No-cook and other Fast Pasta Dishes

There are myriad sauces and dressings for pasta that can be ready in Less time than it takes to cook dried or even fresh pasta. Even the cooking of the pasta can be speeded up: you know how Long it seems to take to get a big pot of water boiling, so try heating half of the water in another pan or in a kettle. Nothing to do with speed, but a great tip from the lovely Ursula Ferrigno, who once cooked for us at the Hammersmith restaurant, is not to add salt to the water until it is actually at