a love letter to spaghetti alle vongole

"Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day?" plus, all of vongole's dirty little secrets

Shall I compare thee to a Summer’s day?

Was the first line of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 18 about a plate of spaghetti con le vongole? I wouldn’t doubt it.

Spaghetti alle vongole is the dish I can’t imagine summer without. It’s quite the seductress, and a tool of seduction at that. I mean, Italian men have some leverage when they offer spaghetti alle vongole, especially with a sea view. It’s true because most of us have fallen for it.

Regardless, spaghetti alle vongole is poetry at its finest, a simple symphony of quality extra virgin olive oil, clams (vongole), garlic, parsley, and chili. Some even like to throw in some tomato for a citrus rendezvous, which leads us to…