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Sunday, November 15, 2015
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Wednesday, November 11, 2015
Eat Like Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra & Ava Gardner .... "Mangia Bene"
Wanna Eat like the late great Frank Sinatra? Who wouldn't? Frank was Sicilian-American and ate Sicilian food, but even more so he loved classic Italian-American Neapolitan Cusisine, with dishes like Clams Posillipo, Spaghetti Marinara, Eggplant Parmigiano, and Veal Milanese were Frank's favvorite dishes, and his favorite restauarnt to eat these dishes at was the great Old-School Italian Red-Sauce Joint on West 56th Street in New York called Patsy's .. Yes it was Frank's favorite, and when in New York Frank also like to go to The 21 Club, PJ Clarke's, Gilly's, and Gino's on Lexington Avenue ...
Patsy's ... 56th Street
FRANK SINATRA'S Favorite Restaurant
One of FRANK'S Favorites
CLAMS POSILLPO
FRANK Loved VEAL MILANESE
Pounded Extra Thin
Two of Frank's Favorites
Together on One Plate
EGGPLANT PARMIGIANO & Spaghetti Marinara
GNOCCHI POMODORO
Charle's "Lucky" Lucciano
Was From Lercara Friddi Sicily
The Same Town as Sinatra's Father Anthony Martino
FRANK Pours DEAN
a Shot of JACK DANIELS
Another of FRANK'S Favorites !!!
Sammy Davis Jr. Looks On
Another of Frank's Favorites
PJ Clarke's .. 3rd Avenue .. NEW YORK, NY
Where Frank Downed Many a JACK DANIELS
FRANK Eating a Scrambled Egg & Bacon Sandwich
Yes Another Favorite
LEARN HOW TO MAKES SINATRA SAUCE
In Daniel Bellino's SUNDAY SAUCE
Recipe in SUNDAY SAUCE
When Italian-Americans Cook
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COOKING ITALIAN
GREATEST HITS COOKBOOK
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Friday, September 19, 2014
Learn How to Make a Gabagool
Gabagool !!!
Mob Guy # 1: “Hey Paulie, I got some Gabagool !!! Paulie : “Hey you STUPID JERK !”
Gabagool
This is part of a scene in Francis Ford Coppola’s famed Italian-American mob-movie The Godfather. The scene is during Connie Corleone’s Wedding to Carlo. Paulie and Mob Guy-1 are assigned by Sonny to be guarding the outside of the Corleone Compound from any unwanted intruders (FBI, rival gangs, anybody). Mob Guy # 1 got a couple of Gabagool Sandwiches from one of the cooks preparing the Wedding Banquet for Connie and Don Corleone’s guests at Connie’s Wedding. Paulie and Guy # 1 can’t eat with the guest, but they are hungry. “Hey they’re Italian-American!” And Gabagool will definitely fit the bill. Gabagool, aka Gabagul, or similar, is an Italian Salumi pork-product made from the neck-meat of a pig. There are several variations of the name, including; Capicola (most common), Ham Capicola, Coppa, Capocollo, and Capicollo. “Gabagool” is slang for Capicola? It is not “slang” but Neapolitan dialect that many Italian-Americans use for Capicola, including Tony Sopranos and those real-life guys who don Big Pinky Rings.

A Gabagool Sandwich
So you wanna make a Gabagool. The preferred sandwich is on Italian Bread or a hero-roll from a great Bread Baker like, Parisi Bakers in New York’s Little Italy. Then you gotta get the Gabagool! You get yourself top-quality Capicola from your favorite Pork Store, Satriale’s if you’re in North Jersey, at Di Palo’s in Little Italy, or Faicco’s if you’re downtown New York and Greenwich Village or at their Brooklyn outpost. You’re gonna want Provolone or Mozz, I prefer Provolone. Get some peppers, Hot Cherry Peppers like Tony, Paulie, and Silvio, or as others like myself, with Roast Sweet Peppers. That’s all you need. To make a Gabagool Sub, you need a good sub roll or crusty Italian-Bread, and Gabagool (Capicola) of course, thin sliced Provolone, and either, Genoa Salami, Mortadella, Prosciutto (Proshoot), or Sopressata if you like. Put the Gabagool, Provolone and any other if any Salumi product on the bottom half of your bread, top with shredded Iceberg Lettuce, add a slice of ripe Tomato, then thin sliced Red Onion, and sprinkle on Salt, Black Pepper, Oregano, Olive Oil, and Red Wine Vinegar and “you’re set!” Set if you don’t want it “Hot.” If you do? Then again, get yourself some Hot Italian Cherry Peppers and throw them. That’s a Gabagool Sub. If you want just a Gabagool and not a Sub, get a nice smaller roll, some roast red sweet peppers (or Hot), the Capicola, and sliced Provolone. Pile everything on between the bread, and Voila, you’ve got a Gabagool, just like Tony. Excerpted From SUNDAY SAUCE by Daniel Bellino Zwicke ... Available on AMAZON.com PS … For a great Gabagool Sandwich in New York, go to either Parisi’s Italian Deli in Little Italy, or Faicco’s Italian Specialties (Pork Store) on Bleecker Street in Greenwich Village, for the best Italian Sandwiches on God’s Good Earth! Mangia Bene, Mangia la Gabagool!

Parisi Deli Bakery"GET a GABAGOOL"

GET A GABAGOOL !!!

SUNDAY SAUCE