The Men of the Pacific Street Social Club Cook Italian: Home-Style Recipes and Unforgettable Stories

by Gerard Renny

Book Overview

Men's social clubs have defined Italian-American culture for generations. As the author explains, grandmothers and mothers passed on the family recipes to their sons. When the sons grew up, they... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0688156177
• ISBN13: 9780688156176
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: William Morrow & Company
• Length: 147 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 10.2" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

What a joy !

This cookbook is fantastic! My mom was Italian, and the recipes here are truly authentic. I loved the format of daily recipes, and I spent a week just following along. The stories are wonderful, it is like having a visit back to my old neighborhood of long ago here in Boston. My special recommendations: Joe Red's Chicken Meatball Soup, Bolognese Sauce, BOTH Pasta Puttenescas, Fried Pepper Wet Sandwich, Italian Cheesecake...OH, HECK...JUST TRY THEM ALL !! You will not be disappointed.

A delicious piece of history

I bought this book for my father-in-law who grew up in East New York and loves to cook. He is thrilled with the recipes which he says are simply written and authentic to what he ate growing up there 80 years ago. He also loved the pictures and rememberances of "the old neighborhood." I've never bought him another gift that made him this happy. He's buying a bunch to give to other Brooklyn friends.

Life on Pacific Street

I lived across the street from Our Lady of Loretto and went to school with the author, Gerard Renny. This november, my mom Graziella Tirino one of the last true "die hards" finally moved from Pacific St. The recipes and the stories along with the pictures had me thinking back to the old neighborhood and how much fun we used to have. We didn't have much but we had friends, good food and plenty of it. This book and the wonderful receipes are a part of my past and I look forward to sharing it with family and friends. aka Rosetta

Just Like my Mom's Cooking

If my mom who came from Italy had written a cook book, it would have had these recipes. The Cavatelli are super and bring me back to my mom's kitchen every time I make them. The marinara sauce so simple and easy has the truest and clearest flavors of any I've made. When I want to be nostalgic, I reach for this cookbook.. not only to cook from but to read also.

It was wonderful; have bought 14 copies; friends want it.

It was a wonderful, nostalgic trip down memory lane for me. The Esposito Family were warm, caring and loving people. My very fondest memories are with them. Some of the recipes I already had from them, but now I have more. All my friends have bought every book I buy -- I can't keep a supply of them. We are going to have an Esposito cookout at my next bookclub meeting.