Penne carbonara with peas (Alicia Mazzara) Dish of the Week: Penne Carbonara No one really knows the origin of spaghetti carbonara. “Alla carbonara” means “coal worker’s style,” which has been taken to mean that the dish was either originally eaten by coal workers or cooked over a coal fire. Another possibility is that the dish is named after black pepper flakes, which resemble bits of coal dust. Perhaps the most charming theory is that…