Sublime

They can be prepared a variety of ways: marinated, salted, butterflied and deep-fried (sometimes with a delicious garlic/vinegar sauce called giada

He prepared himself a meal: radishes in a saucer with Maldon salt and grassy olive oil; good rye bread, and red wine poured with the pleasure of a man who’s elected to sin.

There are two pots of salt by the cooker. One of sale grosso, coarse, rubbly sea salt ideal for salting pasta water, in it a spoon that holds almost exactly 10 grams. The other pot is of sale fino, fine salt, also sea salt, for everything else. I am a great believer in adding little, often, that is adding tiny, cautious pinches of salt throughout

Many restaurants are particularly proud of their antipasti ai frutti di mare—it’s how they show off. For two diners, splitting one of these and a pasta dish can be plenty.

Pan-fried Cod, Brown Shrimp Sauce, with Peas and Spinach