Three Things

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Greetings readers and eaters. This Sunday will be my first ever New York City marathon…or, well, the first ever I’m watching in person, anyway. (Hey, it counts!) Whether you plan to race 26.2 miles or, like me, just go on a very recreational 3-miler at some point soon, now might be a good time to remember Haruki Murakami’s most famous quote about running: “Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. Say you’re running and you start to think ‘Man this hurts, I can’t take it anymore.’ The hurt part is an unavoidable reality, but whether or not you can stand any more is up to the runner himself.” OR skip the suffering and running altogether and just go right to the fun part, i.e. the night-before pasta-party carbo-loading. To that end: Rigatoni with Chard, Butternut Squash, and Hazelnuts, POTUS’s “Lucky Pasta” with Pesto and Chicken, Cacio e Pepe with Brussels Sprouts, Marcella Hazan’s famous Bolognese or a room-temp Chopped Pasta Salad that makes excellent use of your supermarket’s antip…