This is my second in a series of posts to recreate some of the authentic Roman dishes I recently ate on my trip to the Eternal City. My first post for Abbacchio alla romana (Baby lamb Roman-style) was quite true to the dish I ate in Testaccio district of Rome.

This post is for Rigatoni alla Carbonara from the famous Trattoria Sorra Lella on the tiny Isola Tiberina in the middle of the Tiber river.

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Over 100 years ago, our grandparents arrived in this country from Italy, leaving family, friends and traditions behind in search of a brighter future. I can only imagine what the long journey was like aboard those ships bound for America.  The fear balanced against the hope must have brought forth an incredible mix of emotions. All bound for a new life; all Italian immigrants simply trying to find their place in the world.

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I often reflect on a paragraph in Frances Mayes’ wonderful book, ‘A Year in the World’:  ‘The need to travel is a mysterious force. A desire to go runs through me equally with an intense desire to stay at home.’  Oh how this thought resonates with me. I love the magic of travel – new cultures, new smells, new food, new friends. But when I find myself at home for stretches, I relish being surrounded by the magic of home and friends that I so relish and miss when traveling.  This is such a time.

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