Cavatelli Rigati with Potato, Tomato & Pecorino

Comfort food from the southern countryside. In Sicily and across the south, pasta and potatoes often share the same pot, stretching simple ingredients into a full meal. This is pure comfort cooking. The potatoes release starch into the sauce and turn buttery, and the Pecorino adds just the right edge. During a time when even the idea of food felt distant, when grief dulled my appetite and everything felt too much, this was the one thing I could eat. Simple, familiar, nourishing. A spoonful