and fittingly for the nation s capital, rome is obsessed with the stuff. i ve been promised the best carbonara in the city and i ve been told to come to the working-class backstreets behind termini station and to ask for the don. tell me what you do. i m passionate about popular food and for a long time i made a show where i play vinyl music disc and that s. like a dj? as a dj, yeah. as a dj. but at the same time. daniele di michele is a chef, historian and dj who cooks italian food while he spins records. his stage name is don pasta. oh i have seen some of the stuff. yeah, yeah. oh it s really fantastic. yeah it s crazy, it s crazy. i was pretending for the audience that i didn t know, but why lie?