RAOS Frank Pelligrino Senior talks Raos

 

Inside RAO'S

Part 1

With FRANK PELLEGRINO Sr.

"They taught us How to Live. They Taught us How to Love.

They taught us how to Eat."

Frank Pellegrino, talking of his Grandparents

Inside RAO'S

Part 2

MAKING MEATBALLS

Inside RAO'S

FRANK PELLEGRINO Talks RESERVATIONS

Part 3

SUNDAY SAUCE

alla BELLINO alla PACINO

SUNDAY GARVY RECIPES

From GOODFELLAS - The GODFATHER

DOLLY SINATRA 

& MAMMA DiMAGGIO (Joe's Mom)

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Steve Martorano The Meatball King of America

 

STEVE MARTORANO

MAKING MEATBALLS

At MARTORANO'S

Ft LAUNDERDALE, FLORIDA

STEVE MARTORANO

At MARTORANO'S PRIME

TALKINF FOOD & the ITALIAN-AMERICAN LIFE

In SOUTH PHILLY

MEATBALLS

by STEVE MARTORANO

"The MEATBALL KING of AMERICA"

STEVE MARTORANO

"It AIN'T SAUCE ! It's GRAVY" !!!

"Yo CUZ" !!!

Steve Martorano

DON'T GET MAD STEVE

But SOME PEOPLE CALL IT SAUCE

SUNDAY SAUCE

SOME CALL IT GRAVY

WHEN ITALIAN-AMERICANS COOK

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Recipe Sinatra Artichokes Siciliana

 

STUFFED ARTICHOKES

alla SINATRA

STUFFED ARTICHIKES alla SINATRA

RECIPE :

4 large Artichokes

2 tablespoons Black Olives, chopped

3 tablespoons Grated Parmesan Cheese 

1 Garlic clove, chopped

1 tablespoon chopped Capers

2 tablespoons fresh Parsley, chopped

1/4 teaspoon Crushed Red Pepper Flakes 

1 teaspoon dry Oregano

1/2 teaspoon Salt

1/2 teaspoon ground Black Pepper

1/4 cup Italian Olive Oil

PREPARARTION : 

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Rinse Artichokes under cold running water. With a sharp Knife, remove the stem, and cut 1 & 1/2 inches from the top of the artichoke. Pull the center leaves apart, and with a spoon, scraped the fuzzy choke from the center.

Place the Olives, Cheese, Salt, Capers, garlic, Parsley, Red & Black Pepper,  and Oregano in a large mixing bowl.

Gradually add the Olive Oil to bread crumbs, stirring to mix, and mixture is moistened. Spoon the bread crumb mixture into the center of the Artichokes and in-between the leaves.

Place the Artichokes in a baking pan. Add 1 cup of water to the pan, Drizzle a 1/4 cup Olive Oil over the artichokes. Cover the artichokes with aluminum foil.

Bake the Artichokes in a 350 degree oven for 1 hour. 

Remove the foil from the pan. Turn heat up to 400 degrees and bake for about 12 minutes.

Serve the Artichokes. Place each artichoke on a plate, and pour pan juices over the Artichokes.

Serve and Enjoy !!!

NONNA BELLINO'S COOKKBOOK

RECIPE - ARTICHOKES alla SINATRA

RECIPES of GIUSEPPINA BELLINO

Of LERCARA FRIDDI - SICILY

The SICILIAN TOWN WHERE The SINATRA

FAMILY is From

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SINATRA EATS

On The Set of MAGAMBO

With GRACE KELLY, AVA GARDNER

And CLARK GABLE

And Director JOHN FORD

Shot on Location in Equatorial AFRICA

1952

Note : Frank Sinatra was not in this movie. He was visiting his wife Ava Gardner

on the set.

FRANKIE

by Peter Max

Look for "SINATRA EATS"

A Biographic Cookbook by Bestselling Italian Cookbook Author

Daniel Bellino Zwicke

Right Now, the Closest Thing to a SINATRA COOKBOOK

is - GRANDMA BELLINO'S COOKBOOK -

"Recipes From My Sicilian Nonna"

by Daniel Bellino Zwicke

FLIGHTS & HOTELS WORLDWIDE

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HOTELS WORLDWIDE

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Best Italian Cookbooks Christmas Gifts 2023 24

 

From the Latest GOOGLE SEARCH 

"BEST NEW ITALIAN COOKBOOKS" ???

SUNDAY SAUCE is # 1

Sunday Sauce

Daniel Bellino Zwicle

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New York, October 12th 2023

We searched Google today (October 12, 2023) for Best New Italian Cookbooks, and this is what came up. Number 1 at the Top of The List pf Best Italian Cookbooks is SUNDAY SAUCE by New York Italian-American author Daniel Bellino Zwicke. We have a couple more New Yorkers in the # 2 spot Best Italian Cookbooks with STATEN ITALY by Italian-American cousins Sal Basille, and Francis Garcia of Staten Island, New York.

In the # 3 spot is The Vespers Trial Italian Cookbook by Dominic Vesper and Thomas Vesper.

Two experts teach you how to "really cook" – in the kitchen and the courtroom. Follow Tom Vesper and cousin Dom in The Vespers' Trial Cookbook as they take you on a fun-filled, fact-filled, food-filled, instruction-filled journey to prove the unlikely axiom that good cooks and good trial lawyers share the same skills. All the while giving civil trial lawyers tips for success – from Dom in the kitchen and Tom in the courtroom.

The FOOD of SICILY

Fabrizia Lanza

In the 4th spot # 4 is The FOOD of SICILY by Fabrizia Lanza.

In this all-new cookbook from Fabrizia Lanza, one of the world’s greatest food cultures is distilled in 75 recipes for the home cook, plus a loving tribute to its ingredients, passions, influences, and history

 

Tucked away on an estate in the countryside south of Palermo is the Anna Tasca Lanza Cooking School, a unique center dedicated to preserving and sharing the great food culture of Sicily. The spirit of the school, now run by Fabrizia Lanza, the founder’s daughter and scion of a renowned family of winemakers that goes back generations, is what makes Lanza’s The Food of Sicily such a singular cookbook—not just a collection of recipes and techniques, but a vibrant and beautifully photographed profile of the land, the people, the history, and so much more.

# 5 BEST - ITALY by INGREDIENT by Viola Buitoni and Molly DeCoudreaux

A fresh approach to Italian cuisine through its most iconic ingredients, presented by Italian-born cooking instructor Viola Buitoni.

From glossy drops of balsamic vinegar to flakes of parmigiano reggiano and spoonfuls of fresh ricotta to creamy grains of risotto—the ingredients of Italian cuisine are beloved staples known the world over, available in specialty stores and served in restaurants across the globe. As a native Roman raised in the Umbrian countryside, Viola Buitoni grew up with these artisanal foods, learning about how they developed from centuries-old wisdom, tight-knit communities, and sustainable production. Now a US-based cooking instructor, Buitoni’s passion is sharing the beloved flavors of her homeland with home cooks.

BEST ITALIAN COOKBOOKS

We did another search and these books popped up. 

SUNDAY SAUCE was still in there at # 1 & The Top Spot - Best Italian Cookbooks, with The Vespers Trial Cookbook Italiano Rustica , this time at # 2 instead of 3, with STATTEN ITALY by the two Italian-American cousins Sal & Frncis from Staten Island moving from 2 to the # 3 spot. Still good, and in the top 3.

On this search of BEST ITALIAN COOKBOOKS, The RAGU BOLOGNESE COOKBOOK by Daniel Bellino Zwicke popped up in the # 4 spot Best Italian Cookbooks - Google Search of BEST ITALIAN COOKBOOKS.

Well, these are all good cookbooks, and if you're doing your 2024 Christmas Shopping early or not, we'd recommend any of these fine Italian Cookbooks, escpecially Sunday Sauce at the # 1 Top Spot, will really apeal to all American home cooks, who love cooking Italian, "You can't gowrong."

The Godfather Cookbook Meatballs Pacino

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SUNDAY SAUCE

The Unofficial GODFATHER COOKBOOK

Learn How to Make SUNDAY SAUCE alla CLEMENZA

ITALIAN-AMERICAN GRAVY

PASTA - MEATBALLS and Much More

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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 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 (Mafia speak and so-forth). 

SUNDAY SAUCE

The Unofficial GODFATHER COOKBOOK

AVAILABLE on AMAZON.com

CLEMENZA (Richard Castellano) Teaches MICHAEL (Al Pacino)

HOW to MAKE SUNDAY SAUCE

The GODFATHER COOKBOOK

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