pasta machine. Whether you are a first-time owner of a pasta maker or a seasoned pro looking for exciting new ideas, this book has more than 100 splendid recipes, plus loads of clever tips and tricks, that will make you love your pasta machine and use it often.

Red Dust

Red Dust
Author: Ma Jian
Publisher: Anchor
Total Pages: 403
Release: 2007-12-18
Genre: Travel
ISBN: 0307427412

In 1983, at the age of thirty, dissident artist Ma Jian finds himself divorced by his wife, separated from his daughter, betrayed by his girlfriend, facing arrest for “Spiritual Pollution,” and severely disillusioned with the confines of life in Beijing. So with little more than a change of clothes and two bars of soap, Ma takes off to immerse himself in the remotest parts of China. His journey would last three years and take him through smog-choked cities and mountain villages, from scenes of barbarity to havens of tranquility. Remarkably written and subtly moving, the result is an insight into the teeming contradictions of China that only a man who was both insider and outsider in his own country could have written.

My Marcato Pasta Maker Homemade Pasta Cookbook, A Simple Steps Brand Cookbook

My Marcato Pasta Maker Homemade Pasta Cookbook, A Simple Steps Brand Cookbook
Author: Julia Stefano
Publisher: Independently Published
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2019-10-18
Genre:
ISBN: 9781700755186

Your Marcato® Atlas Pasta Machine can do more than you think! This Simple Steps(tm) recipe book shows you exactly how to get the most out of your pasta maker so you can make all of your favorite pastas and pasta dishes, such as ravioli, spaghetti, lasagna, at home and fresh with natural, healthy ingredients! 101 of our best, most popular pasta recipes combined with pro tips and illustrated instructions make this book the perfect companion for anyone who owns a Marcato pasta maker! Our recipes are compatible with Marcato, Kitchenaid and other pasta makers and machines. LEARN HOW TO: - Make perfect pasta dough - Correctly roll out pasta dough - Store unused pasta - Improve the texture of your dough - Control the moisture level of your dough - Add flavors to pasta dough LEARN HOW TO AVOID: - Too thin or too thick dough - Bad dough texture - Using the wrong flours - Spoiled pasta dough DOUGH RECIPES INCLUDE: Classic Egg Pasta Dough Spinach Pasta Dough Sun-Dried Tomato Pasta Dough Buckwheat Pasta Dough Black Pasta Dough Beet Pasta Dough Rice Noodle Dough PASTA DISH RECIPES INCLUDE: Classic Bolognese Spaghetti Alla Carbonara Ricotta Ravioli Ravioli with Sage Walnut Butter Shrimp Scampi Classic Meat Lasagna Baked Tagliatelle with Chicken Classic Pad Thai Classic Chow Mein (Scroll up and "Look Inside" for a full table of contents) Do you own a pasta machine, and are you interested in making delicious homemade pastas that are healthier and fresher than any pasta you can buy at the store? Then this book is for you. All of our recipes and "how to" tips are designed specifically to be compatible with the Marcato pasta maker, and to help you get the most out of your investment. Buy today! MONEY-BACK GUARANTEE Free shipping for Prime members ABOUT SIMPLE STEPS(tm) COOKBOOKS Simple Steps Cookbooks are independently published, home kitchen-tested cookbooks which cover a range of diets and cooking-methods. Our team of chefs, writers and enthusiasts love to cook and love testing new kitchen products! Our mission is to help our readers get the most from their cooking journey! This book is not endorsed or authorized by Marcato. However, the publisher (Simple Steps Cookbooks) stands behind the content of the book to be fully compatible with the Marcato.

Making Artisan Pasta

Making Artisan Pasta
Author: Aliza Green
Publisher:
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2012
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1592537324

Making handmade, home-made pasta has never been easier!

Mastering Pasta

Mastering Pasta
Author: Marc Vetri
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Total Pages: 274
Release: 2015-03-17
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1607746085

Award-winning chef Marc Vetri wanted to write his first book about pasta. Instead, he wrote two other acclaimed cookbooks and continued researching pasta for ten more years. Now, the respected master of Italian cuisine finally shares his vast knowledge of pasta, gnocchi, and risotto in this inspiring, informative primer featuring expert tips and techniques, and more than 100 recipes. Vetri’s personal stories of travel and culinary discovery in Italy appear alongside his easy-to-follow, detailed explanations of how to make and enjoy fresh handmade pasta. Whether you’re a home cook or a professional, you’ll learn how to make more than thirty different types of pasta dough, from versatile egg yolk dough, to extruded semolina dough, to a variety of flavored pastas—and form them into shapes both familiar and unique. In dishes ranging from classic to innovative, Vetri shares his coveted recipes for stuffed pastas, baked pastas, and pasta sauces. He also shows you how to make light-as-air gnocchi and the perfect dish of risotto. Loaded with useful information, including the best way to cook and sauce pasta, suggestions for substituting pasta shapes, and advance preparation and storage notes, Mastering Pasta offers you all of the wisdom of a pro. For cooks who want to take their knowledge to the next level, Vetri delves deep into the science of various types of flour to explain pasta’s uniquely satisfying texture and how to craft the very best pasta by hand or with a machine. Mastering Pasta is the definitive work on the subject and the only book you will ever need to serve outstanding pasta dishes in your own kitchen.

The Pasta Man

The Pasta Man
Author: Mateo Zielonka
Publisher: Hardie Grant Publishing
Total Pages: 360
Release: 2021-06-10
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 1787136205

The Pasta Man, Mateo Zielonka, makes the most spectacular, original pasta you’ve ever seen. Striped, spotted, red and green and black, and every shape imaginable, Mateo’s pasta is a carb-lover’s dream. Now in The Pasta Man, Mateo reveals for the first time how you too can make his beautiful creations. Starting with classic golden dough, and with “how to” sections guiding you through every shape and effect, from spots and stripes (using all-natural ingredients), lasagne sheets and pappardelle, ravioli pillows, tortellini and other glorious filled pastas, he then offers 40 recipes for delicious sauces and suppers in which to showcase your delicately crafted pasta. Illustrated with beautiful photography and clear step-by-step instructions, whether you’re a pasta beginner or enthusiast, let yourself be guided by a master and make your own pasta a work of art.

Noodle Magic

Noodle Magic
Author: Roseanne Greenfield Thong
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 36
Release: 2014-11-25
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545568994

Everyone has the magic within! Grandpa Tu is famous for his special noodles, and as the emperor's birthday approaches, he teaches his granddaughter, Mei, the family trade. Mei struggles to find the magic needed to make noodles. Ultimately, she finds the magic--and the ability to succeed--within. Mei doesn't just make noodles--her magic noodles in varied shapes and sizes rain down from the sky!NOODLE MAGIC is written in the style of a Chinese folk story, with engaging cultural and community aspects. The family connection that's at the heart of the story has universal appeal. The grandfather and granddaughter work together to accomplish what one could not do alone. Meilo So, whose BRUSH OF THE GODS received four starred reviews, brings the story to life with beautiful, breathtaking illustrations.

The Best Pasta Machine Cookbook Ever

The Best Pasta Machine Cookbook Ever
Author: Brooke Dojny
Publisher: William Morrow Cookbooks
Total Pages: 208
Release: 1997-07-09
Genre: Cooking
ISBN: 9780060173357

Pasta machines are popular with busy, affluent and health-conscious Americans who like the machine's speed and flexibility -- and its incredibly fresh pasta. The Best Pasta Machine Cookbook Ever expands the run-of-the-mill repertoire of pastas, going far beyond the flour-and-egg variety. The list of pasta recipes, with accompanying sauces for each, is extensive and imaginative. The recipes range from Basic Wheat Pasta, Egg Pasta and Spinach Pasta to the not-so-ordinary Lemon, Squid Ink, Beet, Carrot, Scallion, Chinese Egg Noodles and Chocolate. A sampling of the sauces includes Classic Pesto Sauce, Dilled Swedish Meatball Sauce, "New Wave" Turkey Chili Sauce, Sorrel Cream Sauce, Bacon and Arugula Sauce, Roasted Garlic and Mussel Cream, Cheddar and Ale Sauce, Red Flannel Hash Sauce and Lemon-Sage. Organized according to pasta type, this book is an essential companion for the hot-selling pasta maker.

Mambo in Chinatown

Mambo in Chinatown
Author: Jean Kwok
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015-07-07
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1594633800

From the bestselling author of Searching for Sylvie Lee and Girl in Translation, an inspiring novel about a young woman torn between her family duties in Chinatown and her escape into a more Western world. Twenty-two-year-old Charlie Wong grew up in New York’s Chinatown, the older daughter of a Beijing ballerina and a noodle maker. Though an ABC (American-born Chinese), Charlie’s entire life has been limited to this small area. Now grown, she lives in the same tiny apartment with her widower father and her eleven-year-old sister, and works—miserably—as a dishwasher. But when she lands a job as a receptionist at a ballroom dance studio, Charlie gains access to a world she hardly knew existed, and everything she once took to be certain turns upside down. Gradually, at the dance studio, awkward Charlie’s natural talents begin to emerge. With them, her perspective, expectations, and sense of self are transformed—something she must take great pains to hide from her father and his suspicion of all things Western. As Charlie blossoms, though, her sister becomes chronically ill. As Pa insists on treating his ailing child exclusively with Eastern practices to no avail, Charlie is forced to try to reconcile her two selves and her two worlds—Eastern and Western, old world and new—to rescue her little sister without sacrificing her newfound confidence and identity.