Spaghetti with Bottarga

To get the obvious out of the way, yes, this guy is obviously doing a "Stepin Fetchitti" routine. I imagine that when the camera stops shooting, he unglues the moustache, removes the peddlar's hat, and puts on a stylish sport jacket, ducking into his tight little Fiat, smoking his tires as he accelerates into a toasty Italian sunset. Anyway, I'm a huge fan of impossibly simple recipes like this, which are devilishly hard to recreate because all the magic is super-subtle and sort of ineffable. I explored this very topic in a video I once made about a guy who made the greatest cookies I ever ate using (not kidding) the recipe on the Quaker Oatmeal Box, and did so with no cheats (I watched him like a hawk). It's about subtleties, many (all?) of them unrecognized by the chef, who instinctually integrates them. The power of iteration, among other things. There are two points in this video where the magic tricks happen, and you'll only notice them if you watch very closely and can recognize…

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