Greenwich Village Italian

 Outside MONTE'S TRATTORIA in ITALIAN GREENWICH VILLAGE , NEW YORK

             

Read About ITALIAN GREENWICH VILLAGE

in SUNDAY SAUCE

by Greenwich Village Author DANIEL BELLINO "Z"

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TABASCO - Hot Sauce

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TABASCO 

The KING 

of

HOT SAUCE

TABASCO PEPPER MASH AGING

in JACK DANIESL OAK BARRLES

On AVERY ISLAND, LOUISIANA

DID YOU KNOW?

1.  That TABASCO Bottle Is an Old Cologne Bottle from the New Orleans Glassworks.

2.  Invented in 1868 by Edmond McIlhenny, originally from Maryland.

3.  About 720,000 bottles are bottled a day and sold in 165 countries around the World.

4.  Tabasco is aged in used Jack Daniels Bourbon Whiskey Barrels ..

5.  1/8 Ounce Bottles of Tabasco  with Presidential Seal are served on Air Force 1

VALENTINA HOT SAUCE

From

GUADALAJARA, MEXICO

Valentina has become my favorite Hot Sauce of the past 3 years or so .. I picked it up at a .99 Cent Store one day, a 12 oz. bottle is just $1.29, average price of Tabasco is about $3.99 for a 5 oz. bottle .. It would cost me about $9 for the same amount of Tabasco or more than 7 times more expensive .. Don't get me wrong, I do love Tabasco and like its taste once and a while, it's definitely distinctive and a good deal hotter, but now by most preferred Hot Sauce by far is VALENTINA from Mexico .. It's not too hot, which for my personal taste I like ..  And the spices they use has a real nice flavor. And yes, Tabasco and some of the other brands are too dam expensive.

Before I started up with VALENEtINA I was using CRYSTAL HOT SAUCE from Louisiana for a while .. I like Hot Sauce from Louisiana and as we all know Tabasco can be a bit expensive as compare to Crystal and Valentina and some others, Crytal is way cheaper than Tabasco, but it is also a lot less hot and not as florvorful.  I did notice that in New Orleans Crytal is pretty popular and I saw it on many a restaurant table sometimes along with Tabasco and other bottles. I don't use Crystal that much any more since I discovered my fave, Valentina ... Sometimes I will have in the house; Tabasco, Valentina, and Crystal, and will mostley use Valentina, and Tabasco and Crystal here-and-there ...  

My favorite is on Scramble Eggs with buttered Peas on the side for Breakfast or a lite lunch .. Sometimes when I make FRied Eggs I like to douse on a bit of "Maggi Seasoning" with Valentina as well. These make for some super tasty fried eggs. Try em!

Crystal Claims To Be Louisiana's # 1 Hot Sauce

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SECRET RECIPES

SECRET KFC Kentucky Fried Chicken Recipe

SHAKE SHACK Burger Recipe

RECIPES USING HOT SAUCE

and Much Much More ....

MAGGI 'S

It's a SECRET SAUCE

GOT ANY KAHLUA ?

aka

The BIG LEBOWSKI COOKBOOK

Learn How to Make DUDES COWBOY CHILI

TACOS and BURRITOS all Using TABASCO SAUCE in The Recipes

ABIDE in IT !!!

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RAOS NEW YORK ITALIAN

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RAOS

EAST HARLEM , NEW YORK

  Founded in 1896, starting as a saloon, family owned - 4 generations in. From the famous NFL Manning brothers throwing a football outside of the restaurant which is on East 114th street to Sting and Bon Jovi both being in the restaurant and by the end of the night singing Sinatra's famous "New York" hit together and with the entire restaurant, to topping it with Sophia Loren walking in and the always noisy restaurant dropping silent. This place is home. We walked in, greeted with such kindness by the owner, Frank Pellegrino (with no reservation I might add as they do not accept them - however they are somehow booked for 2015), we fell back into the era circa 1930 and I felt like I was a main character in Goodfellas - it was amazing. I am still unsure how it happened, starting with some drinks with Dee behind the bar - who comes across as the friend you grew up with - followed by our dreams coming true as we were told a table is being set for us. Dining and having the seafood salad, calamari (duh), meatballs, lemon chicken, broccoli rabe, vodka penne, of course a bottle of wine and topping it with lemon cello courtesy of the down to earth, classy, stylish Mr. Pellegrino - it sure was one of the best nights in New York City. To get a seat here is unheard of, the tables are allegedly each given to certain family's for life and theirs whenever they want them. The generous, kind owner Frank, makes you feel like he's your uncle Frank seating you at his birthday party. He was born on East 114th street in Harlem - his wife of 40+ years also is from the same area - he keeps tradition alive in numerous ways. This is an establishment you will find no where else. (Well, you can try in Hollywood and Vegas as they opened there too :) but I'm confident it will not be as original as the Harlem location. 

The late FRANK PELLEGRINO Sr. at RAOS

RIP

The RAO'S COOKBOOK

LEARN HOW TO MAKE GREAT MARINARA SAUCE

RAO'S MARINARA SAUCE

MAKE YOUR OWN GREAT SAUCE !!!

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BY DANIEL BELLINO "Z"

Long time RAO'S Regular BO DEITEL shoots a Scene for The WOLF of WALL STREET

at RAO'S with LEONARDO DiCAPRIO

RAO'S LEMON CHICKEN

LEARN HOW to MAKE IT !

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@NewYork.Italian

on INSTAGRAM

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Perfect BAROLO in NEW YORK

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THREE GREAT BAROLO PRODUCERS

ELIO GRASSO , CAVALLOTTO , and ANDREA OBERTO

I had another tasty Barolo last night. Just one of so many hundreds over the years. Yes another tasty Barolo, I just love it. The Barolo in question was a bottle of BAROLO ANDREA OBERTO 2012.. All I can say is that I just sat back and enjoyed this wine after work one night with my friend Peter Mosconi. It was Peter's and he brought it to the table. I took a sip and wow, I was flabbergasted, this wine was absolutely awesome.  Drinking Barolo is always a special treat, and this time proved to be one of those extra specail ones, for sometimes the experience is good, at other time disappointing, and as with this night and this particular Barolo, the Andrea Oberto Vintage 2012, everything was just great, and just about as good as it gets, the Barolo was absolutely perfect and as I told Peter, you can buy a much more expensive Barolo, like one from Giaccomo Conterno or one of the Mascarello's, or similar high-priced Barolo and now matter if you spent $300 or $500 or whatever price you paid, it wouldn't matter, the Barolo could not be better than the one we were drinking tonight (Monday June 26, 2017) at Monte's Trattoria, there could be no Barolo better than this, for this particular Barolo (Andrea Oberto Barolo 2012) was absolutely perfect. It was a Text Book Barolo and perfectly in balance which says it all. It was full of flavor, the classic Barolo flavors, like ; Cherry Fruit flavors with some nice full Dark Chocolate notes, a twinge of Tar, Truffles, and Violets. This Barolo had the right amount of weight to it, with correct acid, tannin, and everything you expect from a great Barolo, it was all there. Well I don't want to go on and on on this that and everything, but quite simply the wine was I must say again, perfect and as good as it gets, and was purely a Joy to Drink.   

The MORAL of This Story is ; PERFECT BAROLO need Not Cost an ARM & a LEG !

BASTA !!!

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BAROLO

ANDREA OBERTO

2012

La MORRA

FABIO OBERTO and His DAD ANREA OBERTO

Enjoying some of their Fine BAROLO ...

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SUNDAY SAUCE

When Italian-Americans Cook

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Louis CK Fried Chicken Recipe

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LOUIS CK 

and Friend do the BANG BANG

HOW to MAKE LOUIS CK FRIED CHICKEN

WATCH The VIDEO

The BADASS COOKBOOK

SECRET FRIED CHICKEN RECIPE

and More ...

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SINATRA Eats Italian

A Young Frank Sinatra  ....  Hoboken, New Jersey

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Frank Sinatra

"Come Fly with Me" !!!

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PATSY'S  "Franks Favorite Restaurant"

Frank's Favorite Restaurant in The World, was Patsy's on West 56th Street in New York, in The Theater District near Times Square .. Frank's Favorites were; Calms Posillipo, Spaghetti Pomodoro,  Veal Milanes (extra Thin & Crispy) and Spaghetti & Meatballs of which patsy's makes The Best in The City ..

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FRANK & AVA GARDNER

Mangia Bene !!!  

FRANK'S FAVORITE ITALIAN BREAD

PARISI BAKERY MOTT STREET

LITTLE ITALY, NY NY

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FRANKS FAVORITE PIZZA

PATSY'S in EAST HARLEM

No Relation to PATSY'S on 56th STREET

PASTY'S PIZZERIA

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SINATRA at JILLY'S New York with Friends and Daughters NANCY and TINA

Frank loved going to his close Pal JILLY RIZZO'S New York Restaurant JILLY'S where Frank would eat Chinese Food, tell stories, and drink JACK DANIEL'S to the Wee Hours of the morning ...

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SUNDAY SAUCE

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Dean Martin looks on as Sammy Davis Jr. pours Frank a Jack Daniels

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Jack Daniel's and Frank Sinatra

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FRANK SINATRA with Cigarette & JACK DANIELS

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Hot Dog Eating Celebrities in NEW YORK

The BAMBINO

BABE RUTH CHOMPS on a HOT DOG

MARILYN MONROE Eating a HOT DOG in NEW YORK

at UNION SQUARE

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The Late Great

FRANK SINATRA

Back Stage in NEW YORK

JFK

PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENEDY

Eating a HOT DOG at a BASEBALL GAME

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PRESIDENT OBAMA

at The Local HOTDOG JOINT

PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON Eating a HOT DOG

No More Though

NOT YET President DONALD TRUMP Eating a HOT DOG

He JUST LOVES His FAST FOOD

BOY THOSE PRESIDENTS LOVE THEIR HOT DOGS ???

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ELVIS EATS

Not a HOT DOG

But a PEANUBUTTER FRIED BANANA SANDWICH

The BADASS COOKBOOK

SECRET RECIPES

BURGERS, CHILI DOGS, TACOS & ???

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FIDEL Eats a HOT DOG

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RIPPERS are DEEP FRIED HOT DOGS at RUTTS HUT in NEW JERSEY

WORLDS BEST HOT DOGS

LEARN HOW to MAKE The DUDES COWBOY CHILI

to MAKE Awesome CHILI DOGS, TACOS, and More ...

In GOT ANY KAHLUA ? aka The BIG LEBOWSKI COOKBOOK

by DANIEL ZWICKE

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Dirty Water Dogs ???

ICONIC HOT DOG CART in NEW YORK

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HOT DOG GUYS

at RUTT'S HUT "HOME of The WORLDS BEST HOT DOG"

RIPPERS

WORLDS BEST HOT DOG

at RUTT'S HUT, Clifton NEW JERSEY

Coffee Art

of Iconic Greek Coffee Cup

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MARLON BRANDO

BRANDO Drinks COFFEE

CELEBRITIES Drink COFFEE ... CLICK HERE

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THE DUDE ABIDES

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