Be Like Tony - 09.26.2002
If you ever wanted to be like Tony Soprano, but felt a little squeamish about killing people. Well, here’s your chance to at least eat like him. The HBO mob drama is now going to have its very own cookbook. The book is called The Sopranos Family Cookbook: As Compiled by Artie Bucco. In case you don’t watch the show, Artie Bucco is the owner of Nuovo Vesuvio, Tony’s favorite restaurant.
Now, I like the show. As a matter of fact, I like the show quite a bit. For some reason any good mob show brings out the Italian in me. I start saying things like “Fagettabatit” and “Howyadoin” and using hand gestures more freely and grabbing my crotch a little more often. “ Do you understand what I am sayin’ to you?” It’s funny, the way that mob movies have this affect on me. I’m only ½ Italian and I live in Houston not Jersey, but for some reason watching these bums brings out my Guido pride. The question I ask myself is - Why do I feel pride about a bunch of crooks that back stab and murder each other at the drop of a hat? I have no idea. I don’t get the same pride when I think about great Italians like Leonardo Davinci or Michelangelo. I probably would, if only they had whacked a few guys.
The Godfather 1 and 2 are two of my favorite movies ever. Michael Corleone is the hero of these movies even though that bastard kills his own brother. Sure, Freddo is an idiot, but if I had my brother killed every time he did something stupid… let’s just say that he would certainly be swimming with the fishes by now. There doesn’t seem to be any limitations for these guys. Brothers, Uncles, Nephews, it really doesn’t matter. And here’s the kicker, for some reason, I find myself rooting for these guys. These sick, murdering sons of bitches are some of my heroes. I don’t know, maybe deep down inside all Italians have the desire to be a Mafia crime boss’.
Oh yea, cookbook.
How this TV show ends up selling a cookbook, I have no idea. I think the show would be better suited to sell a book about dysfunctional families or maybe Zen and the art of being a Mafia Capo.
I am trying to imagine what the dishes in this book will look like.
Tony’s Tortelini
Tortelini stuffed with three cheeses and marinated chicken in a rich tomato sauce.
A note from Tony: “After a hard days work of stealing and killing, nothing settles the stomach
like a big bowl of Tony’s Tortelini. You know, it was Big Pussy’s favorite,
until we snuffed that fat rat bastard snitch. Enjoy.”
Nothing really surprises me anymore when it comes to commercialization of anything that is popular. Next, from the Sopranos, will probably be a web site, “The girls of the Bada Bing”
Now that’s a not a bad idea. Fagettabatit!
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