Wednesday, January 23, 2013

SO YOU WANT To LEARN HOW To MAKE SUNDAY SAUCE

SO YOU WANT To MAKE SUNDAY SAUCE ???






Well a Great New Book on Just That Hit the Market today. SUNDAY SAUCE "SAUSAGE MEATBALLS & PASTA FAZOOL"  was Released on Amzaon KINDLE today and is Available for KINDLE iPhone iPad and all Androdi Devices and for the rest of October is Available at the SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY Price of Jusr $2.99 ... This Book is Awesome, and is sure to Please its ITALIAN-AMERICAN Following of Author DANIEL ZWICKE as well as anyone Interested in the Great Subject of Italian-America and ITALIAN FOOD .. And is there possibly anyone out there who isn't? A few i guess but not many.
SUNDAY SAUCE "Sausage Meatballs & Fazool" is Filled with wonderful Stories and recipes of "SUNDAY SAUCE" MEATBALLS "ITALIAN GRAVY" Sausage & Peppers "MEATBALL PARM SANDWICHES" PASTA FAZOOL and more .. All the most important Italian-American Favorites are in Sunday Sauce and its sure to Please. Looks Like SUNDAY SAUCE - Sausage Meatballs & Fazool is going to prove to be the "Hot Food Read of Autumn 2012 ... We at NyFoodie agree! 


Anthony Ragusa









"La TAVOLA" and SUNDAY SAUCE "SAUSAGE MEATBALLS & FAZOOL"
Two Great Books On Sunday Sauce and The Italian-American Experience

NEW YORK THE WORLD CAPITAL of STEAK HOUSES ! Steaks Too !




New York is a Steak Kingdom. One of the greatest places on Earth and a World Capital of  Steaks. Some would say Argentina. Yes Argentina is a land of Steaks, and the Argentinians eat more steak then any other peoples on earth. However when it comes to Steak Houses and Steaks and the experience of going to a great Steak House and having Great Steak Houses, there is no place on Gods good Earth that comes near New York "The Steak House Capital of The World" with the # 1 most Famous Cherished Steak House in all the World "Peter Luger's" in Brooklyn, New York ... Luger's is legendary and in terms of Steak House's "God Like," no other can touch it. New York has other great and famous Steak Houses such as; Smith & Wollensky, Frankie & Johnnies, The Old Homestead, Keens, and others including the famed Sparks where Mafia Boss Paul Castellano was gunned-down "Whacked" in on e of the most famous "Mob Hits" of all-time.
    Yes, New York is the World Capital of Steak Houses, as it is a World Capital and Thee American Capital of Pizza, World Capital of Jewish Delis, Pastrami and Corned Beef, a Burger Capital and in competition with Paris for the # 1 Dining Restaurant Capital of The World. A Lot of Capitals ! And that's just food, not to mention, Capital of The Publishing World, Finance, Art, Music, Theater, Fashion, writing and what-not.
   Back to the Steak Capital. Do you know where the Newport and Porterhouse Steak was invented? Yes, New York of course. The Newport Steak, a great steak that's relatively unknown even in its native Greenwich Village where it was created by Italian immagrant butcher Jack Ubaldi at his little Butcher Shop in the heavily Italian populated neighborhood back in the 1940. The Newport Steak is quite wonderful, a tasty little steak cut from the Tri-Tip Bottom Sirloin. If you've never had one, do yourself a favor and run over to the Village a snag a Newport or two from the famed famed butcher shop still open, where the Newport was created, Florence Prime Meat Market in Greenwich Village. Pino's Prime Meats, a 100 plus Year Old Italian Butcher Shop on Sullivan Street cuts a mean Newport as well.
    Well, now on to the Porterhouse King of Steaks. Back in the early days of our lustrous city, in the 1700 and 1800 there were places (Inns / Restaurants) called Porterhouses where weary travelers; sailors or whom ever would go to and rest, eat, have a ale or two or what-not. Porterhouses were usually located at Stagecoach stops, Railroad Stations, and sailing ports. They got their name Porterhouse in that they served Porter Ale, along with certain eats such as soup, stew, steaks, and various other foods.
  The invention, creation of the Porterhouse Steak? It was at a Morrison's Porterhouse on Pearl Street in lower Manhattan in or around 1814 .. A sailor who was quite hungry walked into Morrison's Porterhouse on Pearl Street and ordered a steak. Not too many minutes Martin Morrison had served up the last steak he had on hand. None left he told the hungry sailor. The sailor was not having it. He was dam hungry and said he must have a piece of Beef, and only Beef would do. Morrsion had a large Roast Cooking up in his kitchen that was a long way off from being done. Martin Morrsison had an idea. An idea that would satisfy and make the hungry sailor quite happy. He was gonna get the steak, piece of beef he said he just had to have. Not only would the sailor get his steak, but now, here we have this very day, Martin Morrison being written and talked about and acknowledged as the man who created the famed Porterhouse Steak. A bit of Culinary Fame, but no compensation for creating such a glorious thing. Well Morrsion never knew, and hopefully he was a happy man. Anyway, what did Morrsion do you say? That large Roast Beef he had that was far from being finished, well Morrsion cut a piece off the end. That piece included a piece of sirloin and a piece of the filet of the beef with a bone in-between the two cuts of meat, a 
T-Bone. Morrison cut this piece off the big roast, cooked it up and served it to the Hungry Sailor. The sailor devoured that Steak (The First Ever Porterhouse Steak), of course with a stein of Porter Ale to wash everything down. The Sailor was satisfied. Very much so, and ordered up another, and told Morrsion, "For now on, I'd like my Steak always served this way," exactly  the same cut and everything. And so it was. Morrsion had hios butcher cut him steaks this way, what we now now as a Porterhouse Steak, created in Lowere Manhattan, New York, NY, World Capital of Steaks and Steak Houses, "There is No Disputing This," New York and Steaks, they go together.





Article:  Daniel Bellino-Zwicke















THE PERFECT NEWPORT STEAK
As Cooked by Author Daniel Bellino-Zwicke  "La Tavola"
Newport Steak Cut by Pino's Prime Meats, Sullivan Street, NY NY






Tuesday, January 22, 2013

New York Cafes & Their Pleasures




New York and Greenwich Village
Most Storied Cafe,  Caffe Reggio


New York city, one might say is the new Paris. Well in terms of writers artist and other creative types. New York for a number of years has been the World Center of Art, Music, and Writing, the three main, most influential, and popular of all the arts, these are the big three. New York is also the center and World Capitals of Television, News, and publishing which includes most major magazines and book publishing houses. Along with being the leader in these fields, New York is a leader in Movie Production and the movie industry, with only Hollywood ahead of it. Yes New York City is without question the Center and World Capital of The Arts. Hey I almost forgot Fashion, New York is one of the tops, and in some peoples eyes it is tops in fashion, even beating out Paris and Italy. Well maybe, it's a personal choice. Some pick New York, and if not the capital, without question New York is among the Capitals of Fashion, plural, which includes; Paris, Milan, London, and yes New York. So yes, New York is by far, without question The World Capital of the arts. Hey lets not forget about Food. Many consider New York the food capital of the World, and it is in the running with Paris. So, anyway, artists, whether they are; painters, writers, musicians, whatever, need place to meet, fuel up, gather, and work. Many go to cafes, especially writers who can spend hours every day, working, plying their trade, their Art, alla Hemingway, Fitzgerald and others. Cafes for years have fueled and fed writers and other artists. Writers can writer for hours, artist can sketch, musicians and all artists gather together, talk, discuss, throw around ideas, and what-not. Regular folks go there to. To cafes. Actually, writers, painters and musicians may be the most colorful and interesting of the cafe going lot, regular folk make up the bulk of customers and my be interesting themselves. Lovers, professors, office workers, all sorts may go and indulge in the pleasures of the Cafe. Yes, the pleasures of cafes; sit, relax, sip an Espresso, Cappuccino, glass of Wine, whatever, enjoy the relaxed welcoming feelings required of any good cafe. You can People Watch "a Favorite Cafe Pastime," especially at outdoor tables of cafes in Paris, Italy, Vienna, Prague, and all over Europe. New York too.





to Be Continued


Daniel Bellino-Zwicke

Thursday, January 10, 2013

SHOULD I GET A MAC ?

    Yes, the big question, "should I get a Mac." A Macbook Pro, Apple Computer. A question I've been pondering for quite some time now. Well I got with Apple 2 and a half years ago when I got an iPod Touch and fell in love with it and absolutely adore it. I do everything with. Well not everything, but a lot, and it can't do many things I do with my Laptop, not as good. But it's not supposed to. It's a iPod Touch, a sort of mini-computer, mini tablet, whatever, it's an iPod. An iPod Touch, so much more than just an iPod.
   Well what do I do with it and why do I like it so much. First off everyone is gonna have different reason for why they love it. Teenagers are gonna say they love it for Gaming and Music, and? Me, yes I love it for its Music capabilities and apps, the Camera, even though the Camera on the iPod Touch "Sucks" the video is a bit better, it is great to always have a camera and mini-camcorder on had at all times, and I do always have my iPod Touch with me at all times. Why don't i just get an iPhone or a comparable Android Smart-Phone you ask? Well I'm not as "dumb" as most, or as rich, or willing to throw money away. Did you realize that with $100 price-tag of your monthly payment, that iPhone that you think you only paid $199 or $299 for, in reality actually cost you $1,800 ? Yep, true! Instead of spending $2,700 in two years time, I bought a iPod Touch for $300, my Cel Phone Bill for 24 months is $840 and I spend an extra $10 a month for my Mobile Hotspot over the cost of having just internet at home, so that's another $240, for a Grand Total of $1,380 and a savings to me in a 24 month period of $1,320 .. Wow that's a lot, and enough to just about cover the cost of the Macbook Pro that I'm think of getting. You see with my Cel Phone package of unlimited Talk and Text for a flat $40 plus the extra $10 for my Hotspot, I have and iPhone for only $50 a month as apposed to $100, a savings of $50 a month or $600 a year. Wow! Now that's a lot! A phone with Talk and Txt plus an iPod Touch can do everything that an iphone can, but for $600 less a year, or $1,200 in two years time, or a savings of $3,000 in 5 years. My old Mororaola Razor, which I love combined with my iPod Touch equals a iPhone, but for just $50 a month as opposed to $100 or more. Now, Wow again! The only thing I lose is the quality of the Camera which on the iPhone is Superior to the Camera on the iPod Touch, which again "Suck." Well, I know and you know this is one of Apples "famous ploys" to keep Sucking Money from you, and is the reason that there are "Apple Haters" in the world. Well, to put it milder, people who don't like Apple, "The Games they Play."








Yes if you know Apple, you know that they didn't put a good camera in the iPod Touch because they want to string people along. They'll put a better camera in the iPod T. in newer generations along with a few other upgrades in order to get people who already have an iPod Touch to buy another one. A new one, up grade. They could have and should have put a much better camera in to begin with instead of the crappy camera they did go with. They did it for a reason, the one I just explained  they want "More Money from You." Yes, this is the reason some people do not like Apple, believe it or not.
 So, the big question, "Should I get a Mac." ??? Many people told me I should, that PC suck in comparison to a Mac. Two things, Macs are "Expensive" and generally twice the price. And tow, I'm used to Windows and PCs, a Mac is a big change. Most say for the better, "do it," they say, take the plunge, So should I? Will I? Should I get a Mac?





Daniel Bellino Zwicke




Please leave comments and suggestion on whether i should get a mac or not ....

Monday, January 7, 2013

FRANK SINATR'A FAVORITE BAR





PJ CLARKE'S
3rd Avenue at 55th Stree, New York, NY
Since 1884


Are you a True Downtowner who has found themselves for one reason or another on the Upper East Side and needed a good place to have a drink and grab a good Burger. You need a good joint, not a obnoxious Sports Bar with 20 annoying Flat Screen TVs. You're not from BumFu_k Iowa, so Applebee's or Tj McFunsters just won't do. You're a Downtowner, you need a inexpensive, unpretentious, non-contrived place with a Cool Vibe. Well for years now, my Go-To all-around place on the Upper East Side (for the Rare Times I'm in that neighborhood) is without question PJ Clarke's. The ambiance is beyond compare, wonderfully well worn, charming, and awash in History.
    PJ Clarke's was one of Sinatra's Favorites along with the 21 Club, Jilly's and Patsy's on 56th Street. And speaking of Sinatra who recorded a wonderful version of "One For My Baby" which was written at PJ Clarke's on a Cocktail Napkin by the great Johnny Mercer in 1941.
    When I go to PJ Clarke's, I'm thinking of a Burger, a Beer or Bourbon Old Fashion, and an order of Onion Rings. With all the rage of Burger's these days, PJ Clarke's has been serving one of New York's tastiest Burgers for close to a Hundred Years. Even Jackie Kennedy loved PJ Clarke Burgers and ate them often. And Nat King Cole proclaimed after eating a tasty Bacon Cheeseburger that it was the Cadillac of Burgers. "You know Nat, I agree." And combined with the wonderful ambiance, History, and allure of the place, PJ Clarke's just ca not be beat. Try it!


by Daniel Bellino Zwicke


PJ CLARKE Facts

One of Sinatra's favorite joints .....
Johnny Mercer wrote One For My Baby a Sinatra Favorite on a Cocktail Napkin at PJ Clarke's  .....
Jackie Kennedy often brought John F. Kennedy Jr. for a Saturday lunch Burger.......
Popeye Doyle (Gene Hackman) orders a Burger here in The French Connection ...
Author Charles Jackson was a regular at PJ Clarke's and in the movie version with ray Miland, PJ Clarke's was used and called Nat's Bar in the movie ...
On June 20, 1958 Buddy Holly proposed to his fiancee there ...
Johnny Depp gave a gift of a Guitar to Keith Richards and Keef played on the spot Brown Sugar ....
PJ Clarke's was a Favorite of Ted Kennedy, Richard Harris, Jake LaMotta, and Dick Clark, all of who love the burger ...
Regular Liza Minelli loves the PJ Clarke Burger as well ...




photo Daniel Bellino-Zwicke