The ingredients of Spaghetti Bolognese

Once, in a plane, sailing high above the ocean, through the dark night to a meeting about detergent or nappies (I don’t remember), I watched a cooking show about Spaghetti Bolognese.

Normally, we don’t ruminate on those cooking shows we watch on planes when we’ve exhausted the entire Bourne franchise and every episode of Friends that was ever made. But, this one stuck. Because the chef in…