Thursday, April 20, 2017

Pizza Gino Sorbillo Comes to New York






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One of NAPOLI 'S Favorite PIZZERIAS
GINO SORBILLO
to OPEN in NEW YORK
but WHERE ???

Above picture GINO SORBILLOW on left ..


Supposedly Gino Sorbillo is planning to open several locations, the rumor goes, one in TIMES SQUARE, one at 334 BOWERY, and one around UNION SQUARE .. At this moment we're not really sure, just that SORBILLO is definitely opening a SORBILLO PIZZA in New York, and rumor has it that the Bowery location may open in late Spring 2017 or in the Summer if they don't make the Spring time line ..




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Outside GINO SORBILLO PIZZERIA, Napoli, ITALY




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Inside GINO SORBILLO NEW YORK

We believe this is The TIMES SQUARE Location





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SUNDAY SAUCE

WHEN ITALIAN-AMERICANS COOK

by Daniel Bellino Zwicke






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A PIZZA From GINO SORBILLO NAPOLI



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Thursday, April 13, 2017

Spaghetti Sauce alla Sinatra




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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

Plus more ..

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SUNDAY SAUCE

LEARN HOW to Make Dolly Sinatra MEATBALLS

and SUNDAY SAUCE GRAVY alla SINATRA


WHEN ITALIAN-AMERICANS COOK

AVAILABLE on AMAZON .com





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Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Food Maven MARTHA STEWART JINXED Pineda ???




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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.


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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.




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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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Sunday, April 9, 2017

Bellino on BRACIOLE





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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  ..  


      
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SUNDAY SAUCE

by DANIEL BELLINO ZWICKE







WATCH PASQUALE Make BRACIOLE




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Friday, March 31, 2017

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!



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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 ?





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GOT ANY KAHLUA ?

THE COLLECTED RECIPES of THE DUDE
Available in PAPERBACK & KINDLE EDITIONS
on AMAZON.com


THE DUDES BIG LEBOWSKI WHITE RUSIAN RECIPE



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MARIO BATALI

and HIS Version of THE BIG LEBOWSKI "WHITE RUSSIAN"

The BIG BATALSKI



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The BATALI FAMILY Version of The DUDES Big Lebowski WHITE RUSSIAN

THE BIG BATALSKI










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Friday, March 24, 2017

Joe Allen - New York

   

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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 ...

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LAUREN BACALL

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

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AL PACINO

Another JOE ALLEN Regular

NEW YORK-ITALIAN From da BRONX