Author: Daniel Bellino

Hello All ! I'm Daniel Bellino "Z" Best Selling Italian Cookbook Author and Publisher of Positano The Amalfi Coast ... I have traveled the World extensively and have been going to: Napoli, Capri, Positano, and The Amalfi Coast of Italy Since 1985 ... I live and write in New York's Greenwich Village. I am the Best Selling author of such Books as : SUNDAY SAUCE , The RAGU BOLOGNESE COOKOOK, The FEAST of The 7 FISH, and the soon to be released POSITANO - Capri The Amalfi Coast , a book that tells stories of Napoli, Capri and Psoitano, and is part Cookbook of Regional Dishes of the area, as well as being a Guide Book of this region of Italy. I have been a Restaurant and Wine Professional for more than 30 Years, and I Created America's 1st Ever Venetian Wine Bar (Bacaro) in 1997, in Bar Cichetti, where I was the Head Chef / Wine Director and Managing Partner.
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My Venice – author Daniel Bellino Zwicke

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The DOGES PALACE / SAINT MARKS BASILICA

In WINTER

VENICE , ITALY



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SAINT MARKS BASILICA
 
PIAZZA SAN MARCO
 
VENICE
 
2003



Grand Canal
 
VENICE
 
1995
 
 
 
 
The DOGE’S PALACE
 
PIAZETTA at PIAZZA SAN MARCO
 
VENICE
 
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PEGGY GUGENHEIM MUSEUM
 
The GRAND CANAL
 
DELLA SAULTE
 
VENICE
 
Taken from a MOTOSCAFI
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CAFFE FLORIAN
 
PIAZZA SAN MARCO
 
VENICE
 
CAMPARI & OJ
 
FRANK MYSELF and COUSIN TONY
 
 
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Me and Cousin Joe
 
PROSECCO at a BACARO
 
VENICE

Author Daniel Bellino-Zwicke


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Harry’s Bar



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The WORLD’S COOLEST RESTAURANT


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ARIGO CIPRIANI

Son of GIUSEPPE

aka HARRY



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ERNEST HEMINGWAY at HARRY’S BAR
with Owner / Founder GIUSEPPE CIPRIANI

HARRY’S BAR was one of HEMINGWAY’S Favorites

“Me Too” !




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HARRY’S BAR

VENICE



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The BRIDGE of SIGHS
 
VENICE
 
 
 
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MANGIA ITALIANO

MEMORIES of VENICE & ITALIAN FOOD

Daniel Bellino Zwicke






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HOTEL FIRENZE

My FIRST VENETIAN HOTEL

June 1985


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My HOTEL ROOM

HOTEL FIRENZE

VENICE



VENICE HOTELS

And WORLDWIDE
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MAP of VENICE

HOTEL FIRENZE



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I got lost in VENICE at Night. It was my first night there and my first trip ever to Europe. I was a young man of 23 and relatively new in my travel experience, how to get around and what to do. Yes I got lost and the Magical Maze, The Labyrinth that is Venice, with its winding streets, many bridges and narrow alleyways.

I learned a very important travel lesson that night. One of the first things you should ever do as you are in a new city and check into your hotel. While you’re at the desk, make sure to take a couple Business Cards of the hotel. Put one in your wallet or purse immediately, and put another in one of your pockets. If you ever get lost, you can give it to a Taxi Driver (Not in Venice though) and tell him to go here.

Yes, I got lost in Venice. I didn’t feel it at the time, but it’s a quite Wonderful thing to do, getting Lost in Venice.




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Hotel Guerrato
 
VENICE
 
1995


VENICE HOTELS
 
 
 
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HOTEL GUERRATO
 
 
 
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The BREAKFAST ROOM
 
HOTEL GUERRATO
 
 
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My Room
 
Hotel Guerrato
 
VENICE


I found this wonderful little Hotel in 1995, on my special trip to Explore the BACARI (Venetian Wine Bars) of VENICE. I had read a tiny little article about them in the New York Times that peeked my interest and inspired me to open one in New York. I book a trip for 8 days in Venice to explore, feel, experience and find out everything I could about the Wine Bars of Venice (Bacari). And I did just that. With the knowledge of that trip and my many years experience in the restauranat business in New York, I made a business plan, found a partner to join me, and I created the First Ever Bacaro in The United States, called BAR CICHETTI in New York’s Greenwich Village.

 Basta !



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SAN GIACOMO

The OLDEST CHURCH in VENICE

Built 1071
 
At The RIALTO
 
If You stay at GUERRATO
 
This is just 200 Feet Away



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The RIALTO MARKET
Over 700 Years Old

If you stay at Albergo Guerrato, you are Literally Several Feet from The RIALTO
You walk out the Door of the hotel, make a right, walk 30 Feet and you are Inside The RIALTO MARKET. It doesn’t get much Better than that.



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FRUIT MERCHANT

The RIALTO MARKET

VENICE



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BAR CICHETTI

America’s FIRST Ever VENETIAN WINE BAR
aka BACRO

Created by Daniel Bellino-Zwicke
and Tom Taraci



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The FEAST of The 7 FISH

with VENETIAN SEAFOOD RECIPES
FISH MUSSELS CLAMS SHRIMP

 
 
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A Motoscafo Passes Through
 
PONTE ACCADAMIA
 
VENICE
 
 
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View from Accadamia Bridge
 
TURNER




 
TURNER


 

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HOTEL TIVOLI
 
DORSODORO
 
VENICE
 
1995

 
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The BREAKFAST ROOM
 
TIVOLI
 
VENICE
 
 
 
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My Room
 

The HOTEL TIVOLIVENICE

VENICE
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HOTEL IRIS
 
VENICE
 
Stayed Here in 1996
 
 
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View from My Room
 
 

HOTEL IRIS

VENICE




VENICE HOTELS 

AND WORLDWIDE
BOOKING.com 


 
 
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PALAZZO DARIO
 
 

VENICE




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Near HOTEL IRIS
 
 
DORSODORO
 
 
VENICE

VENICE HOTELS – CLICK HERE !!!



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SUNDAY SAUCE

When Italians Cook






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CAFFE FLORIAN



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GAIACOMO CASANOVA



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CASANOVA Seduces


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 Trattoria Poste Vecie

Since 1500

This restaurant was a Favorite of GIACOMO CASANOVA



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Where CASANOVA Often DINED

and SEDUCED


In the fish market area, in Campo delle Beccarie, there is instead Poste Vecie restaurant open since 1500, where Casanova used to hide away with friends and especially girl friends to enjoy luxurious banquets. The whole area of St. Mark’s Square and especially the old premises, starting from Caffè Florian, have been hunting grounds of the great seducer.

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DO MORI

The erotic tour of Venice cannot exclude the Rialto area and in particular the Sotoportego dei Do Mori where in the tavern of the same name Casanova liked giving the first appointment to his ladies. Who showed up strictly masked.

 

VENETIAN RECIPES

“GOING to POSITANO” ?

The AMALFI COAST ?


POSITANO The AMALFI COAST

TRAVEL GUIDE COOKBOOK

“VOTED BEST AMALFI COAST TRAVEL GUIDE”
AMAZON.com

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Antonio Vivaldi


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See a VIVALDI CONCERT at The PIETA

Where VIVALDI was The MAESTRO


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The PIETA

On The  RIVA DEGLI SCHIAVONA

VENICE , ITALY


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The RIVA DEGLI SCHIAVONI

by CANALETTO


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BACARI

The WINE BARS of VENICE



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VEDOVA

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INSIDE The BAR at VEDOVA

BACARO

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GONDOLA’S with Della SALUTE in Background

The MOLO

VENICE

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The RAGU BOLOGNESE COOKBOOK

SECRET RECIPE

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MeaVENICE

On The Grand Canal

VENICE , ITALY

Author Daniel Bellino Zwicke

1997



MeJOEvenicePROSECCO

Me & Cousin Joe

Prosseco in a Venetian Wine Bar

Venice, Italy 2003


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Me & Arturo

aka “IL LUPO”

IL LUPO The Famus Venetian Gondoliere

Arturo and I are Drinking some Local Italian Wine

At  Osteria Vivaldi

VENICE , ITALY

1995

I had read a little article in The New York Times about Venice, that mention the Bacari (Wine Bars) of Venice, and that’s all it took. Just a little mention (one Paragraph) of these particular type of wine bars of Venice sparked my interest, and I just had to go to Venice and find out as much as I could about them, for I instantly felt that I wanted to open one in New York (which I did).




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MANGIA ITALIANO

MEMORIES of ITALIAN FOOD

READ ABOUT BAR CICHETTI

VENETIAN WINE BARS

ITALIAN FOOD in VENICE ITALY

and NEW YORK

Books by  #DanielBellinoZwicke


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VENICE
 
ITALY
 
And Its WINE BARS
 
BACARI



ALL ‘ ARCO
 
One of VENICE’S BEST BACARO
 
CICHETTI


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BACARO ALL’ ARCO
 
VENICE
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CICHETTI
at ALL ARCO

VENEZIA
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of VENICE
 
 
Creator of AMERICA”S 1st Ever Venetian Wine Bar
 
BAR CICHETTI
 
BACARO
 
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BAR CICHETTI
 
Daniel Bellino Zwicke


BAR CICHETTI “America’s 1st Ever “BACARO”

VENETIAN WINE BAR Created by DANIEL BELLINO ZWICKE

And TOM TARACI
 
 
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CANTINE VINO SCHIAVI
 
One of VENICE’S Most POPULAR
 
 
BACARI
 
 
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Do MORI
 
 
VENICE
 
 
 
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DO MORI
 
One of Venice’s OLDEST
 
and MOST POPULAR BACARI

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But The Service is COLD and Un-Friendly
 
and The Owner is an SOB
 
 
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DEMI JOHNS
 
VINI
 

DO MORI


VENICE

 
 
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ALLA VEDOVA


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BACARO 
 
alla VEDOVA



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CICHETTI MISTI

VENENZIA



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Dining Room
 
alla VEDOVA
 
VENICE
 
 
 
 
 
VENICE
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al PONTE
 

BACARO


VENICE


 
 
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al PONTE
 
 
One of My FAVORITES


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CICHETTI
 
at DO MORI
 
 
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CICHETTI
 

VENICEITALY

 
 
 
 
 
 
MEMORIES of VENICE
 
 
and ITALIAN FOOD
 
CICHETTI
 
PASTA and ??
 
 
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DO SPADE
 
Along with Do MORI
 
One of VENICE’S Two MOST FAMOUS BACARI
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Do SPADE

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At The BAR


Do SPADE


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MISTI MARE

CICHETTI

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Due NEGRONI



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MENU




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POLPETTINI
 
DO SPADE
 
 
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BAR CICHETTI
 
GREENWICH VILLAGE
 
NEW YORK
 
Was AMERICA’S 1st EVER BACARO
 
 
aka
 
 
VENETIAN WINE BAR
 
 
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SUNDAY SAUCE
 
by Daniel Bellino Zwicke
 
Co-Creator of BAR CICHETTI

AMAZON.com

VENICE HOTELS
HOTELS WORLDWIDE
BOOKING.com




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OSTERIA ANTICO DOLO
 
Dal 1400

VENEZIA



 
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OSTERIA ANtICA DOLO
 
 
VENICE



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OSTERIA
 
DOLO



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LISTINO PREZZI
 
OSTERIA
ANTICA DOLO



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CICHETTI MISTI
 
 
ANTICA DOLO




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OSTERIA DOLO
 
 
 
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AL VOLTO 


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CALAMARI FRITTI
 
e VINI
 
 
DO MORI
 
VENEZIA

 
 
 
 
 
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La TAVOLA
 
 
ITALIAN-AMERICAN NEW YORKERS
 
 
ADVENTURES of THE TABLE


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POLPETTINE

A FAVORITE CICHETTI





 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Author Daniel Bellino Zwicke

 


DANIEL BELLINO ZWICKE

NEW YORK ITALIAN WRITER

CIPRIANI DOWNTOWN

NEW YORK NY


BOOKS by DANIEL
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SINATRA SAUCE

COOK LIKE FRANK

His FAVORITE ITALIAN RECIPES

by DANIEL BELLINO ZWICKE

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Daniel Bellino Zwicke

VERONA, ITALY
Author DANIEL BELLINO ZWICKE



Daniel Bellino Zwicke is a Bestselling Italian Cookbook author, living and writing in New York’s Greenwich Village. Daniel specialises in Italian Food, Wine, & Travel, and Italian and Italian-American Culture.

Daniel is one of America’s foremost authorities on Italian Wine. He created America’s 1st Ever Venetian Wine Bar (Bacaro) – Bar Cichetti in New York’s Greenwich Village, where he was The Executive Chef, Wine Director & Managing Partner.

Daniel’s Bestselling Books include : SUNDAY SAUCE, SEGRETO ITALIANO, The RAGU BOLOGNESE COOKBOOK, The FEAST of The 7 FISH “ITALIAN CHRISTMAS
MANGIA ITALIANO, and GOT ANY KAHLUA aka The BIG LEBOWSKI Cookbook.

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Delmonico’s New York Since 1837 – Oldest Restaurant in America – Steaks

 



“DELMONICO’S”
Artist HELLEN BRADSHAW

DELMONICO’S


“AMAERICA’S OLDEST RESTAURANT”

In 1837, at the beginning of New York City’s evolution as the financial center of the world, the genesis of what would become a world-renowned culinary institution, Delmonico’s Restaurant, was set. A small shop selling classically prepared pastries, fine coffee and chocolate, bonbons, wines and liquors as well as Havana cigars was operated by the Delmonico brothers. Its success led them to purchase a triangular plot of land at the intersection of Beaver, William, and South William Streets where, in 1837, they opened the first fine dining restaurant in the country.


Delmonico’s offered an unheard-of luxury – the availability of private dining rooms (located on the third floor) where discriminate entertaining was the order of the day. The basement held the restauranteur’s treasure, the largest private wine cellar in the city, holding an impressive 1,000 bottles of the world’s finest wines. It was during these early years that Chef Alessandro Fellippini began to develop the restaurant’s culinary identity with the house special, Delmonico Steak.

Today, we continue to serve a prime cut of beef, prepared to the original specifications. It truly is the only authentic Delmonico Steak served in the United States. In 1862, Charles Ranhofer was named Chef de Cuisine inventing many original dishes during his time at our stoves. He is most noted for his innovative creations, Eggs Benedict, Baked Alaska, Lobster Newburg and Chicken A la Keene. These dishes remain on Delmonico’s menu today.


With a mission to make Delmonico’s Wall Street’s premiere fine dining Restaurant, the 56 Beaver Street location has been renovated to assume the opulence of its early years. Our welcoming portico remains supported by the original Pompeian pillars, our private dining rooms welcome the discreet, the wine cellar is filled to the rafters, and the cuisine, is, as promised in 1837, the finest the city has to offer. 











SINATRA SAUCE 

COOK LIKE SINATRA

FRANK’S FAVORITE ITALIAN RECIPES


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The Worlds Best Sandwich

 

The WORLD’S BEST SANDWICH



WHO MAKES “The WORLD’S BEST SANDWICH” ???

That’s EASY !

ANDREA BODERI at CASEFICIO BODERI

ORTIGIA

SIRACUSA, SICILY



ITALY’S BEST SANDWICH


CASEFICIO BODERI

MARKET in ORTIGIA

SIRACUSA, SICILIA


ANDREA BODERI

ORTIGIA


“ITALY’S BEST SANDWICH” !!!

ANDREA BODERI

MASTER SANDWICH MAKER

CASIFICIO BODERI

ORTIGIA

SIRACUSA, SICILY






SICILIAN RECIPES

NONNA BELLINO’S COOKBOOK

RECIPES From MY SICILIAN NONNA
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The ISLAND of ORTIGIA

SIRACUSA


SIRACUSA and The WORLDS BEST SANDWICHES

The MARKET in ORTIGIA

SIRACUSA, SICILY



GOING to ITALY ?
HOTELS ITALY & WORLDWIDE

SICILY – EUROPE – ALL ITALY
BOOKING.com

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A Bit of Frank Sinatra – Dino Too

 


FRANK SINATRA

And “The RAT PACK”

DEAN MARTIN – SAMMY DAVIS Jr.


The RAT PACK

“FRANK SAMMY & DINO”


The RAT PACK

At The COPA ROOM

The SANDS HOTEL & CASINO

LAS VEGAS







SINATRA SAUCE

“COOK LIKE FRANK”

His FAVORITE ITALIAN RECIPES

STEAK & The EGG SANDWICH
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A LITTLE BIT of DINO

DINO’S LODGE

This is PRETTY AWESOME



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Rating New York s Best PIZZA – Pizzerias

 

Di FARA PIZZA

BROOKLYN, NEW YORK

“For Many, DiFARA Makes NY’s BEST PIZZA”


NEW YORK’S “BEST” PIZZA ????

“CUG” Picks DiFARA PIZZA as His WINNER !!!

He RATES DiFRA a 9.5

“We AGREE”


SOME of NEW YORK’S “BEST” PIZZA !!!

by  NICK DiGIOVANNI & “CUG”

SCAR’S, LOMBARDI’S, JOHN’S PIZZA

DiFARA PIZZA

PRINCE STREET PIZZA




NICK DiGIOVANN Makes JOHN’S his WINNER 

JOHN’S PIZZA

Nick Gives JOHN’S a 9.2


“I LOVE JOHN’S TOO” !!!

… Cookbook author DANIEL BELLINO “Z”. …



MAKE PIZZA at HOME !!!

POSITANO The AMALFI COAST

TRAVEL. GUIDE – COOKBOOK

With 100 GREAT REGIONAL RECIPES

NAPLES POSITANO The AMALFI COAST

EASY PIZZA DOUGH RECIPE

PASTA FISH ANTIPASTI & More
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Famous Sicilian Americans Italian

AL PACINO
 
 
 
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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
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JOLTIN JOE
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DiMaggio
 
Joe D
The Yankee Clipper
and The Greatest Italian-American
Baseball Player of All-Time
Joe DiMaggio
 
 

SICILIAN

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

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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



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FRANK SINATRA
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
“COOK LIKE SINATRA” !!!
 
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SINATRA SAUCE
COOK LIKE FRANK
His FAVORITE ITALIAN RECIPES
PASTA  MEATBALLS STEAKS
The EGG SANDWICH
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SYLVESTOR STALLONE
 
Born 1946, HELLS KITCHEN, NEW YORK
 
At a young age, the Stallone Family moved to Philadelphia
where Sylvester grew up and went to school.
MARTIN SCORSESE
FAMILY – From POLIZZI GENEROSA
 
SICILY
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RICHARD CASTELLANO  aka CLEMENZA
 
with AL PACINO in The GODFATHER
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Mario Puzo
 
The GODFATHER
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MARIO PUZO
 
The GODFATHER
 
FLIGHTS & HOTELS
 
WORLDWIDE
EXPEDIA.com
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CHAZZ PALMINTERI 
TONY DANZA
LOUIS PRIMA
STEFANI ANGELA GERMANOTTA
aka LADY GAGA
Author Daniel Bellino Z
FRANK VINCENT
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
 
RECIPES FROM MY SCILIAN NONNA

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FAVORITE SICILIAN-AMERICAN DISHES
 
 
 
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CAPONATA
 
Recipe in Grandma Bellino’s Cookbook
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SINATRA SAUCE

“COOK LIKE FRANK”

EAT LIKE FRANK

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“THIS WOULD BE IT” !!!
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“Generation after generation, Joy has been a warm, encouraging presence in American kitchens, teaching us to cook with grace and humor. This luminous new edition continues on that important tradition while seamlessly weaving in modern touches, making it all the more indispensable for generations to come.” —Samin Nosrat, author of Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat

“Cooking shouldn’t just be about making a delicious dish—owning the process and enjoying the experience ought to be just as important as the meal itself. The new Joy of Cooking is a reminder that nothing can compare to gathering around the table for a home cooked meal with the people who matter most.” —Joanna Gaines, author of Magnolia Table

In the nearly ninety years since Irma S. Rombauer self-published the first three thousand copies of Joy of Cooking in 1931, it has become the kitchen bible, with more than 20 million copies in print. This new edition of Joy has been thoroughly revised and expanded by Irma’s great-grandson John Becker and his wife, Megan Scott.


This new edition of Joy is the perfect combination of classic recipes, new dishes, and indispensable reference information for today’s home cooks. Whether it is the only cookbook on your shelf or one of many, Joy is and has been the essential and trusted guide for home cooks for almost a century. This new edition continues that legacy.



 

# 3  BEST ITALIAN COOKBOOK

 
SUNDAY SAUCE
 
When Italian-Americans Cook
 
 
SUNDAY SAUCE
 
by Daniel Bellino Zwicke
 
Bestselling Italian Cookbooks
 
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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, 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 With SAUSAGE MEATBALLS BRACIOLE PASTA..Editorial Reviews : Great Recipes & Stories of Italian-America …. I didn’t know what to expect before I loaded this on to my Kindle and started reading. The premise of the novel is a set of Italian recipes with each one accompanied by a story. This is the first of its kind that I’ve ever read or even heard of, so I thought I’d give it a chance and wasn’t disappointed after finishing it a few days ago.Daniel does a great job of creating the recipes and making sure that each one feels authentic and taste wonderful. All of the stories with each recipe is also well done and does a great job of connecting the food to the story. It’s hard to figure out which one is more enjoyable. The story side or the recipe side of this novel, but I had to chose it would be the recipe side of the novel as the recipes are truly great and highlight Italian cuisine.If you’re looking for a great cook book to give you some great Italian dishes to try out all courses, with a few stories to read while your food is cooking, then this is definitely the book you’ve been looking for. As it does a splendid job of creating wonderful, quality meals..Buy This One … This is The Best Italian Cookbook Ever !Authentic Italian Cooking … Many of the recipes are very close to those, my grandmother,who was from Sicily, made. These recipes are very good. My only critique is that the book could be edited better, but the recipes are very good. Buy the book if you want authentic Italian recipes. 
 
From the Author :  I’d like to thank everyone who has obtained anyone of my books and for your many kind words about some of the joys the recipes and stories within have pleased you. It’s truly an honor for me for each and every book that anyone obtains of mine and I thank each and everyone of you. 
 
 
SUNDAY SAUCE was # 1 BEST SELLER of ITALIAN COOKBOOKS on AMAZON KINDLE longer than any other cookbook.
 
 
 
 
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# 3  BEST MEXICAN COOKBOOK
PATI’S MEXICAN TABLE
by Pati Jinich
PATI’S MEXICAN TABLE
 
The host of a highly popular PBS series, Pati’s Mexican Table, and a self-described “overloaded soccer mom with three kids and a powerful blender,” Pati Jinich has a mission. She’s out to prove that Mexican home cooking is quicker and far easier than most Americans think.

Her dishes are not blanketed with cheese, or heavy and fried, or based on complex sauces. Nor are they necessarily highly spicy. Surprising in their simplicity and freshness, they incorporate produce and grains. Most important, they fit perfectly into an everyday family cooking schedule and use just a handful of ingredients, most of which are already in your pantry. Many are homey specialties that Pati learned from her mother and grandmother, some are creative spins on classics, while others are not well known outside of Mexico.

Dishes like Chicken à la Trash (it’s delicious!), a one-pot meal that Pati gleaned from a Mexican restaurant cook; Mexican Meatballs with Mint and Chipotle; Sweet and Salty Salmon; and Mexican-Style Pasta can revitalize your daily repertoire. You’ll find plenty of vegetarian fare, from Classic Avocado Soup, to Divorced Eggs (with red and green salsa), to Oaxaca-Style Mushroom and Cheese Quesadillas.
 
 
 
AVAILABLE on Amazon.com
 
 
 
# 4  BEST FRENCH COOKBOOK
 
 
The BEST FRENCH COOKBOOK
MASTERING The ART of FRENCH COOKING
by Julia Child
50th ANNIVERSARY EDITION
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This is the classic cookbook, in its entirety—all 524 recipes.
 
“Anyone can cook in the French manner anywhere,” wrote Mesdames Beck, Bertholle, and Child, “with the right instruction.” And here is the book that, for more than forty years, has been teaching Americans how.
 
Mastering the Art of French Cooking is for both seasoned cooks and beginners who love good food and long to reproduce at home the savory delights of the classic cuisine, from the historic Gallic masterpieces to the seemingly artless perfection of a dish of spring-green peas. This beautiful book, with more than 100 instructive illustrations, is revolutionary in its approach because:
 
• it leads the cook infallibly from the buying and handling of raw ingredients, through each essential step of a recipe, to the final creation of a delicate confection;
• it breaks down the classic cuisine into a logical sequence of themes and variations rather than presenting an endless and diffuse catalogue of recipes; the focus is on key recipes that form the backbone of French cookery and lend themselves to an infinite number of elaborations—bound to increase anyone’s culinary repertoire;
• it adapts classical techniques, wherever possible, to modern American conveniences;
• it shows Americans how to buy products, from any supermarket in the United States, that reproduce the exact taste and texture of the French ingredients, for example, equivalent meat cuts, the right beans for a cassoulet, or the appropriate fish and seafood for a bouillabaisse;
• it offers suggestions for just the right accompaniment to each dish, including proper wines.
 
Since there has never been a book as instructive and as workable as Mastering the Art of French Cooking, the techniques learned here can be applied to recipes in all other French cookbooks, making them infinitely more usable. In compiling the secrets of famous cordons bleus, the authors have produced a magnificent volume that is sure to find the place of honor in every kitchen in America. 
 
Bon Appétit!
 
 
 
 
 
# 5  BEST RECIPES For COVID COOKING
 
 
The BADASS COOKBOOK
 
 
AMERICA’S FAVORITE DISHES
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AMERICA’S FAVORITE FOODS
And SECRET RECIPES
 
So you want to cook like a Badass? Well not really a Badass, it’s the recipes that are Badass. And in this case Badass is good, awesomely good. As Good as it gets. We’ve compiled all of America’s Favorite Foods and Best Dishes, with things like; Badass BBQ Sauce & Ribs, The Best Potato Salad Ever, You’ll Learn How to Cook The Perfect Steak, make Breakfast, Badass Fried Chicken and Much More. The Badass Cookbook is one of the greatest collections of Awesomely Badass Tasty as Can be Recipes ever assembled. The Thug Kitchen Cookbook ain’t got nothing on us. Dam they’re vegetarian? Which is fine, but if you really want to Cook Badass Food, that can Kick Any Thug Ass anywhere, then you’re gonna want to get your self a copy of The Badass Cookbook. It’s badder than Bad (which is Good) and the recipes within will Kick Thug Ass any day of the week. The Recipes are Badass Awesome, so you don’t have to be a Badass to Cook them, the recipes already are Badass as Badass can be. Some of the recipes you’ll find inside the Badass Cookbook are; The World’s Best Potato Salad, KFC Knock-Off Secret Fried Chicken Recipe, New England Clam Bake, Cowboy Chili, The Bomber, The Badass Lobster Roll, Old Fashion Chicken Soup, Badass Porchetta, The Perfect Burger, Burritos, Tacos,Classic Beef Stew, How to Make a McRib, Badass Goulash, How to Cook The Perfect Steak, and much more … It’s all in there and it’s Awesome as Awesome can be, It’s The Badass Cookbook and everyone has one …
 
 
 
Available on Amazon.com
 
 
 
 
# 6  HOW to COOK EVERYTHING
 
 

 
 
 
 

 

HOW to COOK EVERYTHING
 
 
 
The ultimate kitchen companion, completely updated and better than ever, now for the first time featuring color photos

 

For twenty years, Mark Bittman’s How to Cook Everything has been the definitive guide to simple home cooking. This new edition has been completely revised for today’s cooks while retaining Bittman’s trademark minimalist style—easy-to-follow recipes and variations, and tons of ideas and inspiration.
 
Inside, you’ll find hundreds of brand-new features, recipes, and variations, like Slow-Simmered Beef Chili, My New Favorite Fried Chicken, and Eggs Poached in Tomato Sauce; plus old favorites from the previous editions, in many cases re-imagined with new methods or flavors. Recipes and features are designed to give you unparalleled freedom and flexibility: for example, infinitely variable basic techniques (Grilling Vegetables, Roasting Seafood); innovative uses for homemade condiments; easy-to-make one-pot pastas; and visual guides to improvising soups, stir-fries, and more. Bittman has also updated all the information on ingredients, including whole grains and produce, alternative baking staples, and sustainable seafood. And, new for this edition, recipes are showcased throughout with color photos.
 
 
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# 7 BEST ALL AROUND COOKING
 
 
 
AMERICA’S TEST KITCHEN COOKBOOK
 
20th ANNIVERSAY EDITION
 
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# 8 BEST COMFORT FOOD COOKBOOK

MODERN COMFORT FOOD
 
by Ina Garten
On Amazon.com
 
# 9 BEST DESSERTS COOKBOOK


MARTHA STEWART ‘S 

BAKING HANDBOOK
 
Available on Amazon.com
 
This essential addition to every cook’s library is rich with tips, techniques, and the mouthwatering and stunning recipes for which Martha Stewart is so well known. Covering a delectable array of topics from simple to sophisticated, including biscuits, muffins, scones, cookies, layer cakes, specialty cakes, sweet and savory pies and tarts, and pastries and breads, she provides a dazzlingly delicious yet crystal-clear, vividly illustrated repertoire of recipes. There are cakes that are elegant enough for formal occasions, such as showers, weddings, and dinner parties, and basic favorites meant to be enjoyed every day and then passed down through the generations. Every chapter includes indispensable visual equipment glossaries and features vital make-ahead information and storage techniques. Organized for maximum clarity and practicality, the handbook also offers step-by-step how-to photographs that demystify even the most complex and nuanced techniques. These culinary building blocks will turn good bakers into great bakers, and make great bakers even better.
 
Filled with time-honored classics, such as Marble Cake with White-Chocolate Glaze, Apple Pie, Challah, Baba au Rhum, and Croissants, as well as lots of new surprises, Martha Stewart’s Baking Handbook will be reached for again and again, no matter the season or occasion.



# 10 BEST HUMOROUS COOKBOOK
 
GOT ANY KAHLUA ?
 
aka The BIG LEBOWSKI COOKBOOK



GOT ANY KAHLUA ?
 
The BIG LEBOWSKI COOKBOOK
 
The COLLECTED RECIPES of The DUDE
 
Available on Amazon.com
 
“ABIDE in IT” !!!




The BEST TRAVEL COOKBOOK of 2020

POSITANO The AMALFI COAST COOKBOOK & TRAVEL

 
POSITANO
 
The AMALFI COAST COOKBOOK
 
TRAVEL GUIDE
 
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The McRib is Back !!!

“YOU GOTTA LOVE It” !!!!

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“The NcRIB is BACK”
 
 
 
Yes, you heard it here 1st !!! “The McRib is back, so reports Bestselling Cookbook author Daniel Bellino Zwicke, a Lover of not just Pasta, Burgers, Tacos and Steaks, but this bestselling cookbook author absolutely adores The McRib. He Loves it !!!!
 
Daniel says his “Love Affair” with The McRib goes back to 1989, and the 1st time he bit into one of these elusive tasty treats, “The McRib” .. He was instantly smitten, and bummed out a couple moths later when McDonalds, cruel people that they are, took it away. Yes they took it away. Off the menu at each and everyone of its thousands of McDonalds restaurants all over America and around the Globe. “Oh cruel people you are.” Daniel says. “Why? Why such cruelness to take away my beloved McRib, a sandwich I love just about as much as any.
 
“It’s so tasty. You get us Hooked and then you take it away. Such cruelness,” Daniel cries. Why Oh Why do Such a Thing” ? “You take it away. All I can do is cry, and dream of the day you’ll return once again. Even if just a month or two. I’ll take it.It’s better than nothing at all.
 
Maybe McDonalds is doing people a favour. If it was available all the time, it wouldn’t be so special. People might be a little tired of it, and it would lose its allure and mystique. Yes, I think that is certain. It’s a game now I guess. McDonalds likes playing this game.
 
 
 

The countdown is on for McRib fans.

The The McRib Sandwich is coming back to McDonald’s nationwide for a limited time next month.

“It’s back,” says cookbook author Daniel Bellino Zwicke, a Lover of “The McRib” since 1989, when he had his first McRib Sandwich at the McDonalds on West 57th Street in New York City. Daniel says, that at the time he was The Chef at Corrado Restaurant on 6th Avenue nearby to that McDonalds. Corrado’s was a high-end Italian Restaurant, and though Daniel could eat all kinds of Italian Goodies, like his famed Bolognese Sauce, working doubles some days, he needed to get away from the restaurant for a half hour or so, in order to break up the day. And so he’d bop over to McDonalds and get himself a McRib.

 
 
 
 
WHAT is a McRIB
 
The McRib is a Barbecue-Flavored Pork Sandwich that’s periodically sold at McDonald’s. It’s become a cult favorite due to its limited-time appearances and the element of surprise that comes with not knowing when it will return.

Made from pork, water, salt, dextrose and — have your taste buds identified this ingredient? — rosemary extract, the McRib is a pork patty, shaped to resemble a “Rack of Ribs.”  It’s served on a bun with Barbecue Sauce, Pickles and Onions.

The sandwich first became available nationwide in 1982 after it made its debut in Kansas City, Kansas in 1981. Credited with its invention: McDonald’s executive chef Rene Arend, who also created Chicken McNuggets in 1979, thanks to developments in restructured meat for the military made by University of Nebraska professor Roger Mandigo.

 

 

 

McRIB TIMELINE :

 

1981 –  The McRib was 1st Introduced in Test Markets.

1985 –  The McRib was discontinued after poor sales.

1989 –  The McRib was introduced and remained on menus until 20025.

2007 –  The McRib sold $30 Million

2020 –   The McRib returned after 8 years

2022 –   The McRib was brought back for a FAREWLL TOUR. “Yeah ! Right?”

2023 –   The McRib returned to selected McDonalds locations around America

2024 –    “The McRib is Back” !!! So reported cookbook author Daniel B. Zwicke

                   on Monday, November 25, 2024

 

 

“MAKE YOUR OWN McRIB” !!!

 

 
 
HOMEMADE McRIB
 
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“MAKE IT” !!!
 
 
 
 
 
 
McRIB RECIPE
 
BURGERS TACOS BURRITOS
 
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And SECRET RECIPES
 
LIKE The McRIB
 
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COLBERT LOVES The McRIB !!!
 
 
 
Stene Colbert Loves The McRib
 
And He LETS PEOPLE KNOW
 
 
 
Last night on a segment of Thought for Food, comedian Stephen Colbert weighed in on the supposed photo of a frozen McDonald’s McRib sandwich that went viral last month. Colbert has expressed his enthusiasm for the McRib before, and Colbert continues to stand by the faux-scarce novelty sandwich saying, “There’s nothing wrong with the McRib, just because it appears to made out of sickly E.T.” Colbert goes on to explain that eating a McRib — the “great American mystery” — even counts as exercising since it happens to share an ingredient with yoga mats (azodicarbonamide) before coming to the conclusion that ultimately he is a “firm believer that the best food raises more questions than it answers.” In the video below, Colbert also addresses the FDA “foodstapo’s” plan to get rid of a pillar of America’s “Judeo-Crisco” values, trans fats. 
 
 
 
 
“THEY’RE SELLING McRIB SAUCE”
“THAT’S RIGHT” !!!
McDONALDS is SELLIN McRIB SAUCE !!!
Just $19.99
“McRIB is da BOMB” !!!
The FUNNIEST McRIB Video Ever !!!
“It’s da BOMB” !!!!