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Spaghetti Sauce alla Sinatra

Frank Sinatra

"Dam, Frank looks Bad Ass in this picture!"

Frank Sinatra? The man was one of a kind, a iconic hero to Italian-Americans for generations. We loved and love his music, films, the man and the myth of Frank Sinatra. He was one of our (Italian-Americans) own, our most beloved figure of all. So naturally we adore and emulate the man. In emulating him, we might dress like him, have similar interest, but most of all, and most attainable, we eat like him, and of course that's the food of Italy, and more so, Italian-America.

Some of Frank's favorite foods were; Clams Posilipo, Spaghetti Pomodoro (Tomato Sauce), Meatballs, Braciole, Sausages, and Veal Milanese. You too can eat as Sinatra did, with the recipes in the book SUNDAY SAUCE - When Italian-Americans Cook by Best Selling Italian Cookbook author Daniel Bellino Zwicke, whose family (The Bellino 's) just so happen to be from the same town in Sicily as the Sinatra Family. The small town of Lercara Friddi, Italy, south of Palermo is the town that one Charles "Lucky" Luciano and Martino Severino Sinatra (Frank's father) were born, as well as Italian Cookbook author Daniel Bellino "Z" ...

So, if you love Sinatra, want to read about him and what he liked to eat, as well as being able so cook ( recipes ) his favorite dishes, then the popular cookbook Sunday Sauce is a book that you'll want to get.

Some Recipes :

Sunday Sauce alla Sinatra

Mussels Marinara

Veal Milanese 

Spaghetti & Meatballs

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SUNDAY SAUCE

LEARN HOW to Make Dolly Sinatra MEATBALLS

and SUNDAY SAUCE GRAVY alla SINATRA

RECIPES in SUNDAY SAUCE

WHEN ITALIAN-AMERICANS COOK

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Food Maven MARTHA STEWART JINXED Pineda ???

Martha Stewart at Yankee's Home Opener 2017

at YANKEE STEADIUM , Bronx, NEW YORK

DID MARTHA JINX PINEDA ???

  Blame the bad taste in Yankees fans’ mouths on the chef. Martha Stewart had one of the best seats in the house for Michael Pineda’s near-perfect game in the Yankees’ 8-1 rout of the Rays on Monday afternoon, watching from behind home plate as the righty went unblemished into the seventh inning. Just three minutes before Pineda delivered the fatal pitch to Evan Longoria, who broke up the bid for perfection with a double to left field, the TV icon tweeted an update on Pineda’s invincibility.

 

This is the TWEET Many feel Jinxed Michael Pineda's bid for a PERFECT GAME

Jinxes aside, Stewart is no ignorant Yankees fan. When she was 10 and living outside New York City, Stewart babysat for the kids of Yankees legends Mickey Mantle and Yogi Berra.

It seems they never taught her one of baseball’s cardinal rules: Let the perfect game do its own talking/tweeting.

 

Poor Michael Pineda 's Bid for a PERFECT GAME was Jinxed by MARTHA STEWART

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The BIG LEBOWSKI COOKBOOK

GOT ANY KAHLUA ?

by DANIEL ZWICKE

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Bellino on BRACIOLE

BRACIOLE

  I still remember Mommy tying up the Braciole with cord as I watched fascinated by the act. Little did I realize how monumental these actions were in our world, the World of Italian-America, the food and the culture. Braciole is epic in our world, and Meatballs even more so, as well as Sausages, Pasta, Gravy, Espresso, and Cannoli, they are all quite dear to us. And little did I know then as a young boy of just five, I would write of these thing one day. I’d write of Spaghetti, Meatballs, Marinara, Mussels, Artichokes, Sausages, Sunday Sauce Gravy, and mommy making the Braciole and Meatbballs. She’d have the butcher cut her slices of beef top-round that she’d season with salt, pepper, Parsley, Pignoli, and Pecorino. Then she’d roll them up jelly-roll style and before tying them with a string she’d brown them in olive oil that would start the sauce she’d braise them in. I watched intently, and someday I’d make Braciole of my own. Mommy would make the Braciole and cook in the tomato sauce. More often than not she’d make a whole pot of Gravy (aka Sunday Sauce) with these Braciole, Sausages, and Meatballs. This Sunday Sauce Gravy was usually made on Sunday or possibly the night before and we’d have just Spaghetti & Meatballs from this pot of Gravy on Saturday night, saving the rest to eat the next day on Sunday with everything else; Maccheroni with Gravy, the Sausage, Meatballs, and Braciole. And what a wonderful day it would be eating Braciole, Gravy and all the rest.    Yes, I still remember Mommy making the Braciole she learned from her mom, my maternal grandmother Giuseppina Salemi Bellino who was born in Lercara Freddi, Sicily. Nonna Giuseppina learned to make Braciole and regional Sicilian dishes from her mom, my great-grandmother who was a Salemi, and that’s all I know of her. Yes, the Braciole recipe goes back to her and to Nonna Giuseppina, and then to my mother Lucia and then on to me and my sister Barbara, and brother Michael. That’s our story on Braciole. Basta!




 Excerpted from Daniel Bellino-Zwicke 's soon to be released MANGIA ITALIANO  ..  


      

SUNDAY SAUCE

by DANIEL BELLINO ZWICKE

WATCH PASQUALE Make BRACIOLE

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Mario Batali Big Batalski - White Russian

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GOT ANY KAHLUA ?

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WHITE RUSSIAN CUPCAKES White Russians Cupcakes? No Dude doesn’t make them. There’re Maudy’s little invention. Even though she doesn’t live with The Dude, she likes him quite a bit. Heck, he helped her conceive. So Maude felt like showing a little gratitude. Knowing how much Jeffrey (as Maude calls him) loves his Kahlua, Maude created this in honor of his Dudeness, “The Other Jeffrey Lebowski,” a.k.a. The Dude. “They’re right tasty,” as The Cowboy Stranger would say, and quite easy to make. Enjoy em!

 

KAHLUA WHItE RUSSIAN CUPCAKES

INGREDIENTS: 1 cup Sugar ½ cup Butter 2 Eggs 2 teaspoons Vanilla Extract 1 ½ cupls All-Purpose Flour 1 ¾ teaspoons Baking Powder ½ cup Milk 3 tablespoons Kahlua Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a mixing bowl, cream together the Butter & Sugar. Beat the eggs, one at a time, then stir in the Vanilla. Combine Flour & Baking Powder in a separate small bow, then add to Creamed sugar and mix well. Add Milk, and stir until smooth. Place paper cupcake-liners and place in cupcake Baking Pan. Spoon cupcake batter into the cupcake liners. Bake for at 350 degrees for about 16-18 minutes, until a toothpick that is poked into the center of a cupcake comes out clean. Take cupcakes out of oven and set aside to cool. Brush tops of cupcakes with Kahlua. Let it soak into the cake. KAHLUA FROSTING 8 ounces Cream Cheese, at room temperature 1 stick Butter, room temperature 3 cups Powdered Sugar ½ cup Cocoa, unsweetened ½ teaspoon Pure Vanilla Extract 6 tablespoons Kahlua 3 tablespoons Heavy Cream Beat cream cheese, sugar, and butter together until smooth and thoroughly mixed. Add Cocoa and mix. Add Vanilla and Kahlua and mix. Add Heavy Cream, and mix till smooth. Frost each cupcake with frosting.




  Excerpted From GOT ANY KAHLUA ?  by Daniel Zwicke, with a little help from The DUDE


More Recipes in The DUDES BIG LEBOWSKI COOKBOOK  -  GHOT ANY KAHLUA ?

 

GOT ANY KAHLUA ?

THE COLLECTED RECIPES of THE DUDE

Available in PAPERBACK & KINDLE EDITIONS

on AMAZON.com

THE DUDES BIG LEBOWSKI WHITE RUSIAN RECIPE

GET IT HERE !

MARIO BATALI

and HIS Version of THE BIG LEBOWSKI "WHITE RUSSIAN"

The BIG BATALSKI

The BATALI FAMILY Version of The DUDES Big Lebowski WHITE RUSSIAN

THE BIG BATALSKI

at  MarioBatali.com

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Joe Allen - New York

   

JOE ALLEN'S

Theater District New York

If you're going to see a Broadway Show and want to go where the Broadway Stars go to after the show, Joe Allen's is the preferred spot of Broadway Actors, directors, and what not. Joe Allen's is simple and full of history, the history of Broadway, its actors, directors, stage hands, and chorus line dancers .. If you go to Broadway, you've just gotta go to Joe's ...

LAUREN BACALL

A regular for more than 50 years. Betty loves the Burger ...

AL PACINO

Another JOE ALLEN Regular

NEW YORK-ITALIAN From da BRONX

How to Make New York Italian Meatballs

 

 

JOHN'S of 12th STREET

The MOVIE

WORLD PREMIER

SPECTACLE THEATER

Williamsburg, Brooklyn

New York

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JOHN'S

JOHN'S of East 12th Street

New York, NY

John's is one of the last of a dying breed of Old School Italian Red Sauce Joints .. John's has been a beloved East Village Italian New York Instituion since 1908, making it one of 

New York's oldest Italian Restaurants of which only a few of many remain. John's is one of them.

John's serves classic Old School Italian American food, including classics like; Clams Posillipo, Baked Clams Oreganata, Lasagna, Spaghetti & Meatballs, Manicotti, and more, including now rare items such as Speedino alla Romano and Veal Sweetbreads.

The wonderful Turn of The Century decor of John's has been lovenly and painstakingly preserved with its 1908 decor still intact. John's is lively and the old school waiters help round out the total picture of Italian Food with great old 1908 decor and animated service from the Black Bowtied Waiters.

Over the years John's has seen the like of; John Lennon, Joe Jackson, Ray Davies, Carol Burnett, Montgomery Clift, Ron Silver, Rockets Redglare, Tom Crruise, Mimi Rodgers, and many other celebrites pass through its doors. Why don't you pass through too? It's great old Italian New York experience.

 

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IN THE KITCHEN at JOHN'S

The OLD DAYS

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LUCKY LUCIANO

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 SUNDAY SAUCE

LEARN HOW to MAKE MEATBALLS alla SINATRA

RECIPE  in SUNDAY SAUCE

by Daniel Bellino-Zwicke

MAKING MEATBALLS at JOHN'S of 12th STREET

JOHN

aka MIKE ALPERT

Real Name MYRON WEINER

R.I.P.

MYRON SHOWS GUY FIERI How to MAKE MEATBALLS

SECRET RECIPES

SEGRETO ITALIANO

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JOE MASSERIA HITS VALENTI

 

LUCKY LUCINIO Does The DIRTY WORK 

Outside JOHN'S of 12th STREET

Smarting over the recent attempt on his life, which had left two bullet holes through his hat and another two holes through his coat, Joe Masseria plotted bloody revenge in epic Italian Renaissance fashion.

Chief Assassin

The target of his wrath was Umberto Valenti, a seriously wily character who had blasted those bullet holes through Masseria’s hat and coat. According to the New York Times in 1915, Valenti was:

A former Black Hand extortionist, it was rumored that Valenti had killed over 20 men, a number of whom had been Masseria’s closest advisors. The thirty four year old Valenti was the chief assassin of Salvatore “Toto” D’Aquila, the New York Mafia’s supreme ruler, a Mafioso who was locked in vicious mob war with Masseria and his chief strategist Giuseppe “the Clutch Hand” Morello.

However, Masseria’s seemingly supernatural bullet dodging powers had given the hard noised, but superstitious, Valenti second thoughts. Second thoughts that had him suing for peace and walking into an ambush in one of New York’s most storied Italian restaurants, John’s of 12^th Street, on August 11, 1922, a restaurant that has been used as a set on Boardwalk Empire and the Sopranos.

Well Dressed Gunmen 

Whether or not Valenti sampled the chicken parmigiana before being croaked has been lost to the winds of history. However, some time around noon, Valenti and six laughing companions emerged from their luncheon. Walking eastward, smiles turned into frowns. Suddenly, Valenti spooked and bolted towards Second Avenue as two slick, well-dressed gunmen whipped out revolvers and fired. Gangland legend holds that one of the shooters was none other than Charley “Lucky” Luciano, Masseria’s newest protégé (the other shooter was probably Vito Genovese).

 

The FEAST of The 7 FISH

Italian Christmas

 

Pandemonium on 12^thStreet

As the shots flew, pandemonium broke loose on 12^th Street. Whirling around, the feared assassin drew a revolver just as a bullet flew through his chest.

A teenage witness told the New York Times:

Luciano’s Escape

Despite Valenti’s death, the friendly Luciano and his pals weren’t done yet. A crowd formed to block the gunmen’s escape so the mobsters opened fire, hitting a street sweeper and a little girl visiting from New Haven Connecticut. The shots dispersed the crowd, and the hitmen disappeared into a nearby tenement.

Should I Bring Pajamas? 

Masseria was arrested for the murder.  During his arrest, he supposedly grinned and asked the police:

… whether he would need a nightshirt remarking, that the last time he slept in the station house they forgot to give him a pillow or pajamas.

For a job well done, Joe Masseria elevated Luciano to a leadership position at his headquarters in the Hotel Pennsylvania. All murder charges were eventually dropped, and Masseria, on his way to becoming Joe the Boss, set his sights on Valenti’s overlord, Toto De Aquila, New York’s boss of bosses.

However, John’s of 12^th had another infamous last meal lined up twenty years later. The victim would be Carlo Tresca.

 

 

 

 

 

BASTA la PASTA !!!!

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