Everyday Italy: Spaghetti alla Carbonara

Kevin and I went to Italy in 2009. More about that when I actually get to Italy in my regular country cooking. While we were there we had lots and lots of good food. Amazing food. One thing that I particularly remembered was Spaghetti alla Carbonara. Fast forward to our first Valentines Day as a married couple and I wanted to make something delicious. I looked through my favorite cookbook and found a recipe one for that same Italian dish. Boom. Decision made. It was really good and became a regular item on the menu. (Unfortunately the chocolate cake that Kevin made on that Valentine's Day got knocked off of the counter by the cat.) I highly recommend this cookbook! Before each recipe it has a long description of what the recipe is and how they came to this version. They try a lot of different things and then taste test them all. I kinda want that job. Spaghetti alla Carbonara is basically spaghetti noodles in a ...