Spaghetti is the name of Italian long thin pasta. It is made of durum wheat flour and water, it is served with various sauces, often additionally sprinkled with fresh herbs and grated cheese. Colloquially, the name "spaghetti" also refers to dishes prepared on the basis of this type of pasta. The most popular of them is spaghetti Bolognese, pasta with meat-tomato sauce from Bologna and spaghetti Carbonara – pasta with bacon sauce, egg yolks and parmesan – invented by Allied soldiers stationed during the Second World War in the vicinity of Rome.
