Thick spaghetti-like pici pasta on a white plate with meat sauce on it and a green herb sprig - Antoniotruzzi/Getty Images ...

Not on the list of ingredients? My phone, which fell into a boiling pot of pasta water as I tried to snap a pic. Miraculously, the phone survived. Even better? The dish was delicious. Here's how ...

Pici is homemade pasta, made without a pasta machine, that's the shape of stubby, pencil-thick pieces. Quick to cook, then drenched in emulsified butter and cheese, and spiked with plenty of black ...