Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Books by Daniel Bellino Zwicke

 



Daniel Bellino Zwicke



Author DANIEL BELLINO ZWICKE

Daniel Bellino Zwicke
 is a 
New York-based food and wine writercookbook author, and restaurateur known for his expertise in Italian and Italian-American cuisine. He has over 25 years of experience in the restaurant industry and is regarded as an authority on Italian wine. 
Career and Background
Restaurateur: Zwicke is the creator, chef, wine director, and managing partner of Bar Cichetti, which he established in New York City as "America's First Venetian Wine Bar".
  • Food & Wine Expert: With decades of experience, he has developed extensive knowledge of world cuisines, with a particular passion for Italian food and wine. He has traveled extensively to Italy, especially to the Amalfi Coast, Naples, Capri, and Sicily, which often inspires his writing.
  • Writer: He lives and writes in New York's Greenwich Village and is a prolific author of best-selling cookbooks and a food essayist and storyteller. 

  • Notable Books
  • Zwicke has authored several popular cookbooks, many of which focus on Italian-American traditions and regional Italian dishes: 
  • Sunday Sauce: When Italian-Americans Cook
  • The Feast of The 7 Fish: Italian Christmas
  • La TAVOLA: Adventures and Misadventures of Italian American New Yorker's
  • Mangia Italiano: Memories of Italian Food
  • Segreto Italiano: Secret Italian Recipes & Favorite Dishes
  • Grandma Bellino's Italian Cookbook
  • Positano The Amalfi Coast Cookbook: Travel Guide (which combines recipes, travel information, and stories)
  • Got Any Kahlua? The Collected Recipes of The Dude (a.k.a. The Big Lebowski Cookbook) 
  • He is currently working on books about Chianti and other Italian and American cookbooks.







CHEF / AUTHOER DANIEL BELLINO ZWICKE









ITLIAN & ITALIAN-AMERICAN COOKBOOKS 
Daniel Bellino-Zwicke is a New York-based food and wine writer and restaurateur who has authored several books, many focused on Italian-American cooking and travel
. His works are widely available through online booksellers like Amazon and ThriftBooks.
Sunday Sauce: When Italian-Americans Cook: An Italian-American cookbook featuring secret recipes and favorite dishes, including Clemenza's Spaghetti and Meatballs from The Godfather.
  • Grandma Bellino's Italian Cookbook: Recipes from My Sicilian Grandmother: A collection of recipes, many of which come from Zwicke's maternal Sicilian grandmother, Giuseppina Bellino.
  • The Feast of the 7 Fish: Italian Fish & Seafood Cooking: Focuses on the Italian-American Christmas Eve tradition of the Feast of the Seven Fishes.
  • Segreto Italiano: Secret Italian Recipes & Favorite Dishes: Features a variety of secret Italian recipes and dishes.
  • Ragu Bolognese Cookbook: The SECRET RECIPE and More of America's Favorite…: A cookbook dedicated to the classic Bolognese sauce.
  • Sinatra Sauce: Music Meatballs & Merriment: Another entry in his series of Italian-American cooking books.
  • Mangia Italiano: Memories of Italian Food: This book recounts memories related to Italian cuisine.
  • Cooking Italian: Greatest Hits Cookbook: A compilation of popular Italian recipes. 

  • TRAVEL & FOOD RELATED 
  • Positano The Amalfi Coast Cookbook: Travel Guide: A travel guide and cookbook that combines essays, stories, and recipes from the Amalfi Coast region.
  • La TAVOLA: Adventures and Misadventures of Italian American New Yorker's: This book details the journey through Italian-American New York, including accounts of Sunday sauce, antipasto, and espresso.
  • Got Any Kahlua? The Collected Recipes of The Dude: Also known as The BIG LEBOWSKI COOKBOOK, this work features recipes from the iconic film.
  • The Starving Artist Cookbook: College Students and You Too: A cookbook geared toward college students and those on a budget.












Monday, November 3, 2025

Sunday Sauce My Favorite Cookbook

 



AL PACINO


SUNDAY SAUCE – When Italian Americans 

Cook: Secret Italian Recipes & Favorite Dishes 

.. Italian Cookbook with Clemenza Spaghetti & 

Meatballs Sunday Sauce Godfather Gravy – 

by Daniel Bellino-Zwicke – Review



"MY FAVORITE ITALIAN COOKBOOK"

Wow, Sunday Sauce is my new favorite Italian Cookbook, I just love it. It’s filled with lots of great recipes and animated stories that bring the food, the people, and places in Italian-American New York to life. I made Spaghetti & Meatballs and, Shoemaker Chicken alla Scarpariello, and Spaghetti Marinara and my friends and family loved them all. 

The recipes are well written and easy to follow and the author writes with great passion so when you read you get quite excited and can’t wait to cook and eat each recipe, one and all. That to me is the sign of a great writer who knows his craft, and is what I look for in a cookbook, and Daniel Bellino does the job quite well, and that’s why Sunday Sauce is my knew favorite Italian Cookbook. I highly recommend it to anyone and all. If you love Italian Food and cookbooks, you’re sure to love Sunday Sauce.


Gina DiNapoli






SUNDAY SAUCE

"MY FAVORITE ITALIAN COOKBOOK"









.

Wednesday, October 29, 2025

Bellino Beat Tucci to Venice Wine Bar

 



STANLEY TUCCI

TASTE

"MY LIFE THROUGH FOOD"


"BELLINO BEATS TUCCI"


"Bellino beats Tucci" is a slogan for a book by author Daniel Bellino Zwicke, claiming his work on Italian cuisine and wine predates that of actor Stanley Tucci. Zwicke asserts he discovered and wrote about Italian food and wine in places like the ARCO WINE BAR long before Tucci's popular food-focused travel show. 
The slogan: 
It's a marketing phrase for Daniel Bellino Zwicke's work, particularly his book, which was a bestseller in the Italian cooking genre.
  • The claim: 
    Zwicke claims to have experienced Italian culture, including the ARCO WINE BAR, over 27 years before Tucci did.
  • The context: 
    The phrase is a direct comparison, sugg
    esting Zwicke "beat" Tucci to his discoveries and popularity in the Italian food and wine scene.



    Google










    SUNDAY SAUCE

    all Bellino alla PACINO

    WHEN ITALIAN-AMERICANS COOK




Sunday, October 26, 2025

Frank Sinatra Eating Collard Greens

 



FRANK SINATRA EATING COLLARD GREENS









FRANK SINATRA EATING COLLARD GREENS

Creaturenomics

COFFEE GRIN MEDIA









SINATRA SAUCE

The COOKBOOK

COOK & EAT LIKE FRANK

His FAVORITE ITALIAN FOOD

RECIPES & STORIES of FRANK

Daniel Bellino Zwicke






Frank Sinatra Cookbook

 




"SINATRA SAUCE"

aka The SINATRA COOKBOOK

by Daniel Bellino Zwicke

COOK & EAT LIKE FRANK

His FAVORITE ITALIAN FOOD RECIPES






SINATRA SAUCE “Music Meatballs & Merriment”

Daniel Bellino Zwicke


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”


Visit SINATRA SAUCE - The Website @ https://sinatrasauce.com


Author Daniel Bellino Zwicke is a lifelong Sinatra fan. He is a Best Selling author, who lives and writes in New York’s Greenwich Village. Daniel is currently working on several other projects. 

He has authored : Sunday Sauce, La Tavola, Mangia Italiano, Grandma Bellino’s Cookbook, Segreto Italiano, and Positano The Amalfi Coast - Travel Guide / Cookbook.



Recipes : SINATRA SAUCE

SINATRA TOMATO SAUCE

DOLLY'S MEATBALLS

EGGPLANT PARMIGIANA

CAPONATA

ARTICHOKES SICILIAN STYLE

ARANCINI (Sicilian Rice Balls)

MINESTRONE alla DOLLY

DINO'S PASTA FAZOOL

MACCHERONI al FORNO

SICILIAN LASAGNA

CHICKEN VESUVIO

VEAL MARSALA

STEAK - SINATRA'S WAY

MARTY'S SICILIAN MEATLOAF

FRANK'S ITALIAN CHEESECAKE

REGINELLA SICILIAN COOKIES

And Much More !!!





GET SINATRA SAUCE

AMAZON.com







.






Friday, October 24, 2025

Best cafes Bistros PARIS France

 



CAFE FLORE

PARIS

PICASSO'S FAVORITE CAFE






CAFE DUEX MAGGOTS

One of HEMINGWAY'S FAVORITES






BRASSERIE LIPP 

PARIS

The brasserie Lipp is a famous establishment on the boulevard Saint Germain in Paris, France. Paris, France. 

 The brasserie Lipp is a famous establishment on the boulevard Saint Germain. Hemingway wrote his dispatches from here. Chagall,Camus and Montand were all regulars habitues.




LOOKING for a HOTEL ?



HOTELS & FLIGHTS WORLDWIDE

"FLY with EXPEDIA"









La PALETTE

Rue de SEINE - PARIS





The BAR at La PALETTE

PARIS, FRANCE





BISTRO POLIDOR

"One of My All-Time FAVORITES"

... says author Daniel Bellino Zwicke

And a FAVORITE of ERNEST HEMINGWAY as Well





Inside POLIDOR

PARIS, FRANCE






La COUPOLE - PARIS

Photo Circa 1927

But It's STILL There & One of My FAVORITES

"I had my 31st Birthday here. With my girlfriend Merceditas"

January 6, 1991





La COUPOLE

PARIS 


Better Than Sex Cake

 



BETTER THAN SEX CAKE





"BETTER THAN SEX CAKE"




HOW to MAKE "BETTER THAN SEX CAKE"

RECIPE -

INGREDIENTS : 

  • 1 Box DEVILS FOOD CAKE MIX 
  • Water and oil: Water and oil add moisture and keep the cake from drying out.
  • 3 Large EGGS
  •  ½ can of sweetened CONDENSED MILK 
  • Caramel: Use store-bought caramel ice cream topping or make your own at home. 
  • Chocolate-Covered Toffee Bars (Heath Bar or other)
  • Whipped Cream - Store bought or make your own

PREPARATION -
  1. Make the cake batter and pour it into the prepared pan. 
  2. Bake the cake until a toothpick comes out clean, then cut slits across the top of the cake. 
  3. Combine the condensed milk and caramel on the stove, then pour over the baked cake. 
  4. Top the cooled cake with the whipped topping. Drizzle with caramel and chill. 
  5. Top with Crushed CHOCOLATE TOFFEE 









FAVORITE AMERICAN DISHES

And SECRET RECIPES

BURGERS TACOS BURRITOS

SOUPS - BBQ - MEATLOAF

And More ...






Learn How to Make SINATRA SUNDAY SAUCE ITALIAN GRAVY

Sinatra n Sunday Sauce

               SINATRA & SUNDAY SAUCE ?                   Yes, they go together, Francis Albert Sinatra  & Sunday Sauce  ...