Sicilian Comfort Food in Saint Plotniko

We didn't have to go to Sicily to make this fabulous Tagliatelle Amatriciana, but it helped. Smaller servings of pasta, simple ingredients and above all freshly made pasta, rolled very thin with a little saffron added to the dough.

Giovanna Tornabene's cookbook arrived today and it's full of recipes we're going to try, one after the other. The Great Plotnik World Headquarters Meatball Kitchen is going to be a good place to be for the next few weeks.

Now, where to find a five-pound swordfish steak cut from the tail end of the fish below the gills?