Did Americans really invent pasta carbonara?

Here at the Winter Olympics in Italy, around 1,300 pounds of pasta are served every day to athletes, and they seem to love it. But pasta is not only a delicious Italian dish, it's also considered a carbohydrate-rich staple to fuel performance. As this restaurant here in Milan puts it, fresh pasta, cool rides, carbs before curves, and my favorite, eat pasta, ski pasta.But there is a classic Italian pasta that some say was invented by Americans. Carbonara. >> For years now, some Italian food historians have c ...