Thursday, December 31, 2015

Sinatra Scrambled Eggs Sandwich

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Frank Eating a Scrambled Egg Sandwich at home ... Palm Springs California   Besides eating his Italian-American favorite foods, Frank loved eating a nice simple Scrambled Egg Sandwich on good old American white bread for breakfast and anytime during the day as a in-between meals snack prepared by his Valet George Jacobs ..

  SCRAMBLED EGG SANDWICH alla SINATRA Ingredients : 2 slices White Bread, 2 large Eggs, 2 tablespoons Milk, Butter, Salt & Black Pepper, 4 tablespoons Olive Oil Place 2 tablespoons Olive Oil in a large non-stick frying pan and turn heat to medium low .. Add bread and cook until slightly brown. Turn bread over and cook to slightly brown. Remove from pan and set aside on the plate you will serve the sandwich. Add eggs to a small bowl with a pinch each of Salt & Pepper and the Milk. Beat eggs with a fork until completely mixed ... Add remaining Olive Oil and Butter to pan and turn heat to medium.When the pan is heated and the butter starts to sizzle, add the eggs to pan and let cook while stirring for about 15 seconds. Turn heat to low and let the eggs cook without stirring for 45 seconds. Flip the eggs over and let cook for 60 seconds on low heat. Turn heat off. Place the cooked eggs on one piece of bread. Sprinkle a little salt & pepper over eggs. Top with second slice of bread and serve.



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VEAL MILANESE  "FRANK'S FAVORITE"



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SUNDAY SAUCE
LEARN HOW to Make SINATRA'S Favorite VEAL MILANESE,

Dolly Sinatra's Meatballs and Marinara and more .. In SUNDAY SAUCE       
by Daniel Bellino






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BAKED ZITI with MEATBALLS
Like SINATRA, a SICILIAN FAVORITE






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FRANK & AVA GARDNER
"MANGIA BENE"






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Grandma Bellino's Cookbook
SICILIAN Like FRANK








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DOLLY SINATRA 'S SUNDAY SAUCE
Recipe in SUNDAY SAUCE by Daniel Bellino




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                               Gangster  CHARLES "LUCKY" LUCCIANO                                                                     was from LERCARA FRIDDI , SICILY
as Was FRANK SINATRA'S Father Marty
and Author Daniel Bellino






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SOPHIA LOREN
"What a Beauty?"







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Classic Frank





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AL PACINO
Speaking of Great ITALIAN-AMERICANS
A Handsome Devil to Boot








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PATSY'S
56th Street  .. New York, NY

FRANK'S FAVORITE RESTAURANT
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Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Italian Lentil Soup New Year


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  It is an Italian tradition to have Lentils for New Years .. In Italy, Lentils are eaten at New Years as a symbol of Good Luck and Prosperity for the year to come ..  The Lentils are said to resemble tiny coins .. There are any number of lentil dishes customarily eaten by Italians during the New Year Celebration, including; Lentils with Cotecchino Sausage, Pasta con Lenticchie, and Zuppa di Lenticchie (Lentil Soup) .. Here is a recipe for Lentil Soup that can also be used to make the very popular Pasta Lenticchie, simply by draining some of the liquid from the soup and using the solid Lentils & Vegetables as the sauce the dresses the pasta along with a sprinkling of Olive Oil and grated cheese. Enjoy e Mangia Bene Sempre.



 LENTIL SOUP

  Lentil Soup is quite amazing. It’s inexpensive, highly nutritious, extremely and versatile. You can eat it just about any time of day; for Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner or anytime in-between. Me? I just love it! It’s my favorite soup and I make it all the time. Make a big batch and you’ll get numerous meals out of it. This recipe serves about 16. From this base soup, I eat it different ways at times. Sometimes I’ll cook up some small maccheroni, coat it with olive oil and butter and use a bit of the lentil soup as a sauce, sprinkling on grated cheese of course. Some times I’ll throw in a hard boiled egg that is cut in four, or I’ll throw in a bunch of frozen peas to the base soup.    These things you do after this soup has already been cooked and you’re heating up a bowl for quick tasty meal, it gives you variety. One thing you can do when you are making the soup from scratch, or even at a later time after the soup has been made, is put in some Sweet Italian Sausages. Yumm, that’s one great Italian meal, Zuppa di Lentichie con Salsice. I guarantee it just can’t be beat. Try it some time; you’ll be glad you do.  


LENTIL SOUP RECIPE :
  10 oz. dry lentils, 4 tablespoons olive oil 3 medium onions, diced. 3 cloves garlic, chopped 3 stalks celery, chopped. 3 carrots, diced large 1-1/2 cups plum tomatoes chopped ½ cup diced Ham, Bacon, or Pancetta 6 cups chicken broth, salt, and pepper to taste  
 
Lentil Soup Preparation:

  Sauté the bacon or pancetta and drain the oil off. Add onions and garlic and sauté over a low flame for three minutes. Add carrots and cook 8 minutes longer. Add tomatoes, chicken broth and lentils. Bring to boil. Lower heat and simmer until the Lentils are tender. Tender yet a little firm, about 45 minutes. Serve in soup bowls as is or you can add a little short pasta to each bowl. Drizzle extra virgin olive oil on top and pass around the Grated Parmigiano.




 EXCERPTED From COOKING ITALIAN / GREATEST HITS COOKBOOK






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Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Old School Italian New York

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FRANK SINATRA
 
Gone
 
CELEBRATING The 100 YEAR ANNIVERSARY of HIS BIRTH in 2015
 
Frank Sinatra Born 1915 in Hoboken, New Jersey
 
Frank Spent a Lot of Time in New York
 
 
 
PATSY'S
 
Sinatra's Favorite Italian Restaurant
 
STILL HERE !  West 56th Street, New York, NY
 
ROCCO'S
 
THOMPSON STREET GREENWICH VILLAGE
 
GONE
 
Now It's CARBONE
Inside the former Rocco's
 
Now The Most Expensive Red Sauce Joint Around
 
It's CARBONE
JOHN'S of 12th STREET
 
Since 1908
 
STILL HERE !!!
 
 
 
 
GINO'S
 
Above and Below
 
GONE !!!
 
 
 
A Waiter and the Famous Zebra Wallpaper at GINO'S
 
No Longer With Us
 
 
 
 
Frank Sinatra and Ava Gardner Dine at Patsy's
 
 
 
 
 
Rafetto's Past Shop, Greenwich Village New York
SINCE 1906
STILL GOING STRONG
 CAFFE REGGIO  
 
SINCE 1927
 
STILL GOING STRONG on MACDOUGAL STREET
 
GREENWICH VILLAGE NEW YORK
 
 
 
 
FERDINANDO'S SICILIAN SPECIALTIES
 
SINCE 1904
 
STILL With US on Union Street, Carroll gardens, Brooklyn, New York
 
"The Only Place left to get a good Vasteddi (Beef Spleen Sandwich) in NY
 
 
 
 
JOHN'S PIZZERIA
 
Bleecker Street greenwich Village, NEW YORK
 
SINCE 1927
 
STILL with US !!!!
 
 
 
 
 
Ferdinando's Brooklyn
 
Get The VASTEDDI SANDWICH
 
 
 
 
PIEMONTE RAVIOLI
 
SINCE 1920
 
Grand Street LITTLE IATALY,  NY NY
 
STILL with US !!!
 
 
 
 
 
 
Read About Italian-American New York
in Daniel Bellino's Best Selling SUNDAY SAUCE
Recipes and Stories of Italian-American New York
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SOPHIA
 
"JUST BECAUSE"
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Friday, December 11, 2015

Best Pizza on Earth

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The Zen Master of Pizza

Mr. Dom DeMarco

DiFara Pizza, Brooklyn New York

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DiFara Pizza,  Avenue J Brooklyn , NEW YORK

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Dom DeMarco with Another One of His Masterpieces

Eating a Pizza Made by Dom DeMarco's is a Religious Experience !!!

"Yes," Eating Pizza Made by The Maestro DOM DeMARCO

Is a Religious Experience !!!
Much has been said of the now famed Pizzeria (DiFarra Pizza) on Avenue J in Brooklyn, New York the Capital of Thee Best Pizza in the whole United States of America, bar-none, even Manhattan. Brooklyn lays claim to the Top two Pizzerias in the country, the top of the list 1 and 2, number 1, The Best and number 2, the second best. Well no, I don't know if I should put it that way, as it sound s as one is better than the other, which is not ht e case, as they are both equally good, equally Great and equally the Best Pizza and the Best Pizzerias in the United States, though they are are little different than one another. The Pizza at both Totonno's on Neptune Avenue in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York and Di Farra Pizza on Avenue J in Brooklyn are both otherworldly specimens of some the Finest Pizza on other and the Undisputed Best Pizza in America.
Wow, got off on a tangent about both Di Farra and Totonno's when I just intended to talk about Di Farra Pizza, Dom DeMarco the Maestro of Di Farra's and the Religious experience that it is to go there, watch Dominic masterfully make Pizza after glorious Pizza (without the help of anyone else), to watch in awe and anticipation and Salivation til you finally get yours (after about a hour or hour and a half wait), you hold it in your hand like a precious baby, and then to sink your teeth into it, savoring each wondrous bite after the other. "Yes," it is truly a religious experience, that is, if you are a great lover of this wonderful invention, created in Napoli, spread throughout the the Italian Peninsular and then across the Atlantic to America from Italian Immigrants where Gennaro Lombardi opened the First Pizzeria in America on Prince Street in New York City some 100 years ago or so.
Back to Di Farra and Pizzaiolo Extraordinaire, Mr. Dominic DeMarco. It is Dominic that makes Di Farra what it is, it certainly isn't the Pizzeria itself which is ultra plain and even appalling to some. Mr. DeMarco's pizzas are just about as close to absolute perfection in the Pizza Making World, a world in which New York City excels and has only one rival in Naples, Italy and the whole of Italy itself. Mr. De Marco has the magic touch, with perfect dough, the perfect balance of ingredients, tomato and other ingredient ratio to cheese, and this include Mr. Demarcos judicious use of Olive Oil which is right-on and a little magic touch that whoever complains about it, just does not know there Pizza and Italian Food on a whole. We Italians love our olive oil. And those who complain are unaware that it is a condiment that adds the final last touch to many dishes before they are eaten. Dominic knows this and should not be discourage against his generous use of it by those who do not understand the proper essence of the Italian Table. So please, keep your traps shut, if you don't like it don't eat it, this countries finest examples of the Pizza Art.
And on to the religious experience of Di Farra, Dom DeMarco and the mans artistry with Pizza. There is nothing quite like it in the entire Pizza World. There does not exist, to my knowledge any place in the world that has an elderly man making a hundred plus Pizzas a day in a place that has endless lines, day and night. Pizza that are so perfect, words can not describe People line up for greatness and artistry, and for a couple of slices of the most marvelous pizza this side of Naples, and to watch this passionate little old man work his heart out, not getting, not allowing anyone else to make a pie at his beloved Pizzeria. The man is elderly. He's worked his whole life. He makes such a magical thing that people line up each and every day to see him and eat one of his many masterpieces. With business like this, he could hire to other Pizzaiolos to help him, doubling or tripling his business and and financial intake. He could hire two guys and make pizza aloing with them, or sit back and get three guys to do it. At his age, he's entitled to. But know, Dom DeMarco loves what he does, he loves his Pizza, each and every one that passes that counter and into thousands of appreciative hands. The man feels that no one else can make a Pizza the way he does and wants to serve to his customers. No one else who has his skills, his passion and love for the Pizza, thus he does it all himself. And this my friends is the reason that going to Di Farra's to watch Dominic the maestro in action, all by himself while hundreds of people line up every day, waiting an hour and a half to two hours just to get a Pizza (not just any old Pizza mind you). "It's a Religious Experience." Truly! A show and there is nothing like it in the World, Dom DeMarco, a man and his Pizza, America's Best, and something to rival that other World Pizza Capital, Napoli.
   
by Daniel Bellino Zwicke

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