'A Taste for Murder' Explores the Art of the Ragu
Daria has chosen to cook gnocchetti, half gnocchi, half pasta, which brings back memories for Joe of his late wife.
Warning: This episode includes a depiction of an attempted sexual assault.
In the penultimate episode of Season 1 of A Taste for Murder, a pair of vloggers, Frankie Clayton (Nina Bowers) and Emily O’Brien (Hattie Gotobed), are after a big story for their vlog, You Used To Be Famous (snappy title!). They’re hot on the trail of reclusive retired Hollywood actress Glenda Goodrich. After six weeks of research, they sneak into a luxurious villa, where a dog, happy to see them, chases them into the swimming pool. They find their quarry dead on a sofa, masked, with Italian opera as her background music. The title of this episode is Ragù a Modo Tuo (Ragù Whichever Way You Like It), and it is a mind-bogglingly complicated one: Good luck with it.
Back at the Vinales’ restaurant, Joe is having a cooking lesson with Gennaro. Elena asks Gennaro for his big black book, where he keeps handwritten copies of his recipes and his finances. He doesn’t believe in computers, and he doesn’t want anyone else involved in the accounts because he knows he’s made a mess of them. Elena is distressed because she feels Angelica waitressing is no longer viable after last week’s incident. The girl is off to Naples anyway with her sleazier-by-the-week boyfriend, Daniele, to check out the catering school for him. But when he leaves her in a cafe to allegedly apply for the course, he meets his drug dealer, Fabio Pigozzi. After a manly chat about Daniele’s sexual pursuit of Angelica, in which Fabio suggests he show her who’s in charge, a deal is struck, and a hidden camera team photographs both men.
It’s judgment time for Joe’s cookiRagùRagu with pork belly. Gennaro finds his apprentice has made adaptations to the recipe, as is tradition, adding thyme (from his granny’s beef stew) and balsamic vinegar. Elena and Daria present Joe with a bowl and agree to offer it on today’s menu. Elena suggests Daria sit with him, but at that moment, Inspector Lara Sarrancino arrives to whisk him away from the kitchen to solve a murder. After this heavy-handed attempt at match-making, Daria asks why Elena wants her to get together with Joe – he belongs to Sofia.
