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?
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