“Everything you see I owe to spaghetti.”

—Sophia Loren

Dear Reader:

Last night, we had spaghetti, again. I like to think of Sophia Loren when I eat spaghetti. With each bite, I can imagine myself becoming more desirably curvaceous. We should all be so lucky!

Pasta has always been my preferred comfort food. It sustains me on two levels:

• it’s yummy and filling
• it reminds me of my Nonnie, Rose Carmela Bartucci

If there was ever a time when, as a nation, we needed the warmth and satisfaction of a large bowl of al dente spaghetti, this is certainly it!

Michele