Quite possibly the best song for cooking spaghetti

Apr 12, 2026 09:05:28

In the book, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle, Murakami describes the overture to The Thieving Magpie as "quite possibly the best song for making spaghetti".

So I tried it.

He might be right. It's long enough to last prep to serving. It's energetic like boiling water. It's fun to attempt to whistle to.

It's going to be a hard one to beat.

What's your favourite spaghetti cooking song?

Apr 12, 2026 11:22:41

I was so sure that this thread was going to have the Swedish chef. I guess that's the song I hear when making spaghetti.

You can have both spaghetti and meatballs--they have the same song!