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GIANNI of NORTH BEACH

Awesome SUNDAY GRAVY From a Great ITALIAN-AMERICAN COOK

GIANNI

Our Pal Gianni makes an awesome Sunday Gravy and we just love his passion. This recipe is for the Gravy that his Mom and Aunt Fran would make when Gianni was growing up in New Jersey where they make along with New York the Best Sunday Sauce Gravy to be found on the planet .. 

SUNDAY SAUCE alla CLEMENZA

From The GODFATHER

This Sunday Sauce video is from our friend Daniel Bellino, author of Sunday Sauce - 

When Italian-Americans Cook  ... We love Daniel's book, his Sunday Sauce (Gravy) recipe, and especially Daniel's great passion and love for Italian-American food and the rituals within ... Daniel just like our buddy Gianni is "The Real Deal," and these guys are both Italian-Americans from Jersey, one of the strongest Italian enclaves in the country. Bravo Daniele ! Bravo Gianni !

CARLA'S SUNDAY GRAVY NAPOLITAN

Carla mkaes an Awesome Sunday Gravy .. She's so Sweet, we just Love her. Her and her awesome Gravy Napolitan .. Brava Carla !!!

"THAT'S RIGHT, IT'S CALLED GRAVY" !!!

This girl just cracks us up .. And she's from Jersey .. We swear, we didn't plan this, but we realize most of the best Sunday Sauce gravy recipes come from New Jersey, more than anywhere else in the country, even Brooklyn and the rest of New York .. Well I guess Jersey Wins Top Prize for The Best SUNDAY GRAVY in All of America ..

LEARN How to Make SUNDAY SAUCE alla CLEMENZA

From THE GODFATHER

Cousin's Antony & Daniel make an awesome SUNDAY SAUCE with Sausage, Meatballs. and Pork Spare Ribs .. We just love it .. Here they make this Gravy at Tony's father's house in Lodi, New Jersey which was at one time 100% Italian, mostly from Sicily and Napoli  .. Tony & Daniel's grandfather and grandmother were from Lercara Friddi Sicily, the same town that one Charles "Lucky" Lucciano was from, as well as another Jersey Boy named one Francis Albert Sinatra (Frank Sinatra) ...

Excerpted from SUNDAY SAUCE - When Italian-American Cook 

Of all the fine traditions of the Italian-American enclave in the United State, the Sunday afternoon ritual  of making  and eating a Sunday  Sauce, a.k.a. “Gravy” is Italian-America’s most Time-Honored of all. Mamma, Grandma (Nonna) will make her celebrated “Sunday Sauce” and all is glorious. Sunday Sauce? What is it? Well, first off, Sunday Sauce, or as some call it, Gravy or simply “Sauce,” is without question thee number-1 undisputed “Supreme Dish” of our great Italian-American Cuisine and the Italian-American enclave as a whole, “It doesn’t get any better than a Sunday Sauce.” Ok, now, to be more specific for those who may not know about Sunday Sauce, there are a number of variations on the theme. Most Sunday Sauces are made with Italian Sausages, Braciole, and Meatballs. Some people make their versions with; Beef or Pork Neck, while others make their Gravy (Sunday Sauce) with just Sausage and Meatballs, like Pete Clemenza, or the most popular version of; Sausages, Meatballs, and Braciole.  Some may throw some Chicken Thighs or a Veal Shank into this mix. Sunday Sauces can be made with any combination of these aforementioned meats. The meats are slowly simmered for several hours in a “Sauce” made with tomatoes, minced onions, and garlic. I generally like to make my Sunday Sauce Gravy with  Sausages, Meatballs, and Pork Ribs. Other times I’ll make it with Sausage, Meatballs, and Braciole.  An old tradition in some families is that mother or Grandma would start the Sauce early on a Sunday morning, get all the ingredients in the pot and start the Gravy simmering away for a couple hours on top of the stove, then put it in the oven for a couple hours while everyone goes to Church. When you get back home, the Sauce would be ready, “ready to be devoured that is!”

   Our family would usually start our Sunday meal with the most traditional Italian-American-Antipasto of roast  peppers,  Salami, Olives, Celery, and  Provolone.  After that, it’s on to the Main Event of Maccheroni and Sunday Sauce, a dish which is something so Blissfully and Pleasurably Sublime, that it is almost “Sinful.” Yes it is.

   When a meal centered around a Sunday Sauce is announced, one can have visions of Blissful Ecstasy at thoughts of eating Pasta laden with Italian Sausages, Savory Meatballs, Beef Braciola, and succulent Pork Ribs. All this has been slowly simmered to culinary perfection. Yes just the thoughts can enrapture one into a delightful frenzy of the “Most Blissful Feelings” of smelling, seeing, and consuming all the ingredients, the Sausages, Meatballs and Gravy. Yes a Sunday Sauce can and does have such effects on one’s mind, body,  and soul. And, I do not want to sound prejudice, but this is pure fact, it is the Male of the Italian-American species who Love The Sunday Sauce in all its form, far more than the female sex.  True! Meatballs too! And Italian-American men and boys Love and hold oh-so-dear, their Meatballs, Sunday Sauce, Sausage & Peppers,  and Meatball Parm Sandwiches.

Daniel Bellino-Zwicke   

SUNDAY SAUCE is Available on AMAZON.com

MILANESE alla SINATRA

Frank SInatra & Ava Gardner

 

"Mangia Bene"

 

 

 

VEAL MILANESE alla SINATRA

 

 

 

Veal Milanese? Now that’s Italian! Italian from Italy that is, and totally authentic to Italy and not an Italian-American invention. Veal Milanese is par-ticularly loved by New York and New Jersey Italian-Americans, but it’s a dish that is not often eaten at home. It is most often eaten in Italian Restaurants. Veal Milanese is a dish that when made in its most classic form and of the original recipe is made with a rib veal-chop that is pounded thin, then breaded, then fried in a combination of butter and oil to browned, crisp, and crunchy. It is put on a plate and topped with a salad of Arugala & Tomato. It is simple and delicious. Veal Milanese is simple and delicious, but cheap it’s not. This dish can cost you anywhere from about $29 to $42 a pop, with the average being about $39 in a restaurant. Not cheap! You can make it at home for about $10 or $12, considerably cheaper than 39 dollars. But guess what? Just like with our friend Veal Parmigiano, Veal Milanese can be made with chicken or pork. Yes, it’s no longer Veal Milanese, but Pork or Chicken Milanese. But guess what? It taste just as good, and it’s way cheaper. So if, you have a hankering for some Veal Milanese, but don’t want to spend $39 plus tip, plus tax, and you’ve got to have a least one glass of wine in a restaurant, that Veal Milanese with all the rest is gonna cost you about $65 or so. Dam! But you’ve got alternatives. You can make Veal Milanese at home for $10 to $12, or you can make Pork or Chicken Milanese for $3 or $4 a serving. Not a bad alternative.

Oh, and by the way, did you know that Veal Milanese was one of Frank Sinatra’s favorite dishes? Yes, ol Blue Eyes loved it, along with; a simple bowl of Spaghetti Pomodoro (Tomato Sauce), Clams Posillipo, Sausages, Meatballs, and of course Sunday Sauce. As many know, Patsy’s on West 56^th Street in New York was Sinatra’s all-time favorite restaurant. He loved and adored the place, and ate there for more than 50 years. Frank liked his Veal Milanese at Patsy’s and he liked it a certain way, extra thin and extra crisp. Veal Milanese is already pounded thin to begin with, but Frank liked his even thinner, and at Patsy’s they always granted Frank’s request and gave him what he wanted, which was good-old, no-fuss Italian Food prepared to perfection. Basta!

 

 

 

Excerpted from SUNDAY SAUCE  by Daniel Bellino-Zwicke

 

 

 

Frank Sinatra

with 

Dean Martin

and Other Freinds

 

 

 

VEAL MILANESE  “The RECIPE”

INGREDIENTS:

4 Veal Cutlets from your butcher, or pork or chicken 1-1/2 cups plain breadcrumbs

1 ½ cups flour

3 eggs, Salt & Black Pepper

4 cups Arugala, 1 cup cherry tomatoes cut in half

2 lemons cut in half

Vegetable Oil for frying and half stick of butter

2 lemons cut in half

6 tablespoons Olive Oil, Salt & Pepper to Taste

2 tablespoons Red Wine Vinegar

Preparation:

1. Place four, eggs, and bread crumbs each in their own separate bowls.

2. Season cutlets with Salt & Pepper. Season eggs, Flour and breadcrumbs with salt & pepper

3. Dredge each veal cutlet in flour, and shake off excess flour.

4. Then dredge veal in eggs, shaking off excess flour before putting in to breadcrumbs.

5. Completely coat veal cutlets with breadcrumbs. Press bread crumbs in to the cutlets. Set Aside.

6. Heat oil over medium heat in a frying pan that is big enough to cook 2 cutlets at a time.

7. When oil is hot enough for frying, add butter and turn heat to high. Add 2 of the breaded cutlets and fry on each side to slightly golden brown. Remove fried cutlets to a plate with paper towels and keep warm.

8. Fry other 2 cutlets until golden brown on each side.

9. Place Arugala and Tomatoes in a mixing bowl. Olive Oil and Vinegar. Season with Salt & Pepper to taste. Toss Salad.

10. Place each cooked Veal Cutlet on a plate each. top each cutlet with salad. Place a half lemon on each plate and serve your Veal Milanese

 

Veal Milanese alla Sinatra and Other Great Recipes

and Stories in SUNDAY SAUCE  by Daniel Bellino-Zwicke

 

Mangia Bene !

 

 

 

 

SINATRA Dines with HUMPHREY BOGART

 

 

 

 

 

 

SECRET ITALIAN RECIPES

SEGRETO ITALIANO   by Daniel Bellino-Zwicke

FRANK

 

R.I.P.

 

"We Love You Frank"

 

 

NO GARLIC For SINATRA

FRANK SINATRA

IF YOU COOK For FRANK SINATRA

"HOLD The GARLIC"

So says Sal Scognamillo Chef/Owner of PATSY'S

Frank Sinatra's Favorite Restaurant

Frank couldn't eat garlic. You could flavor a dish with garlic by cooking whole garlic cloves 

in olive oil to flavor the dish. Then you had to pull out each and every piece of garlic. Frank couldn't take it ..

His favorite dishes were; Clams Posillipo, Spaghetti Pomodoro, Veal Milanese, 

Sausage & Peppers, and Spaghetti & Meatballs of which PATSY'S makes "The Best In Town"

If you want to Eat Like SINATRA, check out Daniel Bellino-Zwicke's latest book

SUNDAY SAUCE "When Italian-American's Eat"  Along with all sorts of great Italian dishes, there's recipes for Dolly Sinatra Marinara, Spaghetti & Meatballs recipe from Franks Mom, and SUNDAY SAUCE alla SINATRA ..

SINATRA 'S FAVORITE RESTAURANT "PATSY'S" New York

FRANK'S ALL-TIME FAVORITE

PATSY'S West 56th STREET NEW YORK, NY

 

 

 

 

GINO'S LEXINGTON AVENUE

CLOSED 2010

SECRET SAUCE RECIPE

Is In 

Daniel Bellino Zwicke 's

New Book

SUNDAY SAUCE

 

 

 

PJ CLARKE'S

3 rd AVENUE

NEW YORK, NY

THE SETTING Of The SONG

"ONE FOR MY BABY"

 

"IT's a Quarter to 3"

"No One in The ROOM"

"Except You and Me" "So Set Em Up JOE"

"I Got a Little Story"

"I Think You Should Know"

 

 

 

 

21 CLUB

NEW YORK

 

21 BURGER

 

 

 

 

 

RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL

NEW YORK NY

 

 

 

FRANK'S FAVORITE Recipes For "SUNDAY SAUCE" MEATBALLS and "BOLOGNESE" Are in Daniel Bellino Zwicke's  "La TAVOLA"

And The ITALIAN CHRISTMAS "FEAST of The 7 FISH"

 

 

 

SUNDAY SAUCE Has Arrived ! Learn How To MAKE Dolly Sinatra's Famed "SINATRA MARINARA SAUCE" and SUNDAY SAUCE alla SINATRA ..  "It's In The BOOK

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JACK DANIELS alla SINATRA

THE RAT PACK

SAMMY POURS FRANK & DEAN Some JD

Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Frank Sinatra

SINATRA'S FAVORITE RESTAURANT

PATSY'S ITALIAN RESTAURANT

West 56th STREET, NEW YORK, NY

SINCE 1933

Everyone knows patsy's was Frank's Favorite. Everyone in the know or who knew Frank. Patsy's on West 56th Street was a long time favorite of Sinatra, who started eating at Patsy's ever since his Star Began To Rise back in the 1940's .. The Dorsey Brothers, Tommy and Jimmy brought Frank there for his first of thousands. Frank was going to Patsy's ever since his New York Hoboken days, when he moved to Hasbrouk Heights New Jersey just a few blocks from famed Jersey Mob Boss Willie Moretti, who was Sinatra's real-life Don to the fictitious Don Vito Corleone and Johnnie Fontaine (Sinatra) in Mario Puzzo and Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather.

Frank's favorites at Patsy's were; Clams Posilipo, Veal Milanese (extra Crispy), and Meatballs (Veal Meatballs). Patsy's has become a sort of shrine to the great one, Francis Albert Sinatra and should be on the bucket list of anyone who calls themselves a major fan of the man, "Sinatra."

 

FRANK SINATRA

OLD SCHOOL ITALIAN RED SAUCE JOINTS

Past & Present

CELEBRATING The 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY of HIS BIRTH in 2015

Frank Sinatra Born 1915 in Hoboken, New Jersey

Frank Spent a Lot of Time in New York

PATSY'S

Sinatra's Favorite Italian Restaurant

STILL HERE !  West 56th Street, New York, NY

ROCCO'S

THOMPSON STREET GREENWICH VILLAGE

GONE

Now It's CARBONE

Inside the former Rocco's

Now The Most Expensive Red Sauce Joint Around

It's CARBONE

JOHN'S of 12th STREET

Since 1908

STILL HERE !!!

GINO'S

Above and Below

GONE !!!

A Waiter and the Famous Zebra Wallpaper at GINO'S

No Longer With Us

Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner Dine at Patsy's

Rafetto's Past Shop, Greenwich Village New York

SINCE 1906

STILL GOING STRONG

 CAFFE REGGIO  

SINCE 1927

STILL GOING STRONG on MACDOUGAL STREET

GREENWICH VILLAGE NEW YORK

FERDINANDO'S SICILIAN SPECIALTIES

SINCE 1904

STILL With US on Union Street, Carroll gardens, Brooklyn, New York

"The Only Place left to get a good Vasteddi (Beef Spleen Sandwich) in NY

JOHN'S PIZZERIA

Bleecker Street greenwich Village, NEW YORK

SINCE 1927

STILL with US !!!!

Ferdinando's Brooklyn

Get The VASTEDDI SANDWICH

PIEMONTE RAVIOLI

SINCE 1920

Grand Street LITTLE IATALY,  NY NY

STILL with US !!!

Read About Italian-American New York

in Daniel Bellino's Best Selling SUNDAY SAUCE

Recipes and Stories of Italian-American New York

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SOPHIA

"JUST BECAUSE"

   

BEST MEATBALLS IN TOWN "NEW YORK TOWN"

The big question? Where to get the Best Meatballs in town, the town of New York City? I can easily answer that, and "It's Not The Meatball Shop" which no self-respecting Italian would be caught dead in. Not more than once anyway. Once to check it out. It's OK, but it's a rip-off and if you're looking for any kind of Italian feel, as the Big Boys would say "Fugg-etta-bout It!!!" The Meatball Shop is for non-Italians, those not fortunate to have a mother, Nonna, and Aunts that make Meatballs that would blows those of The Meatball Shop right out of the water. My Nonna, Aunt Fran, Aunt Helen, "the Best Meatballs you could ever wish to Imagine." But poor you if you're not Italian and you have to go to such a poor substitute as The Meatball Shop. If you really want great meatballs, The Best In New York as-a-matter-of-fact, go to where the late Great Frank Sinatra went, and head over to West 56th Street to Patsy's ... It was Frank Sinatra's all-time favorite. He ate there many times over the years. Patsy's is wonderful, with; great ambiance, real Italian American Food, The Best Meatballs in Town, and the spirit of one Francis Albert Sinatra, "Frank."

READ ABOUT 

ITALIAN-AMERICAN NEW YORK

FRANK SINATRA

adn HIS

FAVORITE FOOD

In 

Daniel Bellin-Zwicke's

"La TAVOLA"

Available on Amazon

"Yes PATSY'S Was My

All-Time FAVORITE Restaurant.

And if You Want to Make The Kind of Italian Food

That I Liked, Check Out La TAVOLA by One of My

Greatest Fans Daniel Bellino-Zwicke. Basta!"

ITALIAN AMERICAN ... WHAT IS IT?

There has long been a debate, fights, and Mud-Slinging in regards to Italian and Italian-American
food served in restaurants in New York and the rest of the U.S.. Culinary Snobs, people who "Think" they know what they are talking about and what not. I can set the record straight, being an
 Italian-American who has been eating Italian and Italian-American food for more than forty years, who has been professional Chef and someone who has eaten all over Italy on some 15 trips to the great peninsular. In addition to studying Italian Food in Italy for some 25 years, I am constantly reading all sorts of articles , cookbooks, and historical facts on this subject, in addition to being one of the countries foremost authorities on Italian Wine.
   Anyway, let me tell you. I myself was once a uninformed Food Snob who badmouthed and was slightly disdainful of unauthentic Italian food being served in restaurants all over the city. That's just in restaurants. Of course I Loved eating Sunday Sauce, Eggplant Parmigiano, and Meatballs that my aunts made at our frequent family get together s. And on the occasions that we weren't at one of the family's homes but in an Italian restaurant in Lodi or Garfield, I usually ordered Chicken  or Veal Parmigiano. Yes I loved it, but these dishes, for me at the time (1985-1993) had their place, and it was not in the kitchen or on the plates of any serious Italian Restaurant in Manhattan.
   Eventually as I learned more of the history of food in New York, Italy, and the World, I realized that there was actually a real true Italian-American Cuisine and that it was completely valid.
  Do you realize that if you think there is not a true valid Italian-American Cuisine, then you also must concede that there is No True French Cuisine, because the origins of what we now know as French food and Cuisine is really Italian. Yes, I said Italian. For the food and cuisine of French was quite primitive and did not begin to form into what we now know as French Food and French Cuisine until Caterina Medici of the Noble Florentine Family of the Medici married the King of France and brought her Florentine Chefs with her to the French Court way back in the 15th Century. So there. Many dishes which most people think of as French in origin, like Duck ala Orange, Bechamel, and others, are really Italian. "So there!"
   Anyway, back to Italian-American food. Food and cuisines are constantly changing and evolving. This is how Florentine Chefs of Italy, went to France with the newly crowned French Queen who was of the Italian Peninsular in one Katherine Medici  and taught the French how to cook. Thus Italians immigrating to the United States in the early 20th Century brought their ingredients and techniques from mother Italy to cook the dishes from their homeland, with some modifications do to financial issues (being poor) and the unavailability of certain ingredients, and started forming what would one day be known as Italian-American  food (Cuisine).




"to be Continued"


Daniel Bellino Zwicke

FRANK SINATRA

ONE of THE GREATEST

ITALIAN AMERICAN'S of ALL