Saturday, May 29, 2021

Leave the Gun take the Cannoli Godfather

 




"Leave the Gun. Take the Cannoli"


This is one of the most iconic lines in modern cinema history, that was delivered by
Italian-American actor (from Jersey) Richard Castellano, in Francis Ford Coppola's
The GODFATHER, based on the novel The Godfather by Mario Puzo.

In the picture above, we find Pete Clemenza leaving Luna Restaurant on Mulberry Street in
Little Italy, New York. Clemenza's is leaving the restaurant, after having lunch there, and as his wife had told him "Don't forget the Cannolis," Pete did not, and we see him here with the box of Cannolis to bring home to his wife.





Clemenza's wife to Clemenza :  "Don't forget the Cannoli"





As Clemenza and Rocco are in the car with Paulie driving.

Clemenza tells Paulie :  "Hey Paulie. Pull over here, I gotta take a leak."





Clemenza relieves himself as Rocco shoot sPaulie
in the back of his head, leaving Paulie dead.




Clemenza to Rocco :

"LEAVE the GUN. Take the CANNOLI"






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Friday, May 28, 2021

The TV Dinner Fried CHicken

 
 
FRIED CHICKEN
 
 

FOOD PORN ???
 
 
Or NOT ???
 
 
 
If you were a little kid in the 1960's, this Fried Chicken TV DINNER
 
may very well been FoodPorn to you ...


A BRIEF HISTORY of The TV DINNER

In 1925, the Brooklyn-born entrepreneur Clarence Birdseye invented a machine for freezing packaged fish that would revolutionize the storage and preparation of food. Maxson Food Systems of Long Island used Birdseye’s technology, the double-belt freezer, to sell the first complete frozen dinners to airlines in 1945, but plans to offer those meals in supermarkets were canceled after the death of the company’s founder, William L. Maxson. Ultimately, it was the Swanson company that transformed how Americans ate dinner (and lunch)—and it all came about, the story goes, because of Thanksgiving turkey.

According to the most widely accepted account, a Swanson salesman named Gerry Thomas conceived the company’s frozen dinners in late 1953 when he saw that the company had 260 tons of frozen turkey left over after Thanksgiving, sitting in ten refrigerated railroad cars. (The train’s refrigeration worked only when the cars were moving, so Swanson had the trains travel back and forth between its Nebraska headquarters and the East Coast “until panicked executives could figure out what to do,” according to Adweek.) Thomas had the idea to add other holiday staples such as cornbread stuffing and sweet potatoes, and to serve them alongside the bird in frozen, partitioned aluminum trays designed to be heated in the oven. Betty Cronin, Swanson’s bacteriologist, helped the meals succeed with her research into how to heat the meat and vegetables at the same time while killing food-borne germs.

The Swanson company has offered different accounts of this history. Cronin has said that Gilbert and Clarke Swanson, sons of company founder Carl Swanson, came up with the idea for the frozen-meal-on-a-tray, and Clarke Swanson’s heirs, in turn, have disputed Thomas’ claim that he invented it. Whoever provided the spark, this new American convenience was a commercial triumph. In 1954, the first full year of production, Swanson sold ten million trays. Banquet Foods and Morton Frozen Foods soon brought out their own offerings, winning over more and more middle-class households across the country.




Whereas Maxson had called its frozen airline meals “Strato-Plates,” Swanson introduced America to its “TV dinner” (Thomas claims to have invented the name) at a time when the concept was guaranteed to be lucrative: As millions of white women entered the workforce in the early 1950s, Mom was no longer always at home to cook elaborate meals—but now the question of what to eat for dinner had a prepared answer. Some men wrote angry letters to the Swanson company complaining about the loss of home-cooked meals. For many families, though, TV dinners were just the ticket. Pop them in the oven, and 25 minutes later, you could have a full supper while enjoying the new national pastime: television.

In 1950, only 9 percent of U.S. households had television sets—but by 1955, the number had risen to more than 64 percent, and by 1960, to more than 87 percent. Swanson took full advantage of this trend, with TV advertisements that depicted elegant, modern women serving these novel meals to their families, or enjoying one themselves. “The best fried chicken I know comes with a TV dinner,” Barbra Streisand told the New Yorker in 1962.



 

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"CONTEMPLATION"



 
 
 

Monday, May 24, 2021

Anthony Bourdain's New Travel Book

 


Anthony Bourdain 's New Book

WORLD TRAVEL

An Irreverent Guide



Anthony Bourdain revisits the world posthumously in his final book “World Travel: An Irreverent Guide,” released last week. 

Bourdain, who died by suicide in 2018, may have been best known for his love of street food. He preferred luxury hotels though, like the old Hollywood haunt. In Paris, there was L’Hotel, where he stayed in the suite where Oscar Wilde died.

“It’s really a collection of some of the places that he loved, remembered best and had specific recommendations for,” she said.

Plenty of places he loved didn’t make the cut, although it’s hard to say where he and Woolever might have traveled for research as their book took shape.

Tony loved Thailand,” He had one place in mind in northern Thailand that he wanted to include, but there really wasn’t enough to make a chapter.”

Indonesia was another example. Bourdain went to Indonesia several times, and he had really interesting experiences there,” she said. “But the most fruitful experiences he had were not easily replicable by someone going as a tourist or traveler.

Bourdain is quoted at the beginning of the chapter on Chicago : “This is one of the most awesome cities in the world. They do not f--- around in Chicago.”

He stays at the Four Seasons hotel in the Gold Coast neighborhood. He visits the International Museum of Surgical Science nearby. He drinks at Old Town Ale House. He eats breaded steak sandwiches at Ricobene’s in Bridgeport, and Italian beef at Johnnie’s in Elmwood Park.


Laurie Woolever (co-author) says, The idea was to do a multipart hot dog essay,” she said. “To get all of the hot dog opinions from our friends in Chicago who know what’s what when it comes to food. Then as the book developed, the rest of the essays were really kind of one person going on at more length about a topic. We went back to the most recent episode in Chicago, which was ‘Parts Unknown.’”

“Tony hit a few places with producer Steve Albini, who’s based in Chicago,” Woolever said. “So we said, let’s see what he has to say about Chicago. Talking to Steve, he had so much more to say than I expected.”

He expands beyond the realm of hot dogs: Original Soul Vegetarian (now known as Soul Veg City) for vegan macaroni and cheese, Amitabul for vegan Korean food, Harold’s for fried chicken, Hecky’s for barbecue chicken, Kuma’s for heavy metal burgers, La Pasadita for tacos de lengua, Irazu for Costa Rican food, Cafe Tola for empanadas, plus Nhu Lan and Ba Le for pho and banh mi.



Tony Bordain
"Contemplation"



A GREAT NEW BOOK on POSITANO 
The AMALFI COAST


POSITANO The AMALFI COAST
COOKBOOK / TRAVEL GUIDE



Positano The Amalfi Coast Cookbook - Travel Guide is like no other book that has been written on Positano, Naples, and the Amalfi Coast. It’s not just a travel guide. It’s a cookbook / travel guide with essays qne delightful stories of Positano, Capri, and the Amalfi Coast of Italy. The book is designed to educate, inform, and inspire the preparation of your trip to Positano, or anywhere on the Amalfi Coast and its surrounding area, an area that has unmatched beauty anywhere in the world, and one of the primary reasons that millions see a trip to Positano and the Amalfi Coast as the ultimate dream vacation and romantic local for the ultimate Honeymoon or the vacation of a lifetime. It’s also a book that makes you drea, and of dreams that come true.Bestselling Italian Cookbook Author Daniel Bellino Zwicke has crafted this book with stories, recipes, advice, and information on how to prepare for the most memorable vacation trip of your life, whether this is the 1st, second, third, or your tenth time going to this The Divine Coast of Amalfi, Capri, or Napoli. Daniel is no newcomer to the area. He made his first trip to Positano, Capri, and the Amalfi Coast of Italy way back in the Summer of 1985, and has been returning ever since. He has gained a wealth of knowledge of Naples, Capri, and The Amalfi Coast, of which he imparts his wisdom to the readers of this book through the travel guide information, and delightful stories that entertain, inform, and inspire. And as Daniel is a bestselling Italian Cookbook author he has included over 100 regional recipes of Naples, Positano, Sorrento, and the Amalfi Coast. The recipes that he’s gathered (written down) over 35 years, and has put down on paper within the walls of this book, in order for the reader to recreate their most cherished memories of dishes they’ve eaten in Naples, on Capri, at Da Vincenzo, Chez Black, or La Cambusa in Positano. Would you like to recreate that charming seafood lunch in the small fishing village of Cetara? You can. You will be able to cook the favorite dish you had on the coast, in Naples, on Capri. The recipes will educate you on the food of the region, nourish you and help you to relive those special memories back home.So if you’re looking to plan a trip to the Amalfi Coast, cook the food when you’re back home, and to be inspired by the food, the restaurants, hotels, Ancient Roman Ruins, the natural beauty, and warmth of the Italian people, this just might be the book for you. We hope that it is, and would love to tag along on your Special Journey, whether it’s in Positano, Capri, Sorrento, or anywhere in this stunningly beautiful area. “Adiamo” !!!

Note : There are no pictures in this book, just stories, recipes, and a wealth of information. But if you want Beautiful Pictures of Positano & The Amalfi Coast? We have created a Companion Website for this Book with Hundreds of Beautiful Pictures of Positano, Capri, and the Amalfi Coast @ Positano-Amalfi-Coast.com … Just Google “Positano Amalfi Coast Daniel Bellino

”Bio - Daniel Bellino Zwicke is the Bestselling author of 8 books. He has been a restaurant and Italian Wine Professional in New York for more than 35 years, and has been traveling back and forth to Italy just as long. His book Sunday Sauce was the # 1 Best Selling Italian Cookbook (on Amazon Kindle) for more than two years (also in Paperback). Along with being the Wine Director at Barbetta (NYC) and Maitre’d at Da Silvano (NYC), Daniel created America’s 1st ever Venetian Wine Bar “Bar Cichetti” in 1997, where he was the Chef, Wine Director, and managing partner. Daniel lives and writes in Greenwich Village, New York, NY, and is currently working on several new projects.





"The DUDE ABIDES"




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Wednesday, May 19, 2021

Jimi Hendrix Tee Shirt Sale

 


PSYCHEDELIC JIMI HENDRIX




"Move Over Rover ! And Let JIMI Take Over" 








"PSYCHEDELIC JIMI HENDRIX"







"There's a COFFEE MUG Too" !!!







"WHAT a WAY to HAVE YOUR MORNING COFFEE" ???






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Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Remembering Amy Winehouse






AMY WINEHOUSE






AMY WINEHOUSE

"LOVE is a LOSING GAME"

Listen to this soulful performance by Amy Winehouse, singing Love is a Losing Game at the Brit Awards. She's pouring her heart out over her low-life husband Blake, who it is widely believed was the person who got her onto hard drugs and a path towards a downward spiral of ill health.

The official coroners report stated that Amy died of Alcohol Toxicity from consuming a too much alcohol and too short a time, in affect poisoning her body and bloodstream. The autopsy confirmed that Winehouse had 350mg of alcohol in her bloodstream causing her death. 


Amy had many daemons, so they say, she struggle with Drug Addiction, Alcohol addiction and Bulimia. Sadly Amy didn't make it. She was unable to overcome her daemons before she died. There have been many Rock Stars who have had huge drug problems and still made it. They abused drugs, but didn't die and cleaned up their acts in time to prevent dying. Case in point Steven Tyler of Aerosmith, and most famous of all Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones.  Amy and others, such as; Jimi Hendrix, Brian Jones, and Jim Morrison of The Doors. Sadly, unlike others who made it, these artists were unable to get clean before their apparent deaths including Amy Winehouse.  Amy Winehouse was a great talent. It would have been wonderful if she made it past that critical point that took her bright life.

We remember Amy Winehouse, by listening to her music, and soulful recordings as we pray for her soul, and lament her not making it. God Bless Amy.






Sadly for Amy Winehouse

Love was a Losing Game





Remembering Amy







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Monday, May 10, 2021

Positano TShirt Sale Amalfi Tee

 






POSITANO

The AMALFI COAST 

COOKBOOK / TRAVEL GUIDE






And The BOOK



POSITANO

The AMALFI COAST COOKBOOK

TRAVEL GUIDE

by Daniel Bellino Zwicke





Saturday, May 1, 2021

John Lennon New York City

 





JOHN LENNON

NEW YORK CITY


This is an iconic image of legendary Beatle John Lennon taken on the rooftop of his
apartment building on 52nd Street in New York, 1974.







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ART PIECE by Bellino