Thursday, October 3, 2024

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POSITANO







Am AFFORDABLE HOTEL in POSITANO

At FORNELLO BEACH




Casa GUADAGNO

POSITANO 





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Casa GUADAGNO

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Casa GUADAGNO - POSITANO


Just 1-minute walk from Positano's main street, Pensione Casa Guadagno is 5 minutes' walk from Fornillo Beach. Each one of its rooms offers a balcony with a view of the Mediterranean Sea.

Rooms come with decorative tiled floors and air conditioning. Each one has a fridge and a private bathroom.

An Italian breakfast of coffee and croissants is served in the dining hall each morning. Here you will also have free Wi-Fi. Gluten-free produce for breakfast can be provided on request.
Casa Guadagno is just a few steps from some of Positano's most popular restaurants. It is 5 minutes' walk from the bus stop for Sorrento, 8.7 mi away.





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HOTEL ROYAL

POSITANO

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HOTEL ROYAL - POSITANO


Hotel Royal Positano is surrounded by Positanos rocky cliffs, which drop down into clear blue sea. Relax in lush gardens on extensive sun terraces.

Free and serviced beaches are easily reachable by public transport from Royal Positano Hotel. Just take the bus which leaves 16 feet from the hotel entrance.








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Sunday, September 29, 2024

Espresso at a Caffe in Italy

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BUON GIORNO !!!
 
 
 
"DON'T BREAK MY FUCKING BALLS"
 


One of The FUNNIEST VIDEOS YOU'LL EVER SEE
 
 
WATCH IT !!!
 
 
 
.
 
 
 
"Non Rompere Mio Palle" !!!
 
(Don't Break My Balls)

 
 
 
 
"Listen"
"YOU SON of a BITCH"



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"Vai FANCULO" !!!


 
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"GET The FUCK OUT of HERE" !!!






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Thursday, September 19, 2024

Anthony Bourdain No Reservations Macau

 



ANTHONY BOURDAIN

At a CASINO in MACAU






TONY PLAYING BACARAT

MACAU







ANTHONY BOURDAIN

No RESERVATIONS

MACAU




ANTHONY BOURDAIN



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And TRAVEL NOTEBOOK





TONY'S FAVORITE COOKBOOK



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Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Anthony Bourdain Favorite Books Cookbooks

 

 



Anthony Bourdain



In "Kitchen Confidential," Bourdain almost made himself sound like an author with an intelligence officer background, just like the type he advocated. The chapter, "Inside the CIA," detailed his time at the Culinary Institute of America, which he referred to with the same acronym as the Central Intelligence Agency. One real intelligence operative Bourdain recommended as an author, though, was novelist-turned-MI6-agent Graham Greene. When Bourdain named his favorite books to Business Insider, he listed Greene's "The Quiet American" among them, saying, "I re-read it frequently. Particularly when visiting Vietnam." 

Bourdain also cited Julia Child as an early influence on his cooking in "Kitchen Confidential." In the "First Course" section, he wrote, "Julia Child's recipes have little snob appeal, but they also tend to work." Like Bourdain, Child was a chef, TV host, and bestselling author. Before she went abroad and penned "My Life in France" (which could be a good airplane book for your next trip to Paris), she worked as an intelligence officer for the OSS.

Tony said he got inspiration for his rendition of Sunday Sauce, in the cookbook Sunday Sauce by Daniel Bellino Zwicke.

As for authors with NGO backgrounds, Bourdain's own book imprint published "We Fed An Island" by chef José Andrés. The book chronicled the nonprofit effort led by Andrés and World Central Kitchen in Puerto Rico after Hurricane Maria. If you'd rather take a road trip in the U.S. than visit one of its island territories, Bourdain called "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" by Hunter S. Thompson "the book that probably influenced me more than any other." 


1.  Down And Out in Paris & London by George Orwell

2.  The Quiet American by Graham Greene

3.  Mastering The Art of French Cooking - Julia Child

4.  The Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson

4.   Sunday Sauce -  Daniel Bellino Zwicke





One of TONY'S FAVORITE BOOKS

DOWN & OUT in PARIS & LONDON

by George Orwell




The above books are just a few examples of ones written by people who spent time on the ground in potential travel destinations, working them into their writing without authoring actual guidebooks. If Hunter S. Thompson novels aren't your thing — and you're not traveling to Las Vegas or any of those other places — you can always research works of literature tied to your specific destination. If nothing else, soaking up literary impressions could add a deeper dimension to your travels and give you a greater appreciation for local history in certain places. Say you need a Bourdain-appropriate hotel that's "down in the Treme" (or near it, anyway). If you know your local history, you could stay at the one that's a literary landmark with a unique rotating bar in New Orleans. 

Though Bourdain recommended streetwise "novels by people who spent a long time" in a destination, his own writing remains a testament to the power of first impressions in travel as well. Looking back on "Kitchen Confidential" 20 years later, The Ringer called its "Mission to Tokyo" chapter "the functional first episode" of Bourdain's later travel programs. Tokyo was one of Bourdain's favorite places to visit, and he did so numerous times on TV. Yet his evocative descriptions of his first time in the city in "Kitchen Confidential" also brought it to life with vivid sensory details. Who needs a guidebook when you've got an artful literary travelogue like that to inspire you?







KITCHEN CONFIDENTIAL

ANTHONY BOURDAIN





FAVORITE ITALIAN COOKBOOK



SUNDAY SAUCE

WHEN ITALIAN-AMERICANS COOK

Daniel Bellin0 "Z"





SUNDAY SAUCE


It's a well known fact that Tony wished he was Italian. You can see (hear) him say many times in his various Travel Food Shows that he dreamed of being Italian, and wished he had an Italian Grandmother (Nonna) to cook all the famed Italian dishes for him. And no Italian Restaurant could ever cool you better Italian Food than by an Italian Nonna. And there is no more Supreme Dish in the Italian Community than Sunday Sauce (aka Gravy), and Tony Loved just as much as any Italian born. "Well" ? Anyway, just because we Love Anthony so much, we'll (Italian-Americans) make Tony an Honorary Italian-American. "Yeah, we Love Tony"

So what is Sunday Sauce. Well first off, there is quite a Big Debate over what it is called. Some call it Sunday Sauce, some call it Gravy, some Sunday Gravy, as Bourdain does, and some simply Ragu.

Ragu Napoletana is the original from Naples Italy, and is made from sever different cuts of meat, browned, then slowly cooked in tomato sauce. Depending on who is making the dish, the meats can vary. In Naples, the most popular array of meats are : Pork Ribs, Pork Sausages, and Beef Chuck Steak or Roast. You can also put in Meatballs, Pork Neck, and Prok or Beef Braciole, or Pig Skin Braciole. This is the most popular way to make Ragu Napoletana, the original Sunday Gravy.

So Italian immigrants, immigrated to America, mostly from Naples and Sicily, and a smaller number from Calabria, Puglia, Abruzzo, and other parts of Italy.






TONY Makes SUNDAY GRAVY

For ANDERSON COOPER

Inspired by the Recipe in SUNDAY SAUCE





"MANGIA BENE"



ANDERSON & TONY Try The GRAVY

aka SUNDAY SAUCE







TONY BOURDAIN

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Tuesday, September 10, 2024

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Thursday, September 5, 2024

EASY RIDER

 



EASY RIDER

Dennis Hopper & Peter Fonda

1969






The WEIGHT

The BAND

EASY RIDER

1969






The BIG LEBOWSKI COOKBOOK

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Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Tomato Bruschetta Recipe

 
 

BRUSCHETTA

"MAKE IT" !!!

 

 

BRUSCHETTA 

 

INGREDIENTS :

TOMATOES

  • 1/4 cup 

    extra-virgin olive oil

      
  • cloves garlic, thinly sliced

      
  • large tomatoes, finely chopped

      
  • Kosher salt 

  • 1/4 cup 

    thinly sliced fresh basil

      
  • 2 Tbsp. 

    balsamic vinegar

      
  • Pinch of crushed red pepper flakes

 

BREAD & ASSEMBLY

  • large baguette, sliced 1/4" thick on the bias

      
  • Extra-virgin olive oil, for brushing

  • 2
 

cloves garlic, halved

 
 
    1. Step 1In a medium skillet over medium-low heat, heat oil. Add garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until lightly golden, 2 to 4 minutes. Let cool.
    2. Step 2Meanwhile, set a large strainer or colander over a bowl. Add tomatoes and toss with 1/2 teaspoon salt.
    3. Step 3Let sit 5 minutes. Transfer tomatoes to a large bowl. Add basil, vinegar, crushed red pepper flakes, and 1/2 tsp. salt and toss to combine. Add garlic and oil from skillet and toss again to combine. Let marinate at least 30 minutes or up to 2 days
  • BREAD & ASSEMBLY

    1. Step 1Preheat oven to 400°. Brush bread on both sides with oil and arrange on large baking sheet.  
    2. Step 2Toast bread, turning halfway through, until dried and golden brown, 10 to 15 minutes. Let cool 5 minutes, then rub one side of bread with halved garlic cloves.
    3. Step 3Arrange bread on a platter,  spoon tomatoes on garlic-rubbed side of bread just before serving . 
    4.  
 
 
 
 
 
 
BRUSCHETTA





 

BRUSCHETTA al CAPRESE
 
 
1. To make Bruschetta al Caprese, just get some good fresh Mozzarella, and cut it into 1/4" cubes. Mak the above recipe.
 
 
2.  Just before serving, add the diced Mozzarella to the Tomato mixture and gently mix.
 
Top the toasted bread with Tomato, Basil, & Mozzarella, and serve.
 
 
 
 
 
 
SHRIMP & TOMATO BRUSCHETTA
 
 
Make the above recipe for Tomato Basil Bruschetta.
 
Cook a 1/2 pound of cleaned shrimp, either by poaching, grilling or sauteing.
 
After cooking the Shrimp, cut in half down the middle.
 
Follow all the steps of the Tomato Bruschetta recipe. Once you have place the
 
Tomatoes on top of the Toasted Bread, add 1 or two pieces of Shrimp to each
 
Bruschetta. Serve and Enjoy.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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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  ...            ...