Spaghetti with Scallops and Wild Mushrooms

A phenomenon I discovered in Italy which I never considered in the United States is the very distinct preference people have for either the mountains or the sea. Many Italians I’ve met come to very fast judgments about a person based on whether he prefers life down by the shore or up in the still of some alpine forest. It also occurred to me that characters in Ibsen plays are either pious loners who go off to the hills or free spirits who derive great inspiration from maritime depths they k