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Table Of ContentForeword by Jackie Collins In the Beginning Words from the Son The Father Speaks First Courses Don't Fill Up On the Antipasto Holiday Antipasto Calamari Bruschetta When Guys Gather Marc's Super Bowl Guacamole Clams Uncle Vinny's Clam Lesson Clams on the Half-Shell Uncle Tony's Baked Clams Baked Clams Salads "Gee, We Hate to Waste a Good Salad"Danza Everyday Salad Arugula, White Bean, and Red Onion Salad Marc's Eggplant, Lemon, and Caper Salad Insalate Tricolore Tony's Caprese Salad Soups Nothing Like a Nice Bowl of Soup Tied to a Tree Roasted Chicken Soup A Very Important Uncle Legendary Uncle Escarole and Bean Soup The Dukes and Hilda Hilda's Tortilla Soup with Chicken and Avocado Patty Patty's Italian Egg Drop Soup Pizza You Gonna Eat that Last Piece of Pizza? Pizza Dough The Rest of the Pie Grandma's Sicilian Pizza Pasta Two MinutesBolognese Sauce with Spaghetti Quick or Date Sauce Sherman Oaks Pesto with Fusilli and Chicken Uncle John Uncle John's Pasta with Prosciutto Sauce Sunday Sauce Sunday Sauce with Meatballs Don't Be Afraid Roasted Vegetable Pasta Pasta with Garlic and Oil Pasta Nicky The Giant of Patchogue Seafood Pasta Trailblazer Pasta with Fresh Tomatoes, Arugula, and Clams "Rokalirob" Pasta with Broccoli Rabe and Sausage The Every-Night Discussion Pasta with Calamari and Shrimp What My Mother Cooked Mother's Lasagna Main Courses You're Eating Too Much Bread. Eat Bread! Cha Cha's Braciole The Mousse Is Loose Chicken Parm Eggplant Parm Chicken with Lemon and Garlic White Fish and Shrimp with Potatoes and Onions in a Lemon, Wine, and Butter Sauce Broiled White Fish Shrimp Scampi Roasted Chicken and Potatoes Ribs Sausage, Peppers, and Onions Frying Steaks Marc's Tangerine-Honey Chicken with Chipotle Glaze Taiedda Aunt Rose's Fusilli Casserole DessertsNot Big Bakers Ricotta Cheesecake Meringues Tiramisù Final Words The Broadway Elixir Acknowledgments and a Story Index
SynopsisIn the Danza family, the men did most of the cooking -- great Italian-American food that has remained the favorite cuisine in American households for more than a century. Now, actor, television personality, and exuberant cook Tony Danza and his son, Marc (and grandson, Nicholas!), invite you into the kitchen with their huge, at times hilarious, Italian-American clan for 50 top-secret family recipes ("the" sauce and "the" lasagna) and never-before-shared stories and photographs. You'll meet Tony's mom and dad, and Tony's mom's family, the Camisas. You'll meet Marc's family and of course his son, Nicholas. You'll meet the uncles, the aunts, and the cousins, all important people in Tony's and Marc's upbringing. You'll read stories about an Italian immigrant family that grew strong in America and really lived the American dream. The stories are, for the most part, wrapped around the recipes and the food that was the center of family life: Uncle John's Pasta with Prosciutto Sauce, Mother's Lasagna, Chicken with Lemon and Garlic, Holiday Antipasto, Roasted Chicken and Potatoes, Escarole and Bean Soup, Ricotta Cheesecake, and even Tony and Marc's Quick or Date Sauce, a fabulous tomato sauce that's fast, easy, and sure to help you impress the ladies. So pull up a chair, pick up a fork, and join Tony and Marc as they cook, eat, and laugh their way through the generations. And remember, "don't fill up on the antipasto.", In the Danza family, the men did most of the cooking -- great Italian-American food that has remained the favorite cuisine in American households for more than a century.Now, actor, television personality, and exuberant cook Tony Danza and his son, Marc (and grandson, Nicholas!), invite you into the kitchen with their huge, at times hilarious, Italian-American clan for 50 top-secret family recipes (thesauce andthelasagna) and never-before-shared stories and photographs.You'll meet Tony's mom and dad, and Tony's mom's family, the Camisas. You'll meet Marc's family and of course his son, Nicholas. You'll meet the uncles, the aunts, and the cousins, all important people in Tony's and Marc's upbringing. You'll read stories about an Italian immigrant family that grew strong in America and really lived the American dream.The stories are, for the most part, wrapped around the recipes and the food that was the center of family life: Uncle John's Pasta with Prosciutto Sauce, Mother's Lasagna, Chicken with Lemon and Garlic, Holiday Antipasto, Roasted Chicken and Potatoes, Escarole and Bean Soup, Ricotta Cheesecake, and even Tony and Marc's Quick or Date Sauce, a fabulous tomato sauce that's fast, easy, and sure to help you impress the ladies.So pull up a chair, pick up a fork, and join Tony and Marc as they cook, eat, and laugh their way through the generations. And remember, "don't fill up on the antipasto.", Just in time for Father's Day, television favorite Tony Danza and his son Marc present memories of their huge, hilarious Italian-American clan along with the secret family recipes they swore they'd never reveal. Illustrated.
LC Classification NumberTX723.D28388 2008