Pastas I Would Eat While Wearing This Shirt
There are few things I love more than a good shirt and after months of Edinburgh winter (and let’s be honest, summer), I am especially appreciative of a good Hawaiian shirt. This one, from Tombolo, is so nice I just want to wear it with bike shorts while I watch Call Me By Your Name for the 40th time slumped on my wooden floor with a big ol’ plate of pasta and no air conditioning. God, what I wouldn’t give to pay $20 for a plate of seafood pasta ouside a Mediterranean beach. But with COVID-19 cases surging juuuuust as I pack up my things to move to Seattle, it seems like all travel and delicious eating has been relegated to 2022. So until the barricades lift, I’ll be making all my own pasta dishes at home. Here are five I’d gobble up this summer.
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Pasta with Tomatoes, Brie, and Basil
A perfect summer dish for those of us who think pasta salad is up there with the U-Bomb on the abomination to all mankind list. This is especially good with swirly pasta like cavatappi.
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Pasta with Green Puttanesca
At last! An anchovy pasta that doesn’t have a single shallot in it.
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Risotto Nero with Squid
I know risotto isn’t pasta but also… isn’t it? Kind of? I am also always very impressed by squid ink on food, mostly because it looks kind of prestigious and like something Urusula might snack on while petting her lil pet eels. Facing the dame of the seas while wearing a Hawaiian shirt with an embroidered fork on it? Count me in!
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Amatriciana on the Fly
An easy, peasy amatriciana from lovely harmless white guy Sam Sifton.
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Spagetti alle Vongole
I can’t front, I have no idea what spaguetti alle vongole actually tastes like, but this shirt is named after it, so it’s gotta be good. Plus it has clams, and you know what they say about clams…
Tale a old as time
Song as old as rhyme
Pasta and the clam!
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Wash it all down with several glasses of Aperol Spritz. Better yet, make a pitcher. Maybe finish it off with a Strawberry Basil Shortcake? Why not? It’s not like you don’t have time!
Enjoy responsibly and please, for the love of god, wear a mask.