How to reach pasta heaven

Bill Vallicella, a fellow chess player who writes the fascinating blog Maverick Philosopher, turns his attention to food in an excellent little piece called “The Seven Deadly Sins of Pasta”. When he sees people commit Sin No. 7, he says, he is “tempted to make like al-Zarqawi and engage in an Islamo-fascist act,” so in the unlikely event that you dine with him, don’t chop the capellini on your plate.