Danny Freeman loves pasta. In Danny Loves Pasta, he teaches you how to make your own colorful and creative fresh pasta, unlike anything you can find at the store.

With no special equipment needed, you can take simple ingredients like flour, eggs, beets, and spinach, and turn them into vibrant works of delicious pasta art in every color of the rainbow. This book features:

• 8 easy dough recipes (vegan and gluten-free options included)
• 17 ways to add color (with all-natural ingredients!)
• 14 foundations for pattern making, from Tie-Dye to Spirals
• 14 traditional pasta shapes, from Tagliatelle to Farfalle
• 17 new pasta shapes, from Candy to Rose Ravioli
• 25 fun fillings and sauces, from Spinach-Ricotta Filling to Pizza Pasta

Author and pasta expert Danny Freeman is known for his fun and vibrant approach to cooking. His first book, Danny Loves Pasta, made homemade pasta accessible to everyone. In his second book, Italianish, he's expanding his recipes to cover the entire spectrum of Italian American cooking, with over 100 unique and easy twists on the classics.

If you like lasagna but don't have time to make an entire one from scratch, try Danny's famous Lasagna Soup. If you like the tomato-basil-mozzarella flavor combination of a caprese salad, try the Caprese Steak Sandwich with Italian Salsa Verde. For lovers of traditional cannoli, the No-Bake Chocolate Cannoli Cheesecake is sure to become a new favorite.

The book is designed to be as easy to follow as possible, with a recipe index that organizes recipes by the time the dishes take to prepare. From quick bites to special occasion meals, (or somewhere in between), these fun recipes are for everyone and for every night of the week.

What happens when two gay boys meet at a fundamentalist church and talk about tits?

Brandon's family are long-time members. In fact, his dad is the preacher. Alex's skeptical parents reluctantly attend after repeated invitations from a colleague of Alex's father. Alex and Brandon feel an immediate and undeniable attraction to one another, though both of them are confused about their own and each other's feelings. They soon develop an affectionate, endearing friendship, mostly by balancing out each other's opposite personalities and quoting their favorite lines from The Princess Bride until they nearly wet themselves. Brandon is loud, impulsive, irreverent, and foul-mouthed. Alex is quiet, thoughtful, shy, and considerably more precocious than Brandon.

With the support of Alex's unconventional and affirming parents, Alex and Brandon navigate the challenges of being gay teenagers in Houston in the early 1990s. They face obstacles, setbacks, misunderstandings, and outright homophobia but remain resolutely committed to their unique friendship and budding romance.

From beginning to end, The You I See by Danny Freeman is an infectiously funny, relentlessly hopeful, and ultimately life-affirming celebration of friendship and young love in one of its many-hued variations.

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A portion of all proceeds will be donated to The Trevor Project to support young LGBTQ lives.

No one knows what tomorrow holds for us. Danny Freeman is living proof of how everyday people can overcome extraordinary hardship. Armed with a strong constitution and a can-do mindset, he teaches us how we can do the same when faced with seemingly insurmountable obstacles. By sharing his life story leading up to the fateful night that Guillain-Barré syndrome nearly took him out, Danny displays a strength of character that he believes lies within us all as he wrestled against this terrible disease. For anyone who suffers with, or cares for someone experiencing difficult life events, read on and take heart.