Pasta Carbonara You Gotta Eat Here. You gotta try the Pasta Carbonara at La Gatta Mangiona in Rome, Italy. Carbonara -- the making of it, the eating of it -- is a bodily experience. (Just ask Nora Ephron.) Made with just guanciale (cured pork jowl), eggs, and cheese, it is a bowl of those textures of Rome that I dream about, the salty-slicky-stickiness that I crave.
Discovering great comfort food. one bite at a time! Many think you are eating raw. This means that I can make pasta carbonara anytime without having to make a grocery store run.
At La Gatta Mangiona, John experiences pasta carbonara.
Spaghetti carbonara was first created in Rome, Italy.
About Pasta Carbonara Recipe: This simple Roman pasta dish derives its name from 'carbone' meaning coal. We searched this place out on Yelp and we We loved it here so much we walked across the river again on our last day in Boston to have lunch before the long flight home. If you really wanted to bump up the flavor profiles here, pick up a container of Buitoni's pesto with basil and add a dollop on the top of your pasta.