Wednesday, March 13, 2024

Bar Cichetti 1st Venetian Wine Bar USA

 

AMERICA'S 1st Ever VENTIAN WINE BAR




BAR CICHETTI

America's 1st Ever VENETIAN WINE BAR (Bacaro)

Created by Daniel Bellino Zwicke & Tom Taraci

Greenwich Village, New York NY



DANIEL BELLINO ZWICKE Opens America's 1st ever Venetian Wine Bar (Bacaro) ... Bar Cichetti, W. Houston Street, NY NY

There was a guy named Daniel who took a trip in 1995 to Explore, seek-out, and Study the BACARI (Venetian Wine Bars) of the Magical City of
VENICE, Italy. He had read a article in the New York Times about these treasures of the Enchanted City of the Adriatic, "La Serenissima" Venice, "or as the Italians say VENENZIA."


Daniel was quite intrigued by this little article. It was only 1 page long, but it was magical, andit sparked Daniel's interest enough that he decided
he would go to Venice, an Exploratory Trip by which he in a weeks time would go to as many Bacari as he possibly could, eating Lunch, in-between Lunch, Dinner and all through each and every night of the week. he tried as much CICHETTI (Venetian Tapas-Like little plates of all sorts of Venetian Specialty Foods.

He ate Bacala Mantecato, Sarde en Soar, Bigoli, Fegato alla Veneziana, Riso Bisi, Mortadella, Speck, and all sorts of other Cichetti, Antipasti, Pasta, Fish, Shell Fish, Meat, Poultry, this that and every other thing he could get his hands (Mouth) on.

Before he went, he did as much Pre-Trip Research as was possible in the "Times Previous to the internet"


When he was in Venice, he asked as many questions as he could, striking up conversations with anyone who would listen, "many did." !!!!

Daniel took lots of pictures, ate, drank Wine, and gather recipes. He was smitten with Venice, its Wine Bars (Bacari, BACARO the singular).

Daniel "Fell in Love," with the Wine Bars (Bacari) of Venice and felt he just had to open one in NEW YORK. He vowed. Knowone had ever done it. He would be the "FIRST"


Daniel gathered all his info, his RECIPES, pictures, book, everything. He worked on all his recipes, cooking constantly for Friends and Family, he made a Business Plan. He found a partner who "Loved the Idea" as well. They shook hands and vowed to open "BAR CICHETTI" the BACARO (FIRST VENETIAN WINE BAR) "Ever in the United STATES.

Daniel and Tom created a beautiful 
Bacaro / Trattoria, with special Imported Venetian Fabric for the banquettes, wainscotting, a beautiful Wood Bar, and fabulous Venetian Glass Chandeliers and scones.

Besides coming up the Idea and Concept of Bar Cichetti, Daniel was the Wine Director and Executive Chef. Daniel's food was incredible. His Caponata was the best in town, his Paparadelle with Duck Ragu was justly famous, and as the Journal of Italian Food and Wine stated, his Bolognese Sauce was considered to be one of the "Best in the Country" Daniel garnered many accolades for the Wine List he created, but especially for his true and tasty Regional Italian Cuisine, gaining positive reviews from : New York Magazine, Crains, Time-Out New York, Wine & Spirits Magazine, and even a 5 Page Color Spread in a Newspaper in Sao Paolo, Brazil.







Daniel Bellino & His Kitchen Crew

BAR CICHETTI

NEW YORK

1998





Daniel Bellino - Cameron Diaz

Bar Cichetti

New York City

1999






SUNDAY SAUCE

DANIEL BELLINO Z








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REM with MICHAEL STIPE

Hanging out with Chef Daniel Bellino Zwicke

Michael Writes a Song and Gives an Impromptu Performance

At BAR CICHETTI

Greenwich Village 1999

NEW YORK NY









Monday, March 11, 2024

Italian Red Sauce

 




CARBONE

NEW YORK ITALIAN

"RED SAUCE"





AMERICA'S FAVORITE

RED SAUCE COOKBOOK



SUNDAY SAUCE

alla BELLINO alla PACINO

GODFATHER SUNDAY SAUCE

And MORE ...





Sunday, March 10, 2024

Clemenza Godfather SUNDAY SAUCE Recipe

 



CLEMENZA Teaches MICHAEL How to Make SUNDAY SAUCE

Richard Castellano as Peter Clemenza and Al Pacino as Michael Corleone

In FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA'S The GODFATHER

Novel by MARIO PUZO





SUNDAY SAUCE

by Daniel Bellino "Z"




"Come here kid, lem-me show you something. You never know when you're gonna have to cook for 20 guys some day." Pete Clemenza says to Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather. It's one of the most famed movie scenes in history, and of great importance to Italian-Americans. Clemenza is making "Gravy" aka Sunday Sauce, the Supreme Dish of Italian-America, and the dish that brings Italian Families together each and every Sunday. Learn How to Make Clemenza's Sunday Sauce, Meatballs, Pasta Fazool, Momma DiMaggio's Gravy, Goodfellas Sauce, and all of the great favorites of The Italian American Table. 

Cook Sinatra's Spaghetti & Meatballs, Italian Wedding Soup and more, and delight in the many stories and factual information written by Italian Food & Wine Writer Daniel Bellino Zwicke. This book is filled with Joy & Love, and you will get many years of both, reading, cooking and eating the dishes in SUNDAY SAUCE "When Italian-Americans Eat".Do you Love Goodfellas, The Godfather, and Italian Food? Of course you do. Learn How to make Clemenza's Brooklyn Mob War Sauce for 20 people some day. Remember that scene in Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo classic Film Trilogy of the Corleone Family of Sicily and Brooklyn, New York. Recipes in Italian-American New York Author Daniel Bellino Zwicke's Best Selling Cookbook (2 Years Amazon Kindle) 

SUNDAY SAUCE includes ; Frank Sinatra Sunday Sauce, Dolly Sinatra's Spaghetti Meatballs, Joe DiMaggio 's mom's Sunday Gravy, and Charlie Scorsese making Sauce in Prison in Martin Scorsese's GOODFELLAS - starring; Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesce, and Ray Liotta making Veal & Peppers and Sunday Sauce. And by-the-way, Joe Pesci and Liotta are both Italians from New Jersey, so they know their stuff when it comes to Italian Food and all things Italian (Mafia speak and so-forth). 




SUNDAY SAUCE

The Unofficial GODFATHER COOKBOOK

AVAILABLE on AMAZON.com







WATCH The VIDEO

CLEMENZA (Richard Castellano) Teaches MICHAEL (Al Pacino)

HOW to MAKE SUNDAY SAUCE









SUNDAY SAUCE

alla CLEMENZA

LEARN HOW to MAKE IT


SUNDAY SAUCE

The Unofficial GODFATHER COOKBOOK

ITALIAN-AMERICAN GRAVY

PASTA - MEATBALLS and Much More







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Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Bellino Beats Tucci's Taste Best Sellers Cooking Italian

BEST SELLING ITALIAN COOKBOOKS 




STANLEY TUCCI 

"TASTE"







# 10 BEST SELLER - PASTA COOKBOOKS







SUNDAY SAUCE # 23 BEST SELLER in ITALIAN COOKING




BELLINO BEATS OUT TUCCI !!!





BELLINO BEATS OUT TUCCI

BEST SELLING - ITALIAN COOKING - FOOD & WINE



SUNDAY SAUCE

alla BELLINO alla PACINO

BEST SELLER ITALIAN COOKBOOKS




READERS LOVE SUNDAY SAUCE 


Sunday Sauce is the Best Selling Italian Cookbook by Best Selling author Daniel Bellino Zwicke.
Daniel says he is quite proud of the fact that he is now ranked higher than famous actor / Italian Food Travel Personality Stanley Tucci. Also he has recently and over the years ranked high than Mario Batali, Lidia Bastianich, and Giada DeLaurentis as a Best Seller of Italian Cookbooks, though all of these authors are quite a bit more famous than Bellino. His star has been steadily rising.

Daniel is one of the America's leading experts of Italian Food & Wine and Culture. He is considered one of the foremost authorities of Italian Wine in New York (thus America as well).

Daniel Bellino is credited with creating "America's 1st Venetian Wine Bar" in 1997. Bellino says that he already knew a number of Italian Wine Producers (estate owners) before he opened Bar Cichetti, but once he opened the place, every Italian Wine Producers who came to town (NYC) wanted to meet him, and he became one of the leading ambassadors and proponents of Italian Wine in America, a fact that all the Italian Wine People (owners) know and appreciate all that Daniel has done for them over the years, Championing their Wines through buying and selling them at his restaurant, and as a leading Wine Director in New York, at such establishments as Barbetta Ristorante (greatest Italian Wine List in America), and Bar Cichetti, as Wine Director, Chef, and managing partner.





Author Daniel Bellino Zwicke

In VERONA, ITALY

During Vinitaly






SUNDAY SAUCE

DANIEL BELLINO ZWICKE






SUNDAY SAUCE

Daniel Bellino Zwicke



"Come here kid, lem-me show you something. You never know when you're gonna have to cook for 20 guys someday." Pete Clemenza says to Michael Corleone (Al Pacino) in Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather. It's one of the most famed movie scenes in history, and of great importance to Italian-Americans. Clemenza is making "Gravy" aka Sunday Sauce, the Supreme Dish of Italian-America, and the dish that brings Italian Families together each and every Sunday. Learn How to Make Clemenza's Sunday Sauce, Meatballs, Pasta Fazool, Momma DiMaggio's Gravy, Goodfellas Sauce, and all of the great favorites of The Italian American Table. Cook Sinatra's Spaghetti & Meatballs, Italian Wedding Soup and more, and delight in the many stories and factual information written by Italian Food & Wine Writer Daniel Bellino Zwicke. This book is filled with Joy & Love, and you will get many years of both, reading, cooking and eating the dishes in SUNDAY SAUCE "When Italian-Americans Eat". 

Do you Love Goodfellas, The Godfather, and Italian Food? Of course you do. Learn How to make Clemenza's Brooklyn Mob War Sauce for 20 people someday. Remember that scene in Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo classic Film Trilogy of the Corone Family of Sicily and Brooklyn, New York. 

Recipes in Italian-American New York Author Daniel Bellino Zwicke's Best Selling Cookbook (2 Years Amazon Kindle) SUNDAY SAUCE include; Frank Sinatra Sunday Sauce, Dolly Sinatra's Spaghetti Meatballs, Joe DiMaggio 's mom's Sunday Gravy, and Charlie Scorsese making Sauce in Prison in Martin Scorsese's GOODFELLAS - starring; Robert DeNiro, Joe Pesce, and Ray Liotta making Veal & Peppers and Sunday Sauce. And by-the-way, Joe Pesci and Liotta are both Italians from New Jersey, so they know their stuff when it comes to Italian Food and all things Italian.








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TASTE

"My Life Through Food"

Stanley Tucci




"TASTE"


Stanley Tucci grew up in an Italian American family that spent every night around the table. He shared the magic of those meals with us in The Tucci Cookbook and The Tucci Table, and now he takes us beyond the recipes and into the stories behind them.​

Taste is a reflection on the intersection of food and life, filled with anecdotes about growing up in Westchester, NY, preparing for and shooting the foodie films Big Night and Julie & Julia, falling in love over dinner, and teaming up with his wife to create conversation-starting meals for their children. Each morsel of this gastronomic journey through good times and bad, five-star meals and burnt dishes, is as heartfelt and delicious as the last.

Written with nostalgia and Stanley's signature wry humor, Taste is for readers of Bill Buford, Gabrielle Hamilton, and Ruth Reichl--and anyone who knows the power of a home-cooked meal.







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Thursday, February 22, 2024

Paulie s Pope Greenwich Village Sandwich

 The POPE of GREENWICH VILLAGE

PAULIE'S SANDWICH in The PARK





Mickey Rourke and Eric Roberts are coming out of Joe's Dairy in Greenwich Village
New York. In the movie The Pope of Greenwich Village this little Italian Cheese Store that
specializes in fresh homemade Mozzarella which is along with fresh made Italian Sausages precious commodities in the Italian-American Enclave. This real life Italian Cheese Shop was fictionalized as Jimmy The Cheeseman's Shop in the Pope of Greenwich Village which starred Mickey Rourke as Charlie Morant, and Eric Roberts as his cousin Paulie. Here we find Charlie and Paulie going into the cheese shop so Paulie can buy some fresh Mozzarella, Salami, and Prosciutto to make an Italian Sandwich. They then go next door to the real life Zampiere's Bakery which operated two shops in Greenwich Village for years, providing the local Italians with fresh baked Italian Bread and Pastries. Sadly these two wonderful establishments no longer exist, but thanks to this wonderful movie based on the book Pope of Greenwich Village by Vincent Patrick who does a great job capturing some real Greenwich Village character.





Paulie and Charlie going to Zampiere's Bakery 
to get a nice loaf of Italian Breadfor Paulie's gigantic sandwich.




Paulie and Charlie, tow neighborhood Italians chat in front of The Rectory
of Saint Anthony's of Padua Church on Sullivan Street.

Greenwich Village New York





Paul iemaking his Sandwich

Spring Street Park, corner of Spring and Mulberry Street

New York, NY





Paulie tells Charlie about the Race Horse he is partners 
with 2 of his Italian Friends from the neighborhood.

Check out the old Italian Men sitting next to Paulie and Charlie, 
and Rocky's an old neighborhood
Italian Restaurant that sadly went out of business a few years ago.






Mickey Rourke






Want to Know How to Make and Italian Combo like Paulie?

Bedbug Eddie's Calamari and Steak Pizzaiola?

Lasagna?

Spaghetti and Meatballs?

Paulie's Mother's Manicotti?

Braciole?

Clam Sauce?

Sunday Sauce Italian Gravy and More?

The RECIPES are in SUNDAY SAUCE

by Daniel Bellino "Z"








PAULIE BOUGHT a RACE HORSE

And He Makes a SANDWICH





Geraldine Page with an Amazing Performance as Bunky's Mom
Mrs. Ritter ...

"My Walter was like a Bar of Iron and he didn't get it from his Father"









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Sunday, February 11, 2024

The Sinatra Cookbook Recipes




The TWIN ANCHORS RESTAURANT & TAVERN

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS





BBQ RIBS

TWIN ANCHORS

FRANK SINATRA'S FAVORITE PLACE for RIBS



TWIN ANCHORS BBQ RIBS




Frank Sinatra loved Chicago. He performed there more than any other city in America, including Las Vegas. Frank had his favorite hangouts, and places to eat in Chicago. He ate many times at Twin Anchors Restaurant & Tavern, and he loved the Barbecued Ribs.


One visit to the Twin Anchors in the 1970s was described like this. “Frank Sinatra entertained a large group of friends at The Twin Anchors last night. The guestlist included ; Jilly Rizzo, football great Sid Luckman, Frank’s girlfriend Barbara Marx, comedian Pat Henry, composer Don Costas, Joey Bishop, and agent Mickey Houston. Frank’s order was Ribs, and keep them coming, he said. One of Mr. Sinatra’s bodyguards was positioned by the pay phone, preventing patrons from making calls that would cause a mob scene. Mr. Sinatra was very gracious about signing autographs, and was extremely generous with tipping everyone working his table, giving them $100 each.”









TWIN ANCHORS BBQ RIBS



BBQ SAUCE RECIPE :


2 & ½ cups Tomato Ketchup

½ cup Dark Molasses

⅓ cup Brown Sugar

4 tablespoons Soy Sauce

8 tablespoons Cider or Red Wine Vinegar

2 shot glasses of Jack Daniels Whiskey (Frank’s Fave)

1 teaspoon Salt.  1 tablespoon ground Black Pepper

1 Navel Orange



Place all the ingredients except the orange in a stainless steel pot.


Grated the Orange Skin into the pot. Juice the Orange and add to the pot. Cook at low heat for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon.


Turn off heat and let cool.


The RIBS


2 Racks Baby Back Ribs

½ teaspoon Salt, 2 tablespoons Sweet Paprika

1 tablespoon Dry Oregano






Mix above spices together. Sprinkle evenly on both sides of the two racks of ribs.


Turn oven on to 375 degrees.


Place the Ribs in a large baking pan with 1 cup of water.


Cover pan with aluminum foil.


Place the Ribs in the oven. Turn the heat down to 300 degrees, and bake ribs until tender. About 2 ½ hours


Remove ribs from the oven. Take foil off of the pan and discard.


Turn the oven up to 400 degrees.


Brush the top of the ribs with BBQ Sauce. Bake the ribs for 10 to 12 minutes.


Remove from the oven. Let Ribs rest for 8 minutes before serving.


Serve with a Corn Bread, Bake Potato or Cottage Fries on the side, and Enjoy as Frank did whenever he was in Chicago at the famed Twin Anchors Tavern. 


“Buon Appetito” !!!









SUNDAY SAUCE

alla SINATRA alla BELLINO alla PACINO








FRANCIS ALBERT SINATRA




The SINATRA COOKBOOK



NONNA BELLINO'S COOKBOOK

RECIPES From MY SICILIAN NONNA

The CLOSEST THING to a SINATRA COOKBOOK





GRANDMA BELLINO'S ITALIAN COOKBOOK


Giuseppina Salemi Bellino was born in Lercara Friddi, Sicily, the same town that Frank Sinatra's father Martino Severino Sinatra was born. The recipes in her cookbook Grandma Bellino's Cookbook are from Lercara Friddi and other parts of the island of Sicily (Sicilian Food). Frank Sinatra's wife Barbara Sinatra came out with a cookbook, called The SINATRA CELEBRITY COOKBOOK by Barbara Sinatra & Frank Sinatra. Sadly the book is awful and barely has anything to do with Italian Food. It's quite surprising that such a horrible cookbook was published in the name of Frank Sinatra, but it was. Whoever put this book together for the Sinatra's should be put in Jail ! "For Life," the book is absolutely Horrible, as most agree. Anyway, you have an alternative.




The SINATRA CELEBRITY COOKBOOK



The SINATRA CELEBRITY COOKBOOK

Barbara Frank Sinatra & Friends


"It's AMAZING HOW BAD This COOKBOOK IS" ???




IF YOU REALLY WANT to EAT LIKE SINATRA