Monday, March 28, 2022

The FRANK SINATRA COOKBOOK Recipes

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The FRANK SINATRA COOKBOOK




GRANDMA BELLINO'S COOKBOOK

The CLOSTEST THING to a TRUE FRANK SINATRA COOKBOOK


The Sinatra Family Cookbook? Well, not exactly, just the closest thing to it.  There was actually a book called The Celebrity Cookbook, and it was so incredibly awful that it's criminal. How can anyone who was collaborating with Frank Sinatra, on a so-called cookbook produce utter garbage. You don;t even know who wrote the book. There's no listing of an author, just that it's Barbara Sinatra and Friends. Was she the author. No doubt there was a book editor who put the thing together. Whoever the people are that had the incredible opportunity to work on a cookbook with Frank Sinatra and do such a God Awful job of it, those people should be arrested and thrown in jail. The book is absolutely horrible. You have the great subject of Frank Sinatra, and the food he liked to eat, it there are no stories or elaborations of Sinatra Family Meals, dining out, nor any history or facts at all. Not even a single sentence. This is without a doubt one of the greatest crimes in cookbook, and publishing history of all time. It's so horrible, it's almost unbelievable, but it actually happened. Barbara Sinatra and the people who helped her, produced one of the worst pieces of crap ever to be published, in the form of The Frank Sinatra Celebrity Cookbook. What a crime.

Well, sad to say, t there is not much written on Franks Sinatra eating habits, dishes his father Marty made, and his mother Dolly. Though it is said that Marty Sinatra was the better cook, and cooked most of the family meals, which would have been Sicilian, and dishes from Marty (Saverio Martino) who was born in Lercara Friddi Sicily,  before his family immigrated to New York in 1903 ...

Those people, Barbara Sinatra and Friends had a chance to write something great, but failed miserably.  They had a chance to talk to Frank, get all the stories of Frank Sinatra, the foods he loved, what his father and mother cooked, as well as dining adventures in New York, Chicago, 
Los Angeles,  Italy, all around American and the World. The did not even write one paragraph, not even one sentence on anything. Again it's an absolute crime that the people behind this book were ever given the go ahead.

Anyway, since those people failed so terribly, the closest thing we can find, other than a few tidbits in magazine articles here and there, the best thing we could find, as far as a cookbook and Frank Sinatra, food and Italian and Sicilian Recipes, is a book by Daniel Bellino Zwicke, called Grandma Bellino's Italian Cookbook - Recipes From My Sicilian Grandmother. The authors maternal grandparents, his grandfather Philipo Bellino and his nonna Giuseppina Salemi Bellino of Lercara Friddi, Sicily, the same town that both Charles "Lucky" Luciano and Frank Sinatra's father 
Saverio Antonino Martino Sinatra was born. Martino (Marty) learned how to cook the Sicilian dishes of Lecara Friddi from his mother and a couple of his aunts. Marty was quite the cook, and cooked most of the Sinatra Family meals that young Frank and Dolly Sinatra ate. Dishes like : Eggplant Caponata, Ziti al Forno (with Meatballs), Timballo d' Agneletti, Zuppa di Lenticchie, and various pasta, soup, Chicken, Meat and Fish recipes. We found the recipes from these dishes, the same that Marty Sinatra cooked for his wife and son Francis Albert, in Grandma Bellino's Italian Cookbook.

So there you go. If you want to know a bit about Frank Sinatra, and the Sicilian Food that he like to eat, get Grandma Bellino's Italian Cookbook, what we like to call The Sinatra Family Cookbook. It's the best you can do. So get a copy, book some recipes, put on some Sinatra albums, sit down at the table, and "Eat Like Frank."






The SINATRA CELEBRITY COOKBOOK

BARBARA SINATRA & FRIENDS

"IT'S a CRIME THIS BOOK Was EVER PUBLISHED"

SOrry to say, but This BOOK is ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE !!!

Witha CAPITAL "T"

So UNWORTHY of The LATE GREAT FRANCIS ALBERT SINATRA


"BASTA" !!!








ABOUT FRANK


                Frank Sinatra, both the greatest singer and greatest entertainer of the 20th Century. No question. Sinatra was a legendary icon whose star still shines bright. He was a musical icon, celebrity, international personality, and to millions of Italian-Americans he was our own, a paisan

Frank was an Italian-American whose ancestry is from Genoa on his mother's side of the family and Sicilian on his father's side. And being Italian, Frank loved the food he grew up with, Dolly made a mean Marianara Sauce as well as Meatballs and the all-time Italian-American favorite Sunday Sauce (aka Gravy). Frank loved the food of his childhood; the Spaghetti & Meatballs, Stuffed Artichokes, Pasta Fazool, Frittata, Eggplant Parmigiana and all the usual suspects of the Italian-American table. 

It's a well known fact that Frank's favorite restaurant was Patsy's on 56th Street in New York ... When Frank went to Patsy's his favorite dishes were Calms Posillipo and Veal Milanese with a nice plate of Spaghetti Pomodoro in-between, and maybe a slice of Cheesecake to finish if Frank was in the mood.





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FRANK and AVA

"MANGIA BENE"




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FRANK'S FAVORITE RESTAURANT

Patsy's 56th Street, NEW YORK, NY



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VEAL MILANESE and CLAMS POSILLIPO .. Two of FRANK'S Favorites



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CLAMS POSILLIPO

"One of FRANK'S FAVORITES" !



SICILIAN FOOD RECIPES

FROM LERCARA FRIDDI

The SAME TOWN as The SINATRA FAMILY

SICILY



GRANDMA BELLINO'S COOKBOOK

The CLOSEST THING to a SINATRA  COOKBOOK

With RECIPES FROM SINATRA'S HOME TOWN in SICILY

SOUPS - PASTA _ EGGPLANT - ARTICHOKES & MORE

All of FRANK SINATRA'S FAVORITE ITALIAN FOODS




 




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GINO'S on Lexington Avenue was a Sinatra favorite ..



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A waiter and the famed Zebra Wallpaper of Gino's ..

GINO'S "SECRTE SAUCE" SALSA SEGRETO












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Learn How to Make SUNDAY SAUCE alla SINATRA





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Veal Sinatra alla Milanese Recipe

 



VEAL MILANESE

alla SINATRA



VEAL MILANESE alla FRANK

RECIPE :

2 cups plain Breadcrumbs
2 Tbsp freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano
Pinch of oregano
¼ cup minced flat-leaf parsley
1 cup plus 3 Tbsp olive oil
¼ tsp salt
⅛ tsp freshly ground black pepper
½ cup all-purpose flour
2 large eggs, beaten
8 veal cutlets (about 1¼ pounds), pounded thin to slightly less than ¼ inch
Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
1 lemon cut into 8 wedges


 Break or cut the bread into large chunks and place in a food processor. Process until the bread is reduced to fine crumbs. Transfer the crumbs to a large bowl and stir in the cheese, oregano and parsley. Gradually add 3 tablespoons of oil, stirring, until thoroughly combined. Season with salt and pepper.

2. Spread the flour on a large plate, place the eggs in a shallow bowl, and spread the seasoned bread crumbs on a second large plate. Coat each veal cutlet in the flour, then the beaten eggs, and then the bread crumbs, patting with the palm of your hand to ensure adhesion.

3. Heat 1 cup of the oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat (to a frying temperature of 350 F) and sauté the veal for 2 minutes. Turn and sauté for 1 additional minute. Do not crowd pan. If necessary, fry the cutlets in batches. Remove with a slotted spatula and drain on paper towels. Season to taste with salt and pepper, and serve with lemon wedges.





GRANDMA BELLINO'S ITALIAN COOKBOOK

aka The SINATRA FAMILY COOKBOOK





Thursday, March 17, 2022

SINATRA Eggpalnt Parmigiana Recipe

 



SINATRA EATS

With AVA GARDNER

PATSY'S NEW YORK






EGGPLANT PARMIGIANA Recipe

alla GIANNI

alla SINATRA


Frank Sinatra loved his Italian Food. Dishes his mom and dad made. And, most do not know, but
it was Fran Sinatra's Dad MArty who cooked most of the food in the Sinatra home in Hoboken, New Jersey. Yes, Frank's Dad. His mother Dolly cooked as well, but Marty was actually the better cook, and he cooked many of young Frankie's favorite dishes, like Sunday Sauce Gravy, Meatballs, and Melenzane Parmigiana, aka Eggplant Parmigiana, one of Franks all-time favorite Italian dishes.

Marty (Saverio Martino Antonino Sianatra) was from the Sicilian town of Lercara Friddi, Sicily. In Italy, the two places where they eat more Eggplant than other places in Italy, are Sicily, and Naples and its surrounding area, like Positano, and all along the Amalfi Coast.

"Cucina, e Mangia Bene"








RECIPES FROM MY SICILIAN NONNA

by DANIEL BELLINO ZWICKE

WHOSE FAMILY Was FROM LERCARA FRIDDI

JUST LIKE SINATRA 'S FAMILY

RECIPE  EGGPLANT PARMIGIAN

MACCHERONI PASTA and MORE







EGGPLANT PARMIGIANA








YOUR DAILY COFFEE





FRANK SINATRA

"COME FLY with ME"