Sinatra N Sunday Sauce

 

SINATRA & SUNDAY SAUCE ?  Yes, they go together, Francis Albert Sinatra

& Sunday Sauce  ….

 

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Get a copy of Daniel Bellino Z ‘s  SUNDAY SAUCE, pull out your favorite Sinata songs, cook up a batch of Sunday Sauce (Gravy) following the great recipe in Mr. Bellino’s book, put on the records, invite some friends, and have the greatest time imagineable  … eating some Pasta, the SUNDAY SAUCE, sip some Chianti, chat with your friends and listen to the sounds of Sinatra … “What could be better?” Not much I tell you.

 

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FRANK at the table with friends and family …

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Frank Sinatra

SONGS For SWINGING LOVERS

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Sunday Suace and Other Reicpes Inside

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A platter of SUNDAY SAUCE

aka GRAVY

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FRANK SINATRA

STRANGERS in The NIGHT

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Italian Bakeries New York

Cannolis
 

ITALIAN NEW YORK BAKERIES Past & Present

ITALIAN BREAD & PASTRIES

Cappuccino Espresso Cookies Cakes & More

“Mangia Bene” !!!

VESUVIO

VESUVIO BREAD BAKERS

PRINCE STREET … Soho / GREENWICH VILLAGE New York

Note: Vesuvio’s Bakery has closed, however the Beautiful Piece of Italian New York History remains in its Landmark Status Storefront ..

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Rocco’s Pastry Shop, Bleecker Street

GRENWICH VILLAGE

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Cannolo

 

 

Venerio

 

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PARISI BAKERS

PARISI BAKERY, Little Italy, New York

Bread Bakers 

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Ferrara

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COURT STREET PASTRY SHOP

Carroll gardesn Brooklyn

“THAT’S ITALIAN”  !!!!!

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MONTELEONE’S BAKERY & CAFE

Brooklyn  … NEW YORK

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CAPUTO BAKERS CARROL GARDENS, BROOKLYN

Caputos Bake Shop, Carrol Gardens, BROOKLYN

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Sunday Sauce Italian Gravy

SUNDAY SAUCE ITALIAN MEAT GRAVY

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Sunday Sauce aka Gravy, the Supreme dish of The ITALIAN-AMERICAN TABLE  .. Sunday Gravy, GRAVY, SUNDAY SAUCE, “LEARN HOW to MAKE SUNDAY SAUCE” …………………… SUNDAY SAUCE GRAVY alla CLEMENZA “GODFATHER STYLE” SPAGHETTI MEATBALLS BRACIOLE …. SUASAGE & PEPPERS,  MEATBALL PARM SANDWICH  .. GRANDMA’S SECRET SAUCE …

Ravello Minori Amalfi Coast

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VIEW From VILLA CIBRONE

 

 

View at VILLA CIBRONE  Ravello, Italy

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View of MINORI From VILLA MARIA AGROTURISMO

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Timballo of Zucchini Flowers .. Villa Maria, Minori

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Lemon Grove, VILLA MARIA, Minori

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Cooking Italian

GREAT HITS COOKBOOK

That’s POSITANO on The Cover

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My Breakfast at  Villa Maria

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My Lunch at Villa Maria …  Pacceri al Vongole

With Vincenzo’s Homemade WINE

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Salumeria .. Minori, Italy

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Spaghetti Vongole at Da Marino, Napoli ITALY

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SORRENTO

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Fiat 500   …. Sorrento ITALY

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VILLA CIBRONE  … Ravello ITALY

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SUNDAY SAUCE

SUNDAY SAUCE by Daniel Bellino Zwicke

 

 

 

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Sinatra Scrambled Eggs

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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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Spaghetti Meatballs is Really Italian

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SPAGHETTI & MEATBALLS
 
“It’s Really Italian” !!!

For years now, many so called food Experts who thought they knew more than they actuall did wrote disdainfully of the famed Italian dish Spaghetti & Meatballs, saying “it was not authentic Italian food.” Well, “oh Contraire.” Guess what? Spaghetti & Meatballs is Italian. Or should I say Pasta & Metaballs. Yes, pasta with meatballs is a dish eaten quite often in southern Italy and the regions of Puglia, Sicily, and Abruuzo, a native dish is Pasta, (usually short Maccheroni) dressed with Meatballs as a special treat .. The names pf these dishes are called Pasta Seduta, meaning Seated Pasta and Maccaroni Azzese .. Yes Pasta w/ Meatballs, “It’s really Italian.”   I myself have written about this in my book SUNDAY SAUCE -When Italian-Americans Cook, where I stated at the time that I had hear of certain areas serving Meatballs along with their pasta. And even before I heard this I surmised that out of so many millions of poor Italians over the years it was most certain that in poor familys not wanting to wash more than 1 dish per person eating that momma would not serve pasta and meatballs in seperate courses but together on one plate of Pasta & Meatballs (Spagetti Meatballs). And so as stated before Pasta with Meatballs is an authentic dish served all over Southern Italy, it’s reall Italian Food and has names for it, again Pasta Seduta and Maccheroni Azzese .. So there, “In your face Food Snobs,” snubbing our beloved Spaghetti & Meatballs, no it’s not just Italian-American, which is not a bad thing, it’s really Real italian and the mystery and controversy is now setted, it’s Spaghetti & Meatballs, millions love it, and billions of plates have been served over the years. Why? People love it, as simple as that ..

 

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LASAGNA CARNEVALE alla NPOLETANA Has Little Meatballs Inside
 
Mangia Bene !!!
 
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SUNDAY SAUCE
 
When Italian-Americans Cook
 
 
 
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The RAGU BOLOGNESE COOKBOOK
by Danny Bolognese
 
 
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Sophia !!!
Sophia Loren
“JUST BECAUSE” !!!
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SUNDAY SAUCE

 

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Excerpted from SUNDAY SAUCE – When Italian-American Cook 

Of all the fine traditions of the Italian-American enclave in the United State, the Sunday afternoon ritual  of making  and eating a Sunday  Sauce, a.k.a. “Gravy” is Italian-America’s most Time-Honored of all. Mamma, Grandma (Nonna) will make her celebrated “Sunday Sauce” and all is glorious. Sunday Sauce? What is it? Well, first off, Sunday Sauce, or as some call it, Gravy or simply “Sauce,” is without question thee number-1 undisputed “Supreme Dish” of our great Italian-American Cuisine and the Italian-American enclave as a whole, “It doesn’t get any better than a Sunday Sauce.” Ok, now, to be more specific for those who may not know about Sunday Sauce, there are a number of variations on the theme. Most Sunday Sauces are made with Italian Sausages, Braciole, and Meatballs. Some people make their versions with; Beef or Pork Neck, while others make their Gravy (Sunday Sauce) with just Sausage and Meatballs, like Pete Clemenza, or the most popular version of; Sausages, Meatballs, and Braciole.  Some may throw some Chicken Thighs or a Veal Shank into this mix. Sunday Sauces can be made with any combination of these aforementioned meats. The meats are slowly simmered for several hours in a “Sauce” made with tomatoes, minced onions, and garlic. I generally like to make my Sunday Sauce Gravy with  Sausages, Meatballs, and Pork Ribs. Other times I’ll make it with Sausage, Meatballs, and Braciole.  An old tradition in some families is that mother or Grandma would start the Sauce early on a Sunday morning, get all the ingredients in the pot and start the Gravy simmering away for a couple hours on top of the stove, then put it in the oven for a couple hours while everyone goes to Church. When you get back home, the Sauce would be ready, “ready to be devoured that is!”

   Our family would usually start our Sunday meal with the most traditional Italian-American-Antipasto of roast  peppers,  Salami, Olives, Celery, and  Provolone.  After that, it’s on to the Main Event of Maccheroni and Sunday Sauce, a dish which is something so Blissfully and Pleasurably Sublime, that it is almost “Sinful.” Yes it is.

   When a meal centered around a Sunday Sauce is announced, one can have visions of Blissful Ecstasy at thoughts of eating Pasta laden with Italian Sausages, Savory Meatballs, Beef Braciola, and succulent Pork Ribs. All this has been slowly simmered to culinary perfection. Yes just the thoughts can enrapture one into a delightful frenzy of the “Most Blissful Feelings” of smelling, seeing, and consuming all the ingredients, the Sausages, Meatballs and Gravy. Yes a Sunday Sauce can and does have such effects on one’s mind, body,  and soul. And, I do not want to sound prejudice, but this is pure fact, it is the Male of the Italian-American species who Love The Sunday Sauce in all its form, far more than the female sex.  True! Meatballs too! And Italian-American men and boys Love and hold oh-so-dear, their Meatballs, Sunday Sauce, Sausage & Peppers,  and Meatball Parm Sandwiches.

Daniel Bellino-Zwicke    

 

New Cover For Sunday Sauce

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SUNDAY SAUCE
New Cover For Kindle
New Paperback Cover Available Shortly
Amazon Kindle
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SUNDAY SAUCE – WHEN ITALIAN-AMERICANS COOK

CLEMENZA (Richard Castellano) TEACHES MICHAEL (AL PACINO) How to Make SUNDAY SAUCE alla CLEMENZA

CLEMENZA (Richard Castellano) TEACHES MICHAEL (AL PACINO) How to Make SUNDAY SAUCE alla CLEMENZA “MOB WAR STYLE”
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“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, Moma 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 of SUNDAY SAUCE “when Italian-Americans Eat”

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