It is a simple meal. Good spaghetti, good sweet sausage first browned and then cooked in a sauce made from tomatoes and a little olive oil and a little wine and a pinch of sugar. Add a nice red, a merlot or a cabernet. Avoid cheese. It smothers the sauce and makes the dish heavy. A slice of garlic bread for the texture and crunch. Take one helping only. Save the rest for tomorrow.
Settle the dogs. Sit down together. A good meal opens up conversation. Maybe it is cold and sleety outside, darkness falling. All the better. This is one of the pleasures of being human — the cave secure and warm, hot food ready, the day being done, now, let us feast and rest for a while inside this light.
