SOPHIA
Sophia Loren
Sophia & Marcello Mastrianni
Sophia Plays a Puttana
Sophia Checking Out Jane Manfeild
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Saturday, October 24, 2015
Wednesday, October 21, 2015
BIG LEBOWSKI CHRISTMAS PRESENTS
BIG LEBOWSKI
The MOVIE
Cowboy Stranger
Get His COWBOY CHILI Recipe in GOT ANY KAHLUA ?
The BIG LEBOWSKI COOKBOOK
Way out West there was this fella I wanna tell you about. Fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his Lovin’ parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that’s a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But, then there was a whole lot about the Dude that didn’t make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived like-wise. But then again, maybe that’s why I found the place durned interesting.” ….
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Sunday, June 28, 2015
The Bambino BABE RUTH
BABE RUTH
"THE SULTAN of SWAT"
The GREATEST SPORTS FIGURE of ALL-TIME
BABE RUTH
"THE BAMBINO"
The CLASSIC BABE RUTH HOME RUN SWING
Yeah BAMBINO !!!
BABE RUTH The PITCHER
FAREWELL THE BABE
BABE RUTH BASEBALL CARD
BABE RUTH Art
Made Out of New York City Subway Metro Cards
YANKEE STADIUM
"THE HOUSE THAT RUTH BUILT"
Opening Day 1923
THE NEW YORK YANKEES
SUNDAY SAUCE
alla BELLINO alla PACINO
GOT ANY KAHLUA ?
The COLLECTED RECIPES of The DUDE
Thursday, June 25, 2015
Has Anyone Seen The SANDWICH NAZI
ALIDORO on Sullivan Street Soho
Formerly "MELEMPO" and Home of Alessandro
The Panini Nazi
aka Sandwich Nazi
Where has The Panini Nazi Gone? This is a question, some of the age of 35 and over in New York's Southern Greenwich Village and Soho might ask. Others too, in other New York neighborhoods who made it over to a great little sandwich shop called Melampo. Melemapo is now diseased No longer in business. The owner, one Alessandro Gualandi, also-known-as "The Panni Nazi" ran his little sandwich shop on Sullivan Street between Spring and Prince Streets in what is now known as Soho, but for me and many "like" me, this is still known as The Village. Alessandro came to New York from Florence Italy. He used to work as a waiter at the famed Florentine Restaurant in New York "Da Silvano" owned by fellow Florentine Silvano Marchetto .. Alessandro was a hard worker who established himself in New York, saved up some money, then opened his own little heaven, one Melampo Sandwich Shop in South Greenwich Village (Soho) New York ...
Alessandro was a passionate man, especially about food as any self-respecting Italian would be. He created his little shop of Hand-Crafted Italian Sandwiches (Panini) .. He made a menu, whereby all the Panini had their own names. Names like; Geppetto, Julia, and such. I can't really remember all the names. The thing is, Alessandro had rules, and you better abide by them. He was an artist after all. You ordered a Panino (Sandwich) by name, and that was it. What it said on the menu describing the sandwich and the ingredients in any particular one was what you got. If the name was Marcello (named for the late great Italian actor Marcello Mastrianni) and the menu said the sandwich was made of Prosciutto, Mortadella, and Provolone, then that's what you got. You couldn't ask Alessandro to leave something off or add something to a particular sandwich. He would not have it. He was a temperamental artist, and you're not going to ruin the balance of one of his masterful creations by altering it. If you, din't like it you could leave, "and believe Me many did." Alessandro could care less, he was an artist. Thus the moniker "Panini Nazi" there was no other. And not everyone knew his name, real or nickname.
Alessandro was a character yes, and many (including myself) loved that about him. Alessandro is still alive. He's retired. I seeing walking the streets of Soho and going for his morning coffee.
Alessandro and his little sandwich shop "Melampo" became famous. he made great sandwiches and sometimes the line would go out the door. And if you were in line, don't make any comments for Alessandro to hurry up, he took his time. He was an artist, a master sandwich maker, and you better not say anything to upset him.
Yes we miss him, Alessandro and his little sandwich shop Melampo. the shop is still there. It's now called Alidoro and run by someone else. It's much the same, they make good sandwiches, but Alessandro is gone, and so are all the "Rules" and quirkiness. We miss that ...
Daniel Bellino-Zwicke
The SOUP NAZI
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NOT THE SANDWICH PANINI NAZI ALESSANDRO
BUT MY FRIEND in HAVANA
"DON DANIELE"
No Known Pictures Are Known of
Alessandro The PNANI NAZI
Sunday, June 21, 2015
The New CAFE DANTE
What is It ???
SMALL PLATES ECLECTIC MENU
Non-Driven Italian Wine List
Old Patrons Probably Won't Like It
The New Dante
South Room Bar
Linden Pride
Caffe Dante's New Owner
DANTE The new owners, including Linden Pride, formerly of AvroKO, have spruced up the 100-year-old cafe with green leather banquettes, but the space retains a vintage Italian Greenwich Village look with its pressed tin ceiling. The menu is now mostly small plates: beef tartare, burrata, flatbread and cold pasta salad. Italian aperitifs dominate the cocktail list: 79-81 Macdougal Street (Bleecker Street), 212-982-5275
A Picture of Former Caffe Dante Owner
Mari Flotta on the Homepage of The New Dante
The new Dante on Macdougal Street in Greenwich Village is
absolutely nothing like the former beloved Caffe Dante, a caffe
that was a fixture of Greenwich Village for exactly 100 years
before closing earlier this year, when former owner
Mario Flotta sold Caffe Dante to Linden Pride who has been
quoted as saying the new Dante will be very much like the old
one with some changes. "Not" !!! The new Dante looks very nice
although quite different from the former caffe .. The entire concept
of the new Dante pretty much has nothing to do with the old one.
The New Dante has been billed as a Small Plates / Apertivo Bar
that has little resemblance to anything remotely Italian .. It's billed
as an Italian Apertivo Bar, yet the Wine list has barely 20%
Italian Wines in its makeup an the food apart from a few
Italian items, seems anything but Italian.
Although the new owner (s) has stated that the New Dante
will be very much like and in the spirit of the former Caffe Dante,
it seems doubtful that writers & students would be able to go into
the place, get a Cappuccino and sit writing for an hour or two.
The former Caffe Dante was a Greenwich Village Italian Caffe where
people could go just for a Cappuccino or Espresso and maybe a
pastry if they liked, hang out with friends or be there on there own just
relaxing, reading, writing, whatever ..
There was a rumor that the new Dante would be serving dinner and drinks
at night and that is what customers would be expected to order, and
spend probably a minimum of $30 and upwards, but during the day
people would be able to just go in for a Cappuccino or Espresso. it seems
doubtful that this will be possible, but time will tell. Time will tell what the
New Dante is, if its successful or not and if it stays the same as the owners
now intend or if it will morf into something else.
The New DANTE
North Side Dining Room
APEROL SPRITZ
On The Menu
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Tuesday, June 16, 2015
JG MELON to Open in GREENWICH VILLAGE as CAFFE DANTE Re-Opens
BIG NEWS on MACDOUGAL STREET
Caffe Dante
The beloved Greenwich Village institution for 100 years,
the new CAFFE DANTE is open to open its doors on
Macdougal Street in New York's Greenwich Village where it
operated for exactly 100 years before owner (44years)
Mario Flotta called it quits in April 2015 and sold the
legendary caffe to new owners.
I just poped my head in there before and they look like they
ready to open any day now. Only thing is, although the place looks quite nice, it doesn't look like it will be anything like it was for some
100 years, which is a true and classic Italian Caffe that served
New York's best cup of Espresso along with Cappuccino and
Italian Pastries, Sandwiches, and homemade Gelato.
The new place looks like a cool new Italian Bar, or Wine Bar
and not the type of place where a writer can go and linger
over a cappuccino for an hour while he bangs out his lates
novela.
Well, I'll find out soon when I go and chcek it out.
PS .... In a post on Grubstreet, the articles headline is this;
"DANTE WILL BECOME a UNBEARABLE TRENDY
SMALL-PLATES RESTAURANT" end quote ...
Sierra Tishgart for Grubstreet March 25, 2015
JG MELON
A CLASSIC JG MELON BURGER
Up Macdougal Street less than 100 feet from Caffe Dante comes
a big new suprise for New York and Greenwich Village as an
offshoot of the famed Upper East Side 's famed JG MELON
bar and Burger Joint will be opening shortly on the corner
of Macdougal & bleecker Streets. Yhis guy for one is huge fan
of JG Melon and their awesome Burgers and am looking forward
to a great classic on a corner that has one mediocre food
establsihment after te other for the past 30 years. JG Melon
with their great burgers and cool laid back ambiance will be
a welcome new neighbor.
And by the way, for this guy, JG Melon makes one of
New York's Top Two Burgers along with The
Shake Shack, JG Melon and Shake Shack get my
# 1 and # 2 Votes ...
The BIG LEBOWSKI COOKBOOK
JG MELON BURGERS Are GREAT !
But The DUDE Prefers His
IN N OUT BURGERS
Learn How to Make Them
in
THE DUDES BIG LEBOWSKI COOKBOOK
"GOT ANY KAHLUA" ???
A Shuttered CAFFE DANTE
Ready to Spring into a New Chapter of Its Life
What Will It Be?
JG MELON
The ORIGINAL
3rd Avenue at 72nd Stret, NEW YORK, NY
Danny Abrahms of The Mermaid & Red Cat
has partenered with longtime JG MELON Manager
Shaun Young to open a Greenwich Village outpost
of the famed JG MELON ...
If all goes well, this Greenwich Village JG Melon offshoot
promises to be the 1st of many others. Maybe a bad thing?
Monday, May 25, 2015
How to Make The Perfect NEGRONI Cocktail
THE NEGRONI
The Negroni? A question? A question to
some? Most of America probably. Many so-called sophisticates have been drinking this “The Negroni” quite a bit in the past 4 years or so. The truly
sophisticated, worldly folks have known about them far longer. Me? I’ve been
drinking this great Italian-Cocktail for some 28 years now. Yes, I’ve been
drinking Negroni’s ever since my first at a Bar in la Bella Roma back in the
Summer of 1985. Rome, “The Eternal City” is where I had my first, on that
marvelous first trip to Bella Italia. I was quite a young man, and that trip
was completely magical, discovering real Italian “Italian Food” for the very
first time, I had my first true Bolognese, Spaghetti Carbonara, Coda di
Vacinara, Bucatini Amatriciana, Gelato, and a true Italian Espresso, “Oh
Bliss!” Yes it was. I saw The Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo’s Moses at San
Pietro en Vincole (Saint Peter in Chains), I saw the Coliseum, The Roman Forum,
The Duomo in Florence, Venice and The Grand Canal, Positano, Capri, Napoli, and
so much more. Yes the trip was magical. It was magical hanging out at a Bar in
the Piazza Popolo drinking my first Campari, and that first of a thousand
Negroni’s, or more. Many American’s are just discov-ering its charms, “me and the Negroni,” we go way back; in
Rome, Venice, Capri, Positano, Capri, Verona, Bologna, I’ve had Negroni’s all
over. And many in New York in restaurants and bars all over Manhattan, and
Staten Island where I drink some of the best Negroni’s I’ve ever had, certainly
in New York, at my buddy Pat Parotta’s house in Staten Island. Pat pours an
awesome Negroni, better than any bartender in the city. He makes them with love
and when I go to one of his wonderful little dinner parties, that’s the first
thing I have. It’s tradition for us now. Leaving my house in Greenwich Village,
I hop on the 1 Train and take it down to the Battery to the Staten Island Ferry
Terminal. I hop on the ferry, ride across New York Harbor, passing the gorgeous
Lady Liberty (The Statue of Liberty) along the way. I get off the ferry. Pat picks me up at the
terminal on the Staten Island side. We go to house, and I’m not through the
door two minutes and he’s mixing up a nice one. A Negroni that is! Well 2 that
is, one for me, and a Negroni for himself. We drink great Italian Wine at those
dinner parties, and some of Pat’s tasty food. But we always start it off with
our ritualistic Negroni’s alla Patty
“P” and you should too.
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THE NEGRONI
Basic Recipe:
1 ounce Campari
1 ounce Sweet Vermouth
1 ounce Gin
Ice
Orange
1. Fill a Rocks-Glass or Highball Glass with Ice.
2) Add Campari, Sweet Vermouth, and Gin.
3) Stir ingredients. Garnish with a piece of Orange Peel or slice of Orange.
Note: Orsen Wells after discovering the Negroni
while writing a screenplay in Rome, wrote in a correspon-dence back home that
he had discovered a delightful Italian Cocktail, “The Negroni.”
Welles stated,
“It is made of Bitter Campari which is good for the liver, and of Gin which is bad.
The two balance each other out.”
photo Daniel Bellino-Zwicke
THE BELLINO NEGRONI
For me, this is the Perfect Negroni. The basic Negroni recipe calls for 3 equal
parts(1 oz.) each of Camapari, Sweet Vermouth, and Gin in a glass filled with
ice, and garnished with an Orange Peel.
For the most perfectly balanced Negroni, I put in slightly less Campari (3/4 oz.),
¾ ounce of Gin, a little more Sweet Vermouth with 1 ¼ ounces, over Ice,
add a tiny spalsh of Club Soda
and Garnish with a good size piece of Orange. Voila! The Perfect Negroni. Enjoy!
THE NEGRONI is Excerpted From Daniel Bellino-Zwicke 's SUNDAY SAUCE
Thursday, May 7, 2015
JOSH OZERSKY Remembered
That's Very Sad News .... R.I.P. You Will Be MISSED !
A TRIBUTE to THE GREAT JOSH OZERSKY
One of The Best Food Writer New York (The World) Has Ever Seen
He Was GENUINE & REAL
Loved His ENTHUSIASM
Like His Love for EISENBERG'S
and Everything & Everything That Was
REAL & TRUE
and
TASTY
JOSH Would SALIVATE
It was Real
It was CONTAGIOUS
Josh Ozersky at EISENBERG'S
One of His FAVORITES
A REAL OLD-SCHOOL DINER
One of Just a Few in Left in New York
Josh Looks Happy
He's Got a Yummy Cheeseburger
JOSH with ANTHONY BOURDAIN
at KEEN'S STEAK HOUSE
NEW YORK
Josh Tell's Tony, "You Don't Drink Wine Here .. It's Whiskey, Single Malt
Scotch Whiskey ... And the THING to Get, Is MUTTON CHOPS !!!
MUTTON CHOPS at KEEN'S
BLACK LABEL BURGER
at
MINETTA TAVERN
Josh Prefers The BLACK LABEL
I Like The MINETTA BURGER BETTER
So Do Many Others
Go There & Decide Yourself
MINETTA TAVERN
Macdougal Street & Minetta Lane
GREENWICH VILLAGE NEW YORK
SUNDAY SAUCE
"WHEN ITALIAN-AMERICANS COOK"
GOT ANY KAHLUA ?
aka
The BIG LEBOWSKI COOKBOOK
ABIDE !!!
Josh Extols The Virtues
of
The HAMBURGER
Josh Ozersky on ABC NEWS
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