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Chef-Ready with Spaghetti — Alex Guarnaschelli
"I made spaghetti Bolognese for my parents when I was — I want to say — 19, and I was really proud of it. I just knew, you know, the sauce bubbled, and the meat was seasoned, and the pasta, and I tossed it in there, and it just drank up the sauce. ... My dad took a bite and kind of just looked up at me ... [and said,] 'You’re on your own now. You can do this.' ... Can a dish of pasta say, I'm ready to go? Maybe."