Sunday, October 11, 2015

Pasta with Meatballs is a Authentic Southern Italian Dish

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SPAGHETTI & MEATBALLS

"It's Really Italian" !!!



  For years now, many so called food Experts who thought they knew more than they actuall did wrote disdainfully of the famed Italian dish Spaghetti & Meatballs, saying "it was not authentic Italian food." Well, "oh Contraire." Guess what? Spaghetti & Meatballs is Italian. Or should I say Pasta & Metaballs. Yes, pasta with meatballs is a dish eaten quite often in southern Italy and the regions of Puglia, Sicily, and Abruuzo, a native dish is Pasta, (usually short Maccheroni) dressed with Meatballs as a special treat .. The names pf these dishes are called Pasta Seduta, meaning Seated Pasta and Maccaroni Azzese .. Yes Pasta w/ Meatballs, "It's really Italian."   I myself have written about this in my book SUNDAY SAUCE -When Italian-Americans Cook, where I stated at the time that I had hear of certain areas serving Meatballs along with their pasta. And even before I heard this I surmised that out of so many millions of poor Italians over the years it was most certain that in poor familys not wanting to wash more than 1 dish per person eating that momma would not serve pasta and meatballs in seperate courses but together on one plate of Pasta & Meatballs (Spagetti Meatballs). And so as stated before Pasta with Meatballs is an authentic dish served all over Southern Italy, it's reall Italian Food and has names for it, again Pasta Seduta and Maccheroni Azzese .. So there, "In your face Food Snobs," snubbing our beloved Spaghetti & Meatballs, no it's not just Italian-American, which is not a bad thing, it's really Real italian and the mystery and controversy is now setted, it's Spaghetti & Meatballs, millions love it, and billions of plates have been served over the years. Why? People love it, as simple as that ..  



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LASAGNA CARNEVALE alla NPOLETANA Has Little Meatballs Inside

Mangia Bene !!!

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SUNDAY SAUCE

When Italian-Americans Cook



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The RAGU BOLOGNESE COOKBOOK
by Danny Bolognese


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Friday, October 2, 2015

Positano Capri Napoli The Amalfi Coast - Italy

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Lemon Grove, Villa Maria, Minori





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My Breakfast Table Villa Maria




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My Daily Breakfast



Villa Maria Agroturismo is a beautiful Lemon Grove Farm in Minori Italy on the Amalfi Coast south of Positano and the town of Amalfi .. The owners Vincenzo and his wif Maria turned there lovely little farm in to an Agroturismo an 2000 .. An Agroturismo is a farm or vineyard in Italy where you stay on the property and have wonderful meals made from the products of the farm .. Villa Maria is primarily a Lemon Farm, but Vincenzo has Olive Trees (Olive Oil), Fruit Trees (Peaches, Pears, Apples), and Grapevines of which Vincenzo makes his own tasty white and red wine .. Yes he makes his own Olive Oil, Salami & Prosciutto from the pigs he keeps, as well as Eggs and Chicken from his poultry. So Vincenzo tends to the farm and makes Olive Oil, Wine, Salami, Fruit Preserves, and his own Lemoncello. Vincenzo's wife Mari does the cooking with her sister fro the most amazing Breakfast you've ever had in your life and fabulosu 4 Coruse Dinners every evening on the terrace. Villa Maria is a very special place that everyone who makes it there falls in love with the place, with Maria & Vincenzo as well.




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Antipasto Misti




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My Lunch
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Me & My Buddy Vincenzo - Villa Maria


Author Daniel Bellino Zwicke with Vincenzo Manzo 

of VILLA MARIA, MINORI

LEMON GROVE AGROTURISMO



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View of Minori from Villa Maria





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Villa Maria Terrazzo at Sunset








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