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Positano The Amalfi Coast Cookbook / Travel Guide is the 1st Book of its kind,
being not only a Travel Guide, but a Cookbook / Travel Guide with delightful stories
by the author Daniel Bellino Zwicke of his 30 plus years of Adventures in Naples, on Capri,
Positano, and all over the Amalfi Coast of Southern Italy, including his adventures with
Vincenzo Manzo on his beautiful Lemon Farm "Villa Maria" in the lesser known coastal town of Minori, just below Ravello and two towns south of the coast's namesake town of Amalfi.
Daniel has spent time swimming and lounging around the islands of Capri, Ischia, and Procida,
on vineyards on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius, Benevento, and Ischia. He has cooked dinners with his cousins who live and own a Fresh Mozzarella Factory outside of Salerno, climbed the Path of The Gods and paved the way for many of his friends and relatives who have followed him on his behest after his very first trip, way back in the Summer of 1985. And now Daniel will take you along a journey as well. If you so desire, and read this delightful book on Positano and the Amalfi Coast of Southern Italy.
The book is filled with stories and a wealth of information of Naples, Capri, and the whole of the Amalfi Coast, including its most dazzling Gen "Positano" ... He will tell you the how to Get There, How to Get Around once you're there, What to Do, Where to Eat, and where to Stay (Best Hotels). And if that wasn't enough, and don't you think it would be? Daniel has filled the book with his cache of Secret RECIPES of Naples, Positano, and the Amalfi Coast. Recipes that he has culled in Napoli, on the islands, and all along the coast from friends, relatives, and obliging cooks on Ischia (Braised Rabbit), in Positano (Spaghetti Vongole), Cetara, Salerno, Sorrento, and every nook and cranny on the Amalfi Coast and further afield in the towns of Benevento, Avellino, and Tramonti.
Yes, Daniel has comprised quite a wonderful book, filled with his 35 years of knowledge of this one of Italy's most beloved locals. You'll not find a better collection of Amalfi Coast and
Neapolitan Recipes, Daniel's unique stories, nor his repertoire of facts and tidbits acquired over all these years. Positano The Amalfi Coast Cookbook and Travel Guide, "all we can say is that if you're planning a trip to Positano, Capri, Naples, or Amalfi, this book is an absolute must. And even if you're not, the book is a great read for those into Armchair Travel.
Yes, my Grandfather Nonno Filipo Bellino was a Shoemaker in the town of Lercara Friddi, Sicily,
40 minutes south of Palermo. Frank Sinatra's father Saverio Antonino Martino Sinatra was born in Lercara Friddi and his father was a shoemaker in the town. You might recognize another famous name of someone born in Lercara Friddi, and that would be Salvatore Lucania, better known to millions as Charles "Lucky" Luciano.
Anyway, my grandfather was born and raised in Lercara Friddi where he was a shoemaker, and you can bet money that Frank Sinatra's Shomaker Grandfather knew my shoemaker Grandfather
Filipo Bellino. They were both around the same age, give or take a few years.
My grandfather immigrated to America through Ellis Island, New York in 1902. Filipo then
settled in Lodi, New Jersey where he set up a Shoemake Shop on Main Street, marrying
Giuseppina Salemi. Filipo and Giuseppina lived upstairs from the Shoemaker Shop and had 4 children, my Aunt Lilly was born first, then Uncle Jimmy (James) veteran of WW II and recipient of the Purple Heart in The Battle of The Bulge, Uncle Frank was the 3rd child. Frank Bellino was in
The United States Marine Corps during World War LL, in the Pacific Theater. Then came Uncle Tony who was also in the US Army in WW II where he was head of The Officers Club at
The George V Hotel in Paris after the Allied Forces Liberated the city.
My mother Lucia (Lucy) was the youngest, born in Lodi 1923 ...
