As promised...
Pasta alla carbonara
(Note: this is my way of cooking it. If any other Italians disagree, I frankly couldn't care less. Spare yourself the trouble and avoid arguing with me over a recipe. ;)
This is for 2 people. You do the math if you want to serve more people or less (yes, GBM, I know maff is hard... ;). This also assumes you know something about cooking and you don't need your hand held through the whole process... :p
You need: one or two eggs, 100 gr. of smoked bacon, grated parmesan cheese, 200 gr. of pasta (true Italian pasta, the one made from durum wheat, not that thing made from soft wheat you foreigners tend to call "pasta" ;), salt, pepper, olive oil.
Put the water for the pasta on the stove. Break the egg(s) in a bowl, beat them, then add some salt, pepper, and grated parmesan cheese. Put some olive oil into a pan, dice the bacon, put it in the pan and fry it lightly. When the water for the pasta is boiling, add a teaspoon of salt to it then put the pasta in it. When the pasta's cooked, strain it, then dump it right into the bowl with the eggs in it. Add the bacon as well. Stir so that the eggs thicken a bit (if they don't do that and are still too liquid, put the whole thing back on the stove for a few moments so they thicken properly), then serve immediately, adding a bit more parmesan on top once it's in the plates.