Robel Hailu
A flat white plate of spaghetti tossed with sea urchin roe, garnished with parsley and a wedge of lemon.

The Daily Seen · food

Sea urchin pasta, Taormina

Spaghetti ai ricci, the kind they only do when the morning's catch had urchins. The chef shrugged when I asked how it was made. 'Just butter,' he said, lying.

Taormina, Sicily, Italy 37.8523, 15.2934

  • Square: half-eaten plate from above, fork resting at the rim, a second plate in the corner of the frame.

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