Monday, January 25, 2021

Caffe Reggio Greenwich Village Italian

 

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CAFFE REGGIO

GREENWICH VILLAGE 



  Caffe Reggio is a New York City coffeehouse first opened in 1927 at 119 Macdougal Street in the heart of Manhattan's Greenwich Village. Italian cappuccino was introduced in America by the founder of Caffe Reggio, Domenico Parisi, in the early 1920s.[1] Inside the cafe, against the back wall, there is still the original espresso machine, made in 1902, that Domenico Parisi bought with his savings when he opened the cafe in 1927. The Caffe Reggio has been featured in many movies, including The Godfather Part II, Next Stop, Greenwich Village, The Kremlin Letter, Shaft, Serpico, The Next Man, In Good Company, Inside Llewyn Davis and others. Many celebrities have been spotted or photographed in this location. In 1959, presidential hopeful John F. Kennedy made a speech outside the coffee shop. In 2010, the cafe was honored with a Village Award[2] by the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation for its status as a beloved and essential part of the neighborhood. Caffe Reggio has a bench from a palazzo of the Florentine Medici family of Renaissance fame. The bench is not roped-off and guests can sit on it and admire a painting
 from an artist of the school of Caravaggio.




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All photos by Daniel Bellino Zwicke

CAFFE REGGIO

NEW YORK



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BACCHUS  by CARAVAGGIO

Not in Caffe Reggio

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SUNDAY SAUCE

is GREENWICH VILLAGE ITALIAN

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CAFFE REGGIO

Interview with the Owner Fabrizzio Cavalacci





CAFFE REGGIO

GREENWICH VILLAGE






Christopher Walken (3rd from left)

NEXT STOP GREENWICH VILLAGE




The Cavalacci's

Fabrizio (current owner) with his Father





A RENAISSANCE BENCH

From a MEDICI PALAZZO





CAFFE REGGIO during The BEAT ERA of GREENWICH VILLAGE





From the movie NEXT STOP GREENWICH VILLAGE


THERE'S EVEN a SONG WRITTEN For IT





CAFE REGGIO

by Zachary Breaux





INSIDE LLEWYN DAVIS

CAFFE REGGIO Scene

COEN BROTHERS





GREENWICH VILLAGE ITALIAN

Video Tour

CAFFE REGGIO, BAR PITTI, JOHN'S PIZZA

CARBONE, RAFFETTO PASTA / RAVIOLI

PORTO RICO COFFEE,  FAICCO'S PORK STORE

TRATTORIA MONTE'S














Sunday, January 24, 2021

Godfather Theme Nino Rota Pacino

 




Apolonia and Michael






Apolonia






The GODFATHER Theme Song

NINO ROTA









Nino Rota


APOLLONIA'S THEME

The GODFATHER

AL PACINO as MICHAEL CORLEONE





RECIPES From MY SICILIAN NONNA

GIUSEPPINA SALEMI BELLINO

LERCARA FRIDDI, SICILY

Near CORLEONE








SICILIAN COUNTRYSIDE

Outside of CORELONE

SICILIA





Simonetta Stefanelli

As APOLLONIA





AL PACINO

As MICHAEL CORLEONE






The WEDDING NIGHT





Friday, January 22, 2021

Greenwich Village Italian NewYork NYC

 

 




CARBONE

In The Former ROCCO'S Space

with CARBON Superimposed over the Old Rocco Neon Sign








Take a Tour of ITALIAN GREENWICH VILLAGE

with GREENWICH VILLAGE ITALIAN NATIVE

and Bestselling ITALIAN COOKBOOK AUTHOR


AUTHOR of :





"ITALIAN-AMERICAN NEW YORKERS"

"ADVENTURES of The TABLE"

"La TAVOLA"





Do YOU KNOW HOW

to Make SUNDAY SAUCE

"YOU GOTTA LEARN"


SUNDAY SAUCE ITALIAN GRAVY

BRACIOLE - MEATBALLS

MARINARA SAUCE

And More ...





CAFFE REGGIO

SINCE 1927





CAFFE REGGIO

"BACK in The DAY"





NEW YORK ITALIAN GREENWICH VILLAGE

VIDEO TOUR

With GREENWICH VILLAGE NATIVE ITALIAN-AMERICAN

AUTHOR Daniel Bellino Zwicke

"WATCH IT" !!!







RAFETTO PASTA

SINCE 1906






TRATTORIA MONTE'S

Serving GREAT ITALIAN FOOD

In GREENWICH VILLAGE Since 1918





JOHN'S PIZZA

in GREENWICH VILLAGE

Since 1927




ARTURO'S PIZZERIA

HOUSTON STREET

GREENWICH VILLAGE





AL PACINO

Having a CAPPUCCINO at CAFFE REGGIO

MACDOUGAL STREET

GREENWICH VILLAGE

Since 1927





MANGIA ITALIANO 

STORIES of ITALIAN FOOD

In ITALY and NEW YORK



Note the Neon Sign on the COVER, which was ROOCO'S

ITALIAN RESTAURANT (Now Closed), that is Now

CARBONE RISTORANTE

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Monday, January 4, 2021

Pasta Ceci - Chickpeas Soup Recipe

 





PASTA e CECI




I just heard that Chickpeas are the Hot New Food Item of 2020 ... "New" ? You're kidding? The Romans were eating Ceci (Chickpeas) over 2,000 years ago, and Chickpeas have been eaten by various cultures much longer than that. Chickpeas have been consume in the Middle East for more than 7,500 years, so it's quite clear they didn't just fall off the Turnip Truck the other day. 

I myself have been eating Pasta Ceci, a southern Italian dish that can be either a soup or a pasta, depending on whether you make it soupy (with more liquid) or not. Either way it's great, they love it in Naples and all over the Amalfi Coast, in Puglia, and Sicily as well. 



PASTA CECI  - Recipe


   Chickpeas & Pasta



Pasta e Ceci is a mainstay of the Amalfi Coast and Neapolitan Cuisine. There are many different versions of this soup. Some call for a lot more tomatoes than others, while some use less tomato, as with this recipe here. Some people puree some of the chickpeas, while others don’t. Some cook the pasta in the soup, while others cook the pasta in water, then add to the soup after cooking it in the water. Most make the soup vegetarian, but if you like to you can add some Pancetta or Sausage to this soup.


This recipe was Excerpted from Bestselling Italian Cookbook author Daniel Bellino-Zwicke's new forthcoming book, POSITANO - The AMALFI COAST COOKBOOK - Travel Guide (January 2021) from Broadway Fifth Press, New York NY ...



Ingredients :


8 ounces Dry Chickpeas 

1 small onion

3 cloves Garlic, peeled and left whole

Olive Oil

1 small Onion, peeled and chopped 

2 Bay Leaves

2 sprigs Fresh Rosemary

1 large Carrot, peeled and cut into 3 pieces

8 ounces short Maccheroni Pasta - Ditalini or whatever short maccheroni you like

Water

½ teaspoon each of Salt and Red Pepper Flakes

6 whole Plum Tomatoes, chopped

¼ cup grated Pecorino Romano


Soak the Chickpeas in water for 6 hours, or overnight. 


Drain the chickpeas and wash over cold running water.


Place the chickpeas in a large pot. Add water to cover the beans, with water 2” above the beans. Add the carrot and 1 clove of garlic to the pot.

Turn the heat on to high, until the water just starts to boil. Once it is boiling, lower the heat so the water is cooking at a low simmer.


After the chickpeas have been cooking for 1 hour, take a few out of the pot and eat them, to test if they are done cooking or if they need to cook for a little while longer. The Chickpeas should start getting soft enough to eat, yet still have a little bit of a firm bite to them.


Add  about 6 tablespoons of olive oil to a large frying pan with 2 cloves of Garlic and 2 Rosemary Sprigs. Cook on low heat for 3 minutes. 


Add the onion and cook on low heat for 5 minutes.


Remove the garlic and rosemary from the pan and discard.

Add the onions to the pan and cook on low heat for 3 minutes. Add the salt and red pepper and cook for 2 minutes more. 


Add the tomatoes and cook on high heat for 2 minutes.


Lower the heat and cook for 5 minutes, as you stir with a wooden spoon.


Once the beans are finished cooking, remove ⅓ of the chickpeas and pass through a food mill , or puree in a food-processor with a  half-cup of the bean cooking liquid. 


Put the pureed chickpeas in the pot with the tomatoes and cook on low-medium heat for 8 minutes. 


Remove the carrots from the pot and chop fine. Put back into the pot.


Add the contents of the pan with the tomatoes into the pot of whole chickpeas. Cook on low heat for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.


As the chickpeas are simmering, cook your maccheroni pasta in a pot with boiling salted water. 


Cook the pasta according to the directions on the package.  Once pasta has cooking, drain in a colander, and reserve a cup and a half of the pasta cooking water.

Add the pasta to the pot with the chickpeas, and mix everything together. 


Try and determine the consistency of the Pasta Ceci at this point. It should be soupy , but not too watery and not too tight (dry). If it is too tight add as much as the pasta cooking water as you want, to get it to the consistency you like.


Place in bowls, drizzle a little olive oil over the top, and serve with grated Pecorino on the side.








POSITANO is COMING

JANUARY 29, 2021



The Above Recipe was Excerpted from

POSITANO The AMALFI COAST COOKBOOK

Author Page - Daniel Bellino Zwicke



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