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The Wiseguy Cookbook: My Favorite Recipes from My Life as a Goodfella to Cooking on the Run
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Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #28583 in Books
- Published on: 2002-10-01
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Binding: Paperback
- 352 pages
Customer Reviews
Great!
I had a difficult time finding this book - so hats off to Amazon (once again).
When I watched 'Goodfellas', I was just as taken by the food as by the plot - right down to the final scenes where HH is frantically preparing his family a meal, while being followed around by the police, in a completely paranoid state. I was really glad when HH came out of hiding (he's still in a witness protection programme) to write this book.
Many of the recipes in here are painstakingly detailed - I spent a whole afternoon preparing meatballs in tomato sauce. Worth every second though. All the recipes are delicious, and taste all the better for all the hard work.
If you'r a die-hard Goodfellas fan, then you have to have this book. If you're not, get it anyway. Fantastic, authentic Italian cooking.
wise (guy) purchase
If, when you watch goodfellas you start to feel hungry, if your mind wanders slightly from the plot as you wonder what exactly is in that sauce that takes all afternoon to cook and that you have to keep stirring, and if you are fascinated by the idea of using a razor blade to slice garlic so thin that it liquifies in the pan - then this is the book for you. Indulge your inner gangster as you cook one of the many Italian American dishes and wonder what life would have been like if, like Henry you had been a wise guy. A fantastic book - highly recommended.
Be a cooking wiseguy
I bought a copy via Amazon. The recipies that I have made so far have been fab. As the other reviewers have said they can take some time but when your on the run you have all the time in the world. The other good thing is that Henry tells a story at the start of each chapter, things like how he learned to make sausage and pepper heros and how to substitute ingredients when in prison. So why not whip up some fugazy cutlets and clams casino followed by Michael's favorite ziti with meat sauce or lobster fra diavolo then sit back, play the movie and be a wiseguy.
