Monday, July 15, 2024

Red Sauce Gravy Sunday Sauce

 

WHAT DO YOU CALL IT ???



"GRAVY" !!!

Or is it SUNDAY SAUCE ???

Whatever You Call It ???

Do You call it "REDSAUCE" ?

It's The Most SUPREME DISH of ITALIAN-AMERICA

And The ITALIAN-AMERICAN Peoples







SUNDAY SAUCE

The DEFINING BOOK on The SUBJECT

The SUBJECT of SUNDAY SAUCE

"SOME CALL IT GRAVY"






SAUCE, GRAVY, SUNDAY SAUCE, "RED SAUCE" or SUGO ? What is it. It can be a couple different things. It depends on who you are talking to, if they are Italian-American or not, where their family comes from in Italy, and what Italian Enclave in America they grew up in : New York City, Boston, New Jersey, Baltimore, Cleveland, Chicago, or wherever?

Some, when they say Sauce, Sugo, or Gravy, they can be talking about a Tomato Sauce that was cooked with or without meat in it. They can be talking about a Tomato Sauce that was cooked with Meat in it, and the Sauce is served, dressing Maccheroni, but with the Sauce removed, for the Meat ( or Meats) to be served later in the meal, or put aside, refrigerated and served at another time.

Usually, when someone says  "Gravy" they are referring to a sauce made with Tomatoes that meats, such as Italian Sausages, Braciola, Pork Ribs, Meatballs, and or Pork or Beef Neck, maybe chicken parts, Beef Chuck, or veal, in which the sauce is cooked with any combination of some of these meats mentioned, and possibly other meats, such as Lamb or Beef Short Ribs, whatever?

There is no one right answer to what is Italian-American Gravy, "Sauce" Sunday Gravy, Sugo, or Sunday Sauce. Again, it just depends on who is talking and their family background and history. There is now one standard answer, "No Right or Wrong." The main and  most important thing is that the dish taste good.









CLEMENZA SHOWS MICHAEL

HOW to MAKE SAUCE for a BUNCH of GUYS

RICHARD CASTELLANO as PETER CLEMENZA

And AL PACINO as MICHAEL CORLEONE

In FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA'S The GODFATHER

An ITALIAN- AMERICAN CLASSIC





LEARN HOW to MAKE SUNDAY SAUCE - GRAVY


by Daniel Bellino "Z"




Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Veneiros Italian Pastries Cannoli EastVillage NYC

 






VENEIRO'S PASTICCERIA

SINCE 1894





VENIERO'S

A circa mid-1940s photograph of Veniero’s. Pictured from left to right are Peter Veniero, the son of Veniero’s founder, Antonio Veniero; Frank Catinella, a cousin of Robert Zerilli’s father, Frank Zerilli, and a manager at the bakery; an unidentified employee; Frank Zerilli, then also a manager.Credit...Courtesy of Veniero’s



More than two million Italians arrived in New York between the late 1880s and the early 1910s, many coming through Ellis Island and most desperately poor. Large numbers settled in Harlem, the Bronx and Brooklyn; others headed to Lower Manhattan, in particular to Greenwich Village —along Sullivan and Bleecker Streets — and, most famously, to the area surrounding Mulberry Street that would become the Little Italy of the Lower East Side.

Antonio Veniero, born near Sorrento in 1870, arrived in New York when he was 15 and went to work in a candy factory. He bought the building on East 11th Street in 1894 and began producing his own handmade confectionery there; when customers asked for something to go with it, he began offering espresso and biscotti. It was backbreaking work: There was no electricity; ice came in hundred-pound blocks; deliveries were made on horse-pulled carts. Pastry was baked in a coal oven in the store’s backyard, which is now part of the cafe.

Zerilli’s father, Frank, began working at Veniero’s in the 1930s and bought the business in 1970. Zerilli did weekend shifts at the bakery in the late ’70s and came on full time in 1981. He opened the back-room cafe in 1994, the year of the store’s 100th anniversary. His father died one month later. Both Zerilli and Frankie went to college before returning to work at the store but Zerilli often says to his son, “Remember, Grandpa said, ‘The best college is right here.’” He shows me a favorite photo of his father with the other Frank, Sinatra that is, taken around 1980. Sinatra, looking amiable, his arm around Zerilli’s shoulders, wears a crucifix and is holding a cigarette and a large sesame seed biscuit in the same hand. “It’s called a regina,” says Angelo Santamaria, Veniero’s head pastry chef. “Sinatra liked it crunchy.”






"Frank & Frank"

SINATRA & ZERILLI


A photograph of Frank Sinatra and Frank Zerilli, circa 1979. Sinatra is holding a Regina Pastry that Veniero’s made specially for the singer, who liked them large with a crunchy exterior.Credit...




FRANK SINATRA'S FAVORITE COOKIES




BISCOTTI REGINELLE

aka REGINA COOKIES

The QUEEN'S COOKIES


Frank Sinatra had a standing order for these tasty Sicilian Cookies, that were
whipped from Veneer's to Frank's home in Palm Springs for years.






SUNDAY SAUCE

SINATRA RECIPES

SUNDAY SAUCE - MEATBALLS

And MORE ...










VENEIRO'S PASTICCERIA

East 11th Street - EAST VILLAGE

NEW YORK CITY

Since 1894








Wednesday, July 3, 2024

Spaghetti Meatballs Abruzzese Recipe Nonna Emilia

 



EMELIA & Her PAST

SPAGHETTI CHITTARA con POLETTINI








EMELIA Makes MEATBALLS

With HOMEMADE SPAGHETTI CHITTARA

ABRUZZESE





"MANGIA BENE" !!!









NONNA'S COOKBOOK

RECIPES From MY SICILIAN NONNA







ALESSIA Helps NONNA EMILIA







EMILIA PLATES The PASTA



Wednesday, May 22, 2024

Do You Remember ASTI

 



The MENU















ASTI

East 12th Street

NEW YORK NY


The Asti, a landmark New York City restaurant, brought opera from the uptown stage to the downtown dinner table from 1924 to 2000. Located in Greenwich Village, the creative heart of Manhattan at that time, the Asti was known as the home of the singing waiters and the go-to hotspot to discover budding opera talents. Founder Adolfo Mariani, a baritone himself, created the Asti with the idea that opera was not only for the elite. He was convinced that served up with dinner, famous arias, duets, rousing choruses and a dose of audience participation, anyone could and would become an opera lover. And they did. After Adolfo’s passing, Augusto Mariani, a tenor, carried his father’s operatic mission with brilliance and devotion until the Asti closed in 2000. 













ASTI

KITCHEN CREW 1950

Greenwich Village NY





LUCIANO PAVAROTTI

Autographed Picture










EAT FOOD LIKE ASTI'S



SUNDAY SAUCE

MEATBALLS- MARINARA

LASAGNA

TOMATO SAUCE

And MORE !!!















Thursday, May 16, 2024

Nonna Lolanda Lasagna Recipe

 


NONNA LOLANA MAKES LASAGNA




LOLANDA'S LASAGNA PUGLIESE





LASAGNA MARCHE PUGLIESE

alla LOLANA







NONNA BELLINO'S COOKBOOK









LOLANA & SONES EAT The LASAGNA

"Yumm" !!!




LASAGNA with MORTADELLA

And EGGPLANT al PUGLIESE



NONNA LOLANA'S LASAGNA

"So GOOD" !!!

With LAYERS of RAGU, EGGPLANT & MORTADELLA

"Yumm" !!!




Wednesday, April 24, 2024

Best Italian Recipes Cookbook by Bellino

 



SEGRETO ITALIANO

FAVORITE ITALIAN DISHES 

And SECRET RECIPES





SEGRETO ITALIANO

From BEST SELLING Author DANIEL BELLINO "Z"



OK, so you love Italian Food, “Yes?” Who doesn’t? You may not know how to cook, or maybe you do and want to add some Great Recipes to your repertoire. You may feel It’s high time you learned how to make an awesome Italian Pasta Sauce, “Hey, everyone should!” But, what kind; Tomato, Marinara, Bolognese? Or maybe you already have a number of recipes, but do you have recipes for; Clemenza’s Godfather Sunday Sauce or Danny Bolognese’s Ragu Bolognese? No, we didn’t think so! How about Gino’s Top-Secret Salsa Segrete from the beloved old New York Red-Sauce Joint “Gino’s of Capri?” Well, now it’s time for you to delve into SEGRETO ITALIANO and find rare and Secret Recipes, and learn how to make make Italian-America's favorite dishes, dishes like; Cacciucco, Lucia’s Jersey Braciole, Uncle Pete’s Baked Rabbit, Jersey Shore Crab Sauce, or Serio Maccioni’s original recipe of the World Famous Pasta Primavera. Segreto Italiano is a celebration of Italian Food and Italian-America and is filled with countless recipes and wonderful stories of Italian Food and culture, like only Daniel Bellino “Z” can tell. Delight in Daniel’s wonderful storytelling and savor the recipes, the wonderfully delicious dishes of Segreto Italiano. Now it's time to "Mangia Bene Tutti"







FEATURED RECIPES :


GINO'S "SALSA SEGRETO

Le CIRQUE'S Original Recipe "PASTA PRIMAVERA"

SECRET "CREAMY ITALIAN SALAD DRESSING

SUNDAY SAUCE "alla CLEMENZA" From The GODFATHER

"MAMMA'S HOMEMADE TOMATO SAUCE"

DANNY'S FAMOUS CHEESECAKE

UNCLE TONY'S VEAL MARSALA

And MORE !!!


"GET YOUR COPY TODAY" !!! 



Monday, April 15, 2024

Sicilian Americans




AL PACINO








YOUNG FRANK SINATRA



FAMOUS SICLIAN AMERICANS 

FRANK SINATRA
JOE DiMAGGIO
AL PACINO
LOUIS PRIMA
LADY GAGA
MARTIN SCORSESE
FRANK ZAPPA
VINCENT SCHIAVELLI
SONNY BONO
CHRIS CHRISTIE
JON BON JOVI (Bongiovi)
LIZA MINNELLI
MARIO CUOMO
ANDREW CUOMO
NANCY SINATRA
JOE MONTANA
CHARLES ATLAS




JOLTIN JOE



DiMaggio


Joe D

The Yankee Clipper
and The Greatest Italian-American
Baseball Player of All-Time
Joe DiMaggio




SICILIAN

SYLVESTER STALLONE
STEVE TYLER (Tallarico)
CHAZ PALMINTERI
STEVE BUSCEMI
FRANK VINCENT
FRANK CAPRA
Richard Castellano (Clemenza)
Charles "LUCKY" Lucciano
BEN GAZZARA
JOE MANTEGNA
SAL MINEO 
MARIO PUZO
Britney Spears "Beleive It or Not"
TONY DANZA
Mike Piazza
Patti Lupone
Author Daniel Bellino "Z"



ROCKY



"SLY"

SYLVESTER STALLONE

aka ROCKY






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AL PACINO


Al Pacino's maternal Grandparents, Katherine & James Gerardi
were both born and grew up in CORLEONE, SICILY. They immigrated
to the Bronx, New York.

Al's mother Rose Gerardi married Al's father Salvatore Pacino.
Al Pacino was born 1940, in East Harlem, New York City. 

Al parents divorced when Al was just two years old. His mother then
moved in with her parents in the South Bronx, where Al grew up.



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Richard Castellano

as "CLEMENZA"

The GODFATHER







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SUNDAY SAUCE

When Italian-Americans Cook

RECIPE SUNDAY SAUCE alla SINATRA





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MARTIN SCORSESE

Family from POLIZZI GENEROSA , SICILY

All four of Martin Scorsese's grandparents were born in Sicily.
His grandparents on his father's side, are from Polizzi Generosa, Sicily.

Marty's grandparents on his mother Catherine side, are from Ciminna. Sicily.

Marty grew up on Elizabeth Street, near Little Italy, NYC, in a mostly
Sicilian neighborhood.




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Frank Vincent

as SALVI in Martin Scorsese's RAGING BULL





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SINATRA


Franks Sinatra's Father Antonio Martino Severio Sinatra
was Born in LERCARA FRIDDI Sicily

he Immigrated to New York and Hoboken, NJ



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LIZA MINNELLI.


Liza Minnelli's father was Famed Director VINCENT MINELLI

who married JUDY GARLAND (Liza's Mother). Vincent Minnelli was the
Vincent Minelli's Paternal Grandfather was VINCENZO MINNELLI  of Palermo, Sicily who was a SICILIAN REVOLUTIONARY who was forced to leave SICILY in 1848 with his Brother Dominic.



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GRANDMA BELLINO'S COOKBOOK

RECIPES FROM MY SICILIAN NONNO 

GIUSEPPINA FROM LERCARA FRIDDI SICILY



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The BELLINO'S

FILLIPO , LUCIA , TONY , GIUSEPPINA SALEMI BELLINO

Missing From Picture are Brothers Jimmy and Frank and Sisiter Lilly

LODI , NEW JERSEY 1940


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FILLIPO BELLINO

Of LERCARA FRIDDI , SICILY

Immigrated to NEW YORK 1904

A few Years Later moved to LODI , NEW JERSEY
Where FILLIPO Opened a SHOEMAKER SHOP on MAIN STREET

FILLIPO was Father to JAMES, LILLY, FRANK, LUCIA, and TONY

Grandfather of Author Daniel Bellino-Zwicke



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Author Daniel Bellino-Zwicke

at TEATRO GRECO

SIRACUSA , SICILY

Daniel's descendants are from Lercara Friddi, Sicily





















Born 1946, HELLS KITCHEN, NEW YORK

At a young age, the Stallone Family moved to Philadelphia
where Sylvester grew up and went to school.










FAMILY - From POLIZZI GENEROSA

SICILY





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RICHARD CASTELLANO  aka CLEMENZA

with AL PACINO in The GODFATHER







Mario Puzo

The GODFATHER





MARIO PUZO

The GODFATHER






FLIGHTS & HOTELS

WORLDWIDE






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CHAZZ PALMINTERI




  







































Frank Vincent was born 1937, in Massachusettes

He grew up in Jersey City, New Jersey
He lived for many years in Nutley, NJ

FRANK VINCENT family roots are from SICILY & Naples, Italy







GRANDMA BELLINO'S COOKBOOK









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FAVORITE SICILIAN-AMERICAN DISHES



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CAPONATA

Recipe in Grandma Bellino's Cookbook




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Pasta con Sarde





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TIMBALLO di ANELETTI

Recipe in GRANDMA BELLINO'S COOKBOOK






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GABAGOOL





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SUNDAY SAUCE
aka  GRAVY

Recipe in SUNDAY SAUCE

by DANIEL BELLINO



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SUNDAY SAUCE

WHEN ITALIAN-AMERICANS COOK

DANIEL BELLINO "Z" 






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FRANK SINATRA

Mangia la Uova


Most Americans may not know this, but we Italians love our Egg Dishes, and I don't mean just for Breakfast ... We Eat Eggs all the time, for Breakfast, Lunch, and Dinner and for a great Snack in-between meals we just Love our Egg Sandwiches. Witness Frank Sinatra who ate them all the time ...




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Sicilian-American Frank Sinatra 
with his Sicilian-American daughters Nancy and Tina 
at JILLY's in NEW YORK ...







HOTELS & FLIGHTS

WORLDWIDE

















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