Make Perfect Spaghetti Carbonara and You'll Be Everyone's New Best Friend
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Make Perfect Spaghetti Carbonara and You'll Be Everyone's New Best Friend

If you want to be the subject of adoration, envy, and respect by all those you encounter, don't worry about that whole smiling, listening, and exuding confidence thing. Instead, make a big batch of this perfect spaghetti carbonara and watch as googly...

For those of you who have not yet read Dale Carnegie's classic book How to Win Friends and Influence People, don't bother. We have a shortcut.

If you want to be the subject of adoration, envy, and respect by all those you encounter, don't worry about that whole smiling, listening, and exuding confidence thing. Instead, make a big batch of this perfect spaghetti carbonara and watch as googly-eyed admirers flock to your side.

Chef Ben Marks keeps it simple—you don't need much besides lardo, pancetta, Parmesan, garlic, breadcrumbs, and egg yolks to make a vat of spaghetti into the richest, smokiest, most umami bowl of pasta you've ever tasted.

RECIPE: Quick Spaghetti Carbonara

Carbonara: it's the friend-maker.