Powdered eggs and bacon

Part 3: Carbonara, a recipe born from the end of the war

There is no disputing it anymore, even the purists will have to rethink what they believe about this ultimate Roman pasta dish’s origins: carbonara was born out of the rubble of a broken, starving Italy, saved by the Allies who distributed chocolate and cigarettes and strange things never eaten in Italy before, like perfectly square white bread, powdere…