Pasta & fried zucchini salad with basil (from Ottolenghi)

Of course I'm giddy at the prospect of Yotam Ottolenghi's visit to LA.  Lucy Lean is organizing a special dinner at Animal in his honor -- details here.  And with my son mocking me mercilessly ("If your 1,970 Twitter followers fought my 140-odd Twitter followers, mine would win, fist to fist, mano y mano"), here is my friend Ella's favorite Ottolenghi pasta recipe, via the New York Times.