The creamy mix of grated pecorino cheese and egg drops from a spoon onto a plate of “spaghetti alla Carbonara” during cooking competition on the eve of the Carbonara Day, an event created by the the Italian Food Union, in Rome, Friday, April 5, 2019. The traditional Carbonara dish, whose five ingredients accompanying the pasta are pork cheek, pecorino cheese, egg, salt and pepper, has become one of the most famous symbols of Italian cuisine, even though the debate on its origins is still open. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
