Squid Ink Spaghetti

20240226 #breakfastdiary 986, -2°C/mostly clear, 21 min/exercise (Y) As someone who makes breakfast, it's genuinely moving to see a photo shot in actual daylight after so long. If not for this sunlight, this black pasta would've come out looking like jjajangmyeon. Boil (squid ink) spaghetti in salted water. Since it'll finish cooking in the pan, boiling it about halfway is enough. Sauté garlic and red pepper flakes in a pan, then add olive oil, a ladle of pasta water, and the parboiled spaghetti to finish cooking. Add a knob of butter and emulsify it in (mantecare). Season with salt. I thought about tossing it with basil pesto, but in the end I kept it honest and simple, with no extra seasoning. - Since I'm keeping this in diary form, I do have a few plans for this year. First, news on thank-you merch. Once I pass 10,000 followers— '2/16/19 note to self: Najoshik merch at 10K followers' and before I knew it, I'd already blown past 10,000. News on a book, too. My theory: once I put it out there, I'll actually follow through. I'm even thinking of a book talk with a launch concert to go with it. If there's an editor among my followers, I'd love to hear from you. Different genre, but I have published a book before.