Sunday, March 23, 2025

Best Pasta in Naples

 NAPOLI

BEST PASTA

"Well ? Some of The BEST Anyway"





MACCHERONI with RAGU GENOVESE

NAPOLI


La Taverna a Santa Chiara 📍 Location: Via Santa Chiara, 6, 80134 Napoli NA, ITALY










GREAT PASTA in NAPOLI

NAPLES , ITALY








POSITANO The AMALFI COAST

TRAVEL GUIDE - COOKBOOK

With 100 NEAPOLITAN REGIONAL RECIPES











PASTA PATATA

A HEARTY PASTA of PASTA POTATOES

AND PROVOLONE CHEESE

"YUMM" !!!!











Ravello

 





VILLA CIMBRONE

RAVELLO






VILLA CIMBRONE








VILLA CIMBRONE

STAY in A BEAUTIFUL ROOM






VILLA CIMBRONE

STAY in a LUXURIOUS ROOM

One of The WORLD'S Most PRESTGIOUS HOTELS - Set a 10-minute walk from the center of Ravello, Hotel Villa Cimbrone offers elegant rooms with free internet access. This 5-star hotel offers an outdoor pool with hydromassage corner, panoramic gardens and a private helicopter pad. Elegant rooms at Villa Cimbrone all come equipped with air conditioning, satellite flat-screen TV and a mini-bar. The private bathroom includes a hairdryer, bathrobes and free toiletries.







HOTELS in RAVELLO

The AMALFI COAST - CAPRI

ITALY & WORLDWIDE













RAVELLO

From VILLA CIMBRONE






INFINITY TERRACE

VILLACIMBRONE

RAVELLO







RAVELLO

The AMALFI COAST ITALY









LOOKING to The SEA

At VILLA CIMBRONE

RAVELLO







POSITANO The AMALFI COAST

TRAVEL GUIDE - COOKBOOK

RAVELLO - AMALFI - POSITANO - MINORI

CAPRI NAPLES ISCHIA

With 100 NEAPOLITAN & AMALFI COAST RECIPES











VEIW From VILLA CIMBRONE

"SOUTH"







VILLA CIMBRONE






RAVELLO

Walking to VILLA CIMBRONE






RAVELLO

The AMALFI COAST

ITALY






RAVELLO

View Looking SOUTH

The AMALFI COAST

ITALY






RAVELLO

ITALY








VILLA CIMBRONE

RAVELLO







VILLA CIMBRONE







VILLA CIMBRONE






VILLA CIMBRONE






VILLA CIMBRONE

RAVELLO, ITALY 

The AMLFI COAST






HOTELS ITALY & WORLDWIDE









Monday, March 17, 2025

Palermo Street Food

 



FOCACCERIA San FRANCESCO

PALERMO





MAKING MY PANINO

PANE ca MEUSA - MARITATA






I GET a VASTEDDA

aka PANE ca MEUSA

At ANTICA FOCACCERIA San FRANCESCO

PALERMO, SICILY




SICILIAN RECIPES



GRANDMA BELLINO'S COOKBOOK

RECIPES FROM MY SICILIAN NONNA

BEST NONNA RECIPES AROUND








Author DANIEL BELLINO "Z" 

SIRACUSA, SICILY






STREET FOOD in PALERMO

ARANCINA (Rice Balls)

SFINCIONE - PALERMINTANA PIZZA

PANE e MEUSA ( Beef Spleen Sandwich)

CANNOLI








DANIEL Gets a PANINO

PANE e MUESA

BEEF SPLEEN & CACIOCAVALLO CHEESE SANDWICH





ROCKY de la VUCCIRIA

PANE ca MEUSA












Pane e Meusa

CACCIOCACAVALLO & SPLEEN SANDWICH

PALERMO, SICILY

At ANTICA FOCACCERIA San FRANCESCO








With FRIENDS at CAFE GLAMOUR

LERCARA FRIDDI - SICILY

That's FRANCESCO & His NONNO

They OWN The CAFE

"WONDERFUL PEOPLE"



Sunday, March 9, 2025

Food in Bari Orecchiette

 





NUNZIA Talks ORECCHIETTE 










BARI

BEST STREET FOOD





COOK LIKE NONNA !!!



NONNA BELLINO'S COOKBOOK

COOK LIKE an ITALIAN NONNA

The BEST FOOD EVER !!!













WINE TASTING in PUGLIA





NEED a ROOM - BARI - ITALY



FIND a HOTEL 

BARI - All of PUGLIA

ITALY & WORLDWIDE











STAY at CASTELLO MONACI



"Le SCUDERIE"

At CASTELLO MONACI









The POOL

CASTELLO MONACI

Le SCUDERIE



Featuring garden views, Le Scuderie - Castello Monaci in Salice Salentino features accommodations and a garden. There's a private entrance at the bed and breakfast for the convenience of those who stay. There's an outdoor pool and guests can access free Wifi and free private parking. The bed and breakfast will provide guests with air-conditioned units offering a desk, a kettle, a minibar, a safety deposit box, a flat-screen TV, and a private bathroom with a bidet. Guests can have wine or champagne and chocolates or cookies delivered to their room. The rooms are equipped with heating facilities.






DELICIOUS BREAKFAST INCLUDED

CASTELLO MONACI








HOTELS - ITALY



FIND a HOTEL in PUGLIA

ITALY - EUROPE  & WORLDWIDE









BEST of BARI

EATING & SIGHTSEEING












Thursday, March 6, 2025

My Venice author Daniel Bellino

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The DOGES PALACE / SAINT MARKS BASILICA

In WINTER

VENICE , ITALY



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SAINT MARKS BASILICA

PIAZZA SAN MARCO

VENICE

2003





Grand Canal

VENICE

Italian Cookbook Author Daniel Bellino Zwicke

1995





The DOGE'S PALACE

PIAZETTA at PIAZZA SAN MARCO

VENICE





NEED a HOTEL in VENICE





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PEGGY GUGENHEIM MUSEUM

The GRAND CANAL

DELLA SAULTE

VENICE

Taken from a MOTOSCAFI
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CAFFE FLORIAN

PIAZZA SAN MARCO

VENICE

CAMPARI & OJ

FRANK MYSELF and COUSIN TONY


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Me and Cousin Joe

PROSECCO at a BACARO

VENICE

Author Daniel Bellino-Zwicke




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Harry's Bar



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The WORLD'S COOLEST RESTAURANT


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ARIGO CIPRIANI

Son of GIUSEPPE

aka HARRY


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ERNEST HEMINGWAY at HARRY'S BAR

with Owner / Founder GIUSEPPE CIPRIANI

HARRY'S BAR was one of HEMINGWAY'S Favorites

"Me Too" !



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POSITANO The AMALFI COAST

TRAVEL GUIDE / COOKBOOK





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The BRIDGE of SIGHS

VENICE






The HOTEL DANIELI

VENICE






MANGIA ITALIANO

MEMORIES of ITALIAN FOOD

Daniel Bellino Zwicke



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HOTEL FIRENZE

My FIRST VENETIAN HOTEL

June 1985
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My HOTEL ROOM

HOTEL FIRENZE

VENICE


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MAP of VENICE

HOTEL FIRENZE

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I got lost in VENICE at Night. It was my first night there and my first trip ever to Europe. I was a young man of 23 and relatively new in my travel experience, how to get around and what to do. Yes I got lost and the Magical Maze, The Labyrinth that is Venice, with its winding streets, many bridges and narrow alleyways.

I learned a very important travel lesson that night. One of the first things you should ever do as you are in a new city and check into your hotel. While you're at the desk, make sure to take a couple Business Cards of the hotel. Put one in your wallet or purse immediately, and put another in one of your pockets. If you ever get lost, you can give it to a Taxi Driver (Not in Venice though) and tell him to go here.

Yes, I got lost in Venice. I didn't feel it at the time, but it's a quite Wonderful thing to do, getting Lost in Venice.


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Hotel Guerrato

VENICE

1995







HOTEL GUERRATO
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The BREAKFAST ROOM

HOTEL GUERRATO



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My Room

Hotel Guerrato

VENICE


I found this wonderful little Hotel in 1995, on my special trip to Explore the BACARI (Venetian Wine Bars) of VENICE. I had read a tiny little article about them in the New York Times that peeked my interest and inspired me to open one in New York. I book a trip for 8 days in Venice to explore, feel, experience and find out everything I could about the Wine Bars of Venice (Bacari). And I did just that. With the knowledge of that trip and my many years experience in the restaurant business in New York, I made a business plan, found a partner to join me, and I created the First Ever Bacaro in The United States, called BAR CICHETTI in New York's Greenwich Village. Basta !


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SAN GIACOMO

The OLDEST CHURCH in VENICE

Built 1071

At The RIALTO

If You stay at GUERRATO

This is just 200 Feet Away
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The RIALTO MARKET
Over 700 Years Old

If you stay at Albergo Guerrato, you are Literally Several Feet from The RIALTO
You walk out the Door of the hotel, make a right, walk 30 Feet and you are Inside The RIALTO MARKET. It doesn't get much Better than that.



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FRUIT MARKET

The RIALTO MARKET

VENICE



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BAR CICHETTI

America's FIRST Ever VENETIAN WINE BAR
aka BACRO

Created by Daniel Bellino-Zwicke


and Tom Taraci


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A Motoscafo Passes Through

PONTE ACCADAMIA

VENICE





View from Accadamia Bridge

TURNER



TURNER






HOTELS in VENICE

And WORLDWIDE








BOOKS by DANIEL BELLINO Z







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DORSODORO

VENICE

1995






The BREAKFAST ROOM

TIVOLI

VENICE






My Room

The HOTEL TIVOLI

VENICE






HOTEL IRIS

VENICE

Stayed Here in 1996


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View from My Room

Stay in VENICE for LESS Than $100

HOTEL IRIS

VENICE






VENICE HOTELS

ALL ITALY

And WORLDWIDE









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PALAZZO DARIO


VENICEITALY






Near HOTEL IRIS


DORSODORO

VENICE



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SUNDAY SAUCE

When Italians Cook





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CAFFE FLORIAN


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GIACOMO CASANOVA



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CASANOVA Seduces


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 Trattoria Poste Vecie
Since 1500
This restaurant was a Favorite of GIACOMO CASANOVA


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Where CASANOVA Often DINED
and SEDUCED


In the fish market area, in Campo delle Beccarie, there is instead Poste Vecie restaurant open since 1500, where Casanova used to hide away with friends and especially girl friends to enjoy luxurious banquets. The whole area of St. Mark’s Square and especially the old premises, starting from Caffè Florian, have been hunting grounds of the great seducer.



   
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DO MORI

The erotic tour of Venice cannot exclude the Rialto area and in particular the Sotoportego dei Do Mori where in the tavern of the same name Casanova liked giving the first appointment to his ladies. Who showed up strictly masked.


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Antonio Vivaldi
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See a VIVALDI CONCERT at The PIETA

Where VIVALDI was The MAESTRO


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The PIETA

On The  RIVA DEGLI SCHIAVONA

VENICE , ITALY
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The RIVA DEGLI SCHIAVONI

by CANALETTO
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BACARI

The WINE BARS of VENICE




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VEDOVA
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INSIDE The BAR at VEDOVA
BACARO
 
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GONDOLA'S with Della SALUTE in Background

The MOLO

VENICE
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The RAGU BOLOGNESE COOKBOOK

The WORLD'S TASTIEST DISH

SECRET RECIPE


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The ITALIAN NATIONAL TEAM

"AZZURI"