"RED SAUCE"
CARBONE
"GET a FINE ART PRINT'
From FINE ART AMERICA
SUNDAY SAUCE
"RED SAUCE"
alla CLEMENZA
Do YOU OWN SUNDAY SAUCE ?
Monday, September 22, 2025
Sunday, September 21, 2025
People Love Sunday Sauce
SUNDAY SAUCE
alla CLEMENZA
"WHEN ITALIAN-AMERICANS COOK"
by Daniel Bellino Zwicke
"PEOPLE LOVE SUNDAY SAUCE" !!!
by Daniel Bellino Zwicke
"DON'T MISS This ONE" !!!
Reviewed in the United States on February 25, 2015
My first book by this author, I quickly bought the second one-inside is many ways to
do Sunday Sauce or as many call it around NJ her, Sunday gravy I tried one so far-it
rocked, never tasted anything so great, spend the time to do it to the letter, enjoyed
preparing it and cooking it and eating it, many different recipes in here to try and I
will do just that.Besides those great recipes, the information about where the
recipes came from made this a great read also, don't miss this one. "Love it" !!!
Author DANIEL BELLINO ZWICLE
"CAPRI"
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Sunday, September 7, 2025
Sinatra Sauce The Cookbook - Italian Recipes
FRANK SINATRA
COME FLY WITH ME
SUNDAY SAUCE and SINATRA
COME FLY WITH ME
SUNDAY SAUCE and SINATRA
It's an old tradition in my family, that most Sunday the Bellino Family gathers together and we eat Sunday Sauce Italian Gravy. The whole family gets together and Grandma House, or Aunt Helen's, but mostly at Aunt Fran's House in Lodi, New Jersey. It's a wonderful all day affair, starting with a little antipasto, followed by the star of the show, Sunday Sauce. Aunt Fran or Aunt Helen usually make the Sauce (Gravy), which is the most supreme dish of all. It's a long simmered tomato sauce laden with special meat treats, that include: Sausages, Meatballs, and Braciole. We eat it with short maccheroni, usually rigatoni. "It's the Best Thing ever," we all just love it, and who wouldn't, it's so damn tasty, it is.
After the Sunday Sauce, it's on to dessert and coffee, which is a 3 or 4 hour affair, as the grownups sit around the table drinking Espresso (with Anisette) and eating all the tasty desserts that's made of a whole array of sweet treats, like: Aunt Fran's Ricotta Cookies, Cannoli, Sfogliatelle, and whatever sweets that other visitors might bring. And there's a whole lot of talking about this that and every other thing: sports, politics, gossip and what not, all as Frank Sinatra records play softly in the background. Always. Aunt Wanda loves Jerry Vale, and Dino has his turn too. Those were warm and wonderful days spent with loved ones, and sadly all of the older generation is gone, and we miss them dearly. But me, I think of them often, and especially when it comes to Sundays, eating all day long, cahtting and having fun, eating maccheroni, sausage, Meatballs, and Braciole, listening to Sinatra, and loving it all. My cousins Joe, Tony, and I keep it going. We try to organize as many get-together s as we can, always centered around food, whatever it may be: fresh fish, pasta, Steak, and our all-time favorite Sunday Sauce. And don't forget Sinatra, Francis Albert that is. Or just simply Frank.
Basta !
Frank Sinatra
The SUMMER WIND
A Pot of SUNDAY SAUCE
"GRAVY"
FRANK and FRIENDS
At JILLY'S
NEW YORK
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Monday, September 1, 2025
What is Red Sauce - Explained
"RED SAUCE"
What is Red Sauce? A question often asked. Well, there is no one sauce that is Red Sauce. When using the term "Red Sauce," you are talking about any one of several different Italian Sauce (Italian-American), made with Tomatoes, and mostly served on and of 100 types of different pastas (Maccheroni), but not only on Maccheroni.
Red Sauce can be a Tomato Sauce, without any meat in it, just tomatoes, olive oil, garlic, and fresh basil, and maybe oregano, or not. Then the other Sauce that falls into the category known as "Red Sauce," is what is known as Sunday Sauce, Gravy, "Gravy," or simply SAUCE. These are all Red Sauce's. These Red Sauce's that have meat in them might be made with tomatoes of course that have Sausages, Meatballs, and Braciole, and other meats according to what the person cooking it likes in his Sunday Sauce (Sunday Gravy, Gravy). For instance, my favorite way of making Sunday Sauce, is with Sausages, Meatballs, and Pork Spare Ribs slowly cooked in the sauce. But I don't always make it this way, I with it up according to my mood. Sometimes I make it with Sausages, Meatballs, & Pork Ribs, while other times I might replace the Meatballs with Chicken Thighs and make my "Sauce" with Sausages, Ribs, & Chicken Thighs. Yes, I said "Chicken thighs which taste great, slowly cooked in the Sauce. All of these sauces mention, are Red Sauces.
When making the a Sunday Sauce, I make enough to last at least 3 days, and we get a number of meals out of the one sauce. You put the time in to make the sauce, you should make it last. It take about the same time to make a small pot of sauce as it does to make one two or three times larger. It doesn't make sense to me to make a small pot of sauce, that I will only get 1 or two meals from. I want to get a minimum of 4 meals or more out of the one pot of sauce. For example, when I make a sauce that has meatballs in it, I always want a good amount of meatballs in the sauce. We eat the Maccheroni with all the meats, the Sausages, Ribs, & Meatballs on Sunday. Monday rolls around, which is what I (Daniel Bellino Zwicke) have coined years ago, "Meatball Parm Mondays" which I wrote about in my book Sunday Sauce, way back in 2013. So, "Meatball Parm Mondays?" We Italian (Italian-American) men love our Meatball Parm Sandwiches. We make the Sunday Sauce on Sunday (sometimes Saturday), and we eat it with Maccheroni (short pasta) on Sunday. When Monday rolls around, we take the leftover Meatballs from the previous days Sunday Sauce, and we make Meatball Sandwiches for Monday's lunch or dinner, and we are happy campers. On Tuesday, whatever is left of the Sunday Sauce, we'll cook up some Maccheroni, and eat it with whatever is leftover from the sauce made on Sunday. Maybe it's just tomato sauce which is left, which we dress the Maccheroni with. Maybe there's a little meat left which is thrown on as well. Sometimes I'll put quite a good amount of Sausages in the Sauce when I make it on Sunday, and if any sausages are left in the sauce come Tuesday, I might make a Sausage Sandwich. You see, you want to get a lot out of that one Sauce that you make on Sunday. Take my advice, and do it.
Red Sauce (Tomato Sauce) is the backbone of Italian-American cooking, which many dishes are made with tomato sauce. You use Red Sauce to make dishes like: Eggplant Parmigiana, Chicken Parm, Lasagna, Baked Maccheroni, Eggplant Rolatini, baked Ziti, and more.
Oh, by the way. Some Italians use the term Red Sauce, but it is more of a non Italian-American thing than an Italian-American thing. Americans who are not of Italian heritage, are the people who use this term (Red Sauce) most. Some Italian-Americans use the term, but when talking about a sauce, Italian-Americans are more prone to using the actual name of the sauce, saying, Marinara or Marinara Sauce, Tomato Sauce, Sunday Sauce, "Gravy," or Sunday Sauce, than using the term "Red Sauce," which is used more by non-Italian. Food writers often use the term Red Sauce when writing about what are termed Old School Italian restaurants. The term Red Sauce Joint refers to old school Italian restaurants, in which are large part of the menu items have tomato sauce (red sauce) in the dish, such as: Manicotti, Spaghetti & Meatballs, Lasagna, Eggplant Parmigiana, Ravioli, and other dishes.
Then there is the great debate, on Sunday Sauce, Sauce, Gravy, and Sunday Sauce, which are all sauces made with various meats that are slowly cooked with tomatoes. Many call it Sunday Sauce, and some call it Gravy. It all depends on what your family comes from where your origins are in Italy, and what Italian Enclave you live in in America, whether in Brooklyn, Jersey, Boston, Baltimore, or New York. What do you call it? Don't get in a tiff over it. The most important thing to remember, is the taste of your Sunday Sauce, and the people you share it with. The Sauce must be tasty. That goes without saying. Enjoy!
Daniel Bellino Zwicke
SUNDAY SAUCE
LEARN HOW to MAKE "RED SAUCE"
All DIFFERENT KINDS !!!
Spaghetti and Meatballs author Daniel Bellino Z
SPAGHETTI & MEATBALLS alla BELLINO
Searching for "Spaghetti & Meatballs" returns several results, but not for a specific dish or recipe with that name
. The most likely interpretations of this query are: A recipe by Daniel Bellino-Zwicke, a food writer who publishes Spaghetti and Meatballs recipes on his blog.
- Daniel Bellino-Zwicke's Spaghetti & Meatballs
Author and food blogger Daniel Bellino-Zwicke has written about Spaghetti and Meatballs on several occasions, referencing the dish in his book SUNDAY SAUCE and on his food blog. For many, the association comes from the tradition of simmering a sauce all day with different meats, including meatballs. He's known for sharing classic Italian-American recipes rooted in Bellino Family tradition.
"SPAGHETTI & MEATBALLS - Recipe alla Bellino
MEATBALLS - Ingredients;
- 1 lb ground beef and pork mix
- Bellino marinara sauce
- Bellino extra virgin olive oil
- Bellino minced garlic
- 1 egg
- 1/2 cup breadcrumbs
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- Chopped fresh parsley
- Spaghetti
- Salt & ground Black Pepper
TOMATO SAUCE - Ingredients :
6 tablespoons Olive Oil
4 cloves Garlic, peeled and minced
2 - 28 jars Tomato Passata (Puree) Mutti Brand recommended
1/4 cup fresh Basil, washed and torn into pieces
tablespoon each Salt & Black Pepper (or to taste)
1/2 teaspoon Red Pepper Flakes
Place the olive oil and garlic in a 4-6 quart stainless steel pol. Turn flame onto low and cook garlic for 3 minutes, making sure not to burn.
Add the red pepper flakes. Add the Tomato Passata. Turn heat to high. Cook until the tomatoes start to bubble, than turn the heat down very low. Cook for 20 minutes.
Add the fresh Basil, and cook 10-15 minutes more. As the sauce cooks be sure to stir occasionally with a wooden spoon.
MEATBALLS :
- Prepare the Meatballs: In a large bowl, combine the ground meats, egg, breadcrumbs, grated Parmesan, parsley, and a portion of the Bellino minced garlic. Season with salt and pepper.
- Roll the meatballs: Mix until just combined, then form the mixture into meatballs of your desired size.
- Brown the meatballs: Heat olive oil in a large pot or frying pan over medium-high heat. Add the meatballs in batches and brown them on all sides. Remove them from the pan and set them aside.
- Once the meatballs have finished browning, put into the tomato sauce, and let simmer on a low flame for 15- 20 minutes, until the meatballs are cooked through, and no longer raw in the center.
- Cook Spaghetti in a large pot of boing salted water according to the directions on package.
- Once the Spaghetti is finished cooking, drain into a colander.
- Place the Spaghetti back in the pot it cooked in and add 2-3 cups the Tomato Sauce to the Spaghetti. mix until the Spaghetti is coated with the sauce.
- Place the Spaghetti onto 4-5 plates, in equal portions. Add about 1/2 cup sauce to the top of each plate of Spaghetti.
- Place 2 to 3 Meatballs on each plate, and top each meatball with a bit more Tomato Sauce.
- Serve and Enjoy! Serve with grated Pecorino or Parmigiana Cheese on the side.
"MANGIA BENE" !!!
Recipe Excerpted from "SUNDAY SAUCE" by Daniel Bellino
SUNDAY SAUCE
SPAGHETTI MEATBALLS RECIPE
TOMATO SAUCE - MARINARA
AND MORE ...
SPAGHETTI & MEATBALLS
alla BELLINO
Sunday, August 24, 2025
Sinatra Sauce Cookbook by Daniel Bellino
"SINATRA SAUCE"
SINATRA SAUCE
The HOTTEST NEW COOKBOOK
For CHRISTMAS 2024
COOK & EAT LIKE SINATRA
Are you looking for a Great Gift for Christmas ? A Gift that's inexpensive, extremely useful, and so much Fun ? That's what the recipient will receive. A Gift they will Love, and will last them for Years. It's Useful, Inspiring, and ever so much Fun. Imagine cooking Frank Sinatra's Favorite Italian Foods ? And having Great Times with Friends & Family, as you sit around the table, eating tasty Italian Food (Sinatra Favorites), listening to "The Sounds of Sinatra" and having the most delightful time. That's what you get (or Give) with SINATRA SAUCE, the amazing New Book from Bestselling Italian Cookbook author Daniel Bellino Zwicke. And all for Less than $20 !!! Imagine that ?
This is a "No Brainer" ! Sinatra Sauce, recipes, and good times, all wrapped up in one easy to purchase gift. Why run around, when shopping. Simplify the whole process of buying Christmas Gifts. Get SINATRA SAUCE and relax. And have yourself "A Merry Little Christmas" - Jus like Frank.
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SINATRA SAUCE
"Music Meatballs & Merriment"
Sinatra Sauce "Music Metaballs & Merriment" and Living The Good Life. "Like Frank" .. Yes, it's about Frank. That is one Francis Albert Sinatra, the Greatest Singer of The 20th Century, and Icon of American, especially of the Italian-American Enclave in America. Frank Sinatra was many things, first and foremost a Great Italian-American singer, Love & Adored by Millions. Mr. Sinatra was also an actor, citizen, and Entertainer Par Excellence. Yes this book is about those things, Frank Sinatra : the incomparable singer, actor, recording artist, Teen Idol of the 1940s, philanthropist, and Las Vegas & Nightclub Entertainer. He was like no other, Sinatra was one-of-a- kind, and he had a lust for life, “Hanging with Friends,” - sipping cocktails, with good food, and making good times. That's what this book is about, Frank Sinatra, eating (Italian Food), enjoying a cocktail or two, and the company of family and friends. Yes, Frank Sinatra lived life to its fullest. He wouldn't have it any other way, but "His Way."
This book “Inspires” and gives you the tools to live out your Sinatra Dreams. You can make it reality, with recipes of Frank’s Favorite Italian Foods, Pasta, Meatballs, Posillipo, Eggplant Parm and more. Eating, drinking, and having good times, all the time as Frank did. Meals with friends and family. Meals you can cook, with recipes in this book. The info and recipes are all here in Sinatra Sauce. Read it, put on some Sinatra (music), cook, eat, and create memorable times at the table, just like Frank. That’s what this book is about: Sinatra, Family, Friends, and Good Times. “The Best is Yet to Come”
"SINATRA SAUCE" Cook & Eat Like SINATRA
Thursday, August 21, 2025
ROCKY MARCIANO Eats Pasta
ROCKY MARCIANO
Rocky Marciano of the 150th Combat Engineers: World Heavyweight Boxing Champion
Rocco Francis Marchegiano, the son of Italian immigrants, was born and raised in Brockton Massachusetts. Rocco, a natural athlete, dropped out of high school in the 10th grade to help support his family. Rocco would go on to be professionally known as Rocky Marciano - the only heavyweight professional boxer to have finished his career undefeated.
According to the Department of Defense: "On March 4, 1943, at the age of 20, Rocky enlisted the Army in Boston, Massachusetts and was sent overseas to Europe. Marciano was assigned to the 150th Combat Engineers and stationed in Swansea, Wales where he helped ferry supplies across the English Channel to Normandy. The 150th went on to receive service stars for Normandy, North France, Rheinland, Ardennes-Alsace and Central Europe."
"Marciano first took up boxing in the service, reportedly as a way to get out of kitchen duty. While awaiting discharge, Marciano, representing the Army, won the 1946 Amateur Armed Forces boxing tournament. After the war ended, he completed his service in March 1946 at Fort Lewis, Washington where he received an honorable discharge from the Army with the rank of Private First Class. Rocky returned home to Brockton, Massachusetts and continued to box as an amateur" -US Department of Defense
"On September 23, 1952, Marciano took on the World Heavyweight Champion Joe Walcott in Philadelphia. In round 13 Marciano knocked out Walcott to become the new Heavyweight Champion. Rocky was 29 years old. The two would meet again the following year with Marciano ending the match in the first round."
"Rocky Marciano would go on to dominate the Heavyweight Division. On May 16, 1955, in San Francisco, Marciano went up against Don Cockell from the United Kingdom, who was also the boxing champion of Europe. Marciano knocked him out in round 9."
"On April 27, 1956, Marciano announced his retirement at age 32, finishing his career at 49-0."
On August 31, 1969, Rocky was a passenger in a private plane that crashed due to bad weather at a private airfield near Newton, Iowa. There were no survivors. Rocky Marciano was 45 years old at the time of his passing. He would have turned 46 years old on September 1.
Private First Class Rocky Marciano lies in rest at Forest Lawn Memorial Cemetery in Fort Lauderdale Florida. Lest We Forget
ROCKY'S MOM COOKING PASTA
ROCKY'S MOM
And ROCKY
MAMA MARCIANO TAKING CARE of HER BOY
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