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In The Kitchen With John Turturro, Who Learned How To Cook To Get Laid
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John Del Signore
Published Aug 1, 2011
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Wall Street Journal reporter Charlotte Druckman recently hung out with John Turturro and his wife Katherine Borowitz in their Park Slope brownstone, where they chatted about Italian food as he cooked for everybody. Nice work if you can get it! The feature includes Turturro's twist on a simple recipe for Spaghetti Al Pomodoro Crudo, which he makes with fresh ingredients from the Park Slope Food Co-Op. During the dinner, Turturro explains how he learned to cook:
It wasn't until I had a girlfriend that I learned to cook. She said, "Listen, you've got to start washing the dishes and learning to do some things if you want to get into bed with me." I could make a little aglio e olio [pasta with garlic and olive oil]. But she taught me how to cook with a wok and make meatloaf, which I actually like.
Turturro's latest film, a musical documentary about Naples called "Passione," is currently screening at Film Forum, and this fall he'll be directing Borowitz, Steve Guttenberg, The Simpsons' Julie Kavner and others in Relatively Speaking, a triple bill of comedies by Woody Allen, Ethan Coen and Elaine May. Eight-year-olds, dude.
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John Del Signore
Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.
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