HAPPY DAY, WILL. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S SPAGHETTI WITH SAFFRON
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first appeared in Alimentum) link to Pasta Noir “The course of a true love never did run smooth.” A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 1,1 Though Shakespeare often, ah, borrowed the basis for his recipes every so often he came up with something completely different. His immensely popular Midsummer Spaghetti is one of those original dishes. It’s been rumored that he got the idea after attending a wedding in Greece at which peculiar homegrown ouzo was served, but Shakespeare’s always been mute on the point. Whatever its inspiration the plate remains a delightfully bazaar harmony of lamb, saffron, infidelity, jealousy, affection and pasta that appeals both to the ruling classes and the hard working ruled. The recipe is a comic demonstration that once you get past our social roles and get down to our basic hungers, we all eat at the same table.
HAPPY DAY, WILL. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S SPAGHETTI WITH SAFFRON
HAPPY DAY, WILL. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S…
HAPPY DAY, WILL. A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S SPAGHETTI WITH SAFFRON
first appeared in Alimentum) link to Pasta Noir “The course of a true love never did run smooth.” A Midsummer Night’s Dream, 1,1 Though Shakespeare often, ah, borrowed the basis for his recipes every so often he came up with something completely different. His immensely popular Midsummer Spaghetti is one of those original dishes. It’s been rumored that he got the idea after attending a wedding in Greece at which peculiar homegrown ouzo was served, but Shakespeare’s always been mute on the point. Whatever its inspiration the plate remains a delightfully bazaar harmony of lamb, saffron, infidelity, jealousy, affection and pasta that appeals both to the ruling classes and the hard working ruled. The recipe is a comic demonstration that once you get past our social roles and get down to our basic hungers, we all eat at the same table.