Spinach and Tomato Pasta Sauce, Romagna-Style

If you have ever strolled through an Italian street market you will have noticed that it differs from American farmers’ markets or country farm-stands in one startling regard. Buying vegetables from stalls in America is a little like being in a mime show or watching a video with the sound shut off. A rarely interrupted silence accompanies the process: You pick your produce, hand it to the vendor, the price is mentioned, money is exchanged, someone says thank you, and that is it. An Italian