By TINA CANE

Today’s lively experiment was supposed to be about the virtues of olive oil  

and the simple yet sumptuous lifestyle of Italian nonnas maximizing their wellness  

by just being themselves    but no sooner had I embraced the integrity of handmade  

bucatini and a schmatta than did my mind migrate towards questions about the source  

of self-regard and whether there really are any self-evident truths      

                                                                                                            I was in my car