Life is a bit like a carbonara — not necessarily a tagliatelle carbonara, but a carbonara with any type of pasta you want to throw at it. Come to think of it, the word carbonara sounds like a great adjective for life. We are, after all, made from carbon, and 'Nara' sounds a bit like one of the animals from the Lion King — which is all about the circle of life.
Carbonara is a simple pasta dish that can be made to be very complicated, depending on variables such as what ingredients you start from, what ingredients you might need to buy, how fussy the consumers of the carbonara are, what ingredients are available at the time, the way in which you might cook the ingredients — the list goes on. What could start out as a simple mixture of boiled pasta, egg, cheese and bacon can turn into a luxuriously velvety Italian (or American) fine cuisine experience. You decide: you either put the effort in or you don't.
What could start out as a simple mixture of boiled pasta, egg, cheese and bacon can turn into a luxuriously velvety Italian (/American) fine cuisine experience.
If you start without the necessary ingredients, and do not have the ability to source them, no carbonara for you. Maybe you can have carbonara later?