Made some carbonara tonight and ate like a king.

how big is footprint?

Mine is a size 11. As far as the carbonara, it's a pasta dish.

mmmmmmmmmm.......pancetta.

(surrounded by Italians here)

LMAO . . .

^I'm not Italian.

I like most of the chow though. I'll say this though.......people who come up here from the south rave about the Italian food, but I think most Italian restaurants pretty much suck.

Same stuff........boring pasta, etc.

I have a copy of "The Silver Spoon"..........an excellent dago cookbook. I like to cook Italian but I rarely order it out.

The best here in Va. Beach used to be Ciola's, but they closed when old Mr. Ciola passed away. Real old school, opened back in the 50's and family run until he died. Truly the end of an era.

2nd best Italian restaurant I have ever been to was Spiaggi in Atlanta.

#7...andy..I AM Italian and you're right. Real Italian food does not make you full for a week....lots of seafood and veggies. They also don't eat 3 lbs of pasta at a setting. Shrimp Risotto with porcini's and spring peas? mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

with that said.....Carbonara ROCKS!!!!!!!

Doesn't Carbonara mean bacon?

A guy at work has a Italian bro in law who makes Carbonara and it has bacon in it.

Olive Garden has a marketing piece that describes Carbonara with bacon.

Anyway last night I also made Carbonara. Truck house recipe.

Garlic and onion cooked in one cup olive oil and poured over pasta with shrimp and BACON! Little fresh parsley and Parm cheese.

It was very good.

carbonara does not mean bacon........it means "charcoal".