Carbonara is an Italian pasta dish
from Rome made with eggs, hard cheese, cured pork, and black pepper.
There are many theories for the origin of the name carbonara, which is
likely more recent than the dish itself.
It has even been
suggested that it was created as a tribute to the Carbonari
('charcoalmen') secret society prominent in the early, repressed
stages of Italian unification in the early 19th century.It seems more
likely that it is an "urban dish" from Rome,perhaps popularized by the
restaurant La Carbonara in Rome.