Gianni's North Beach
By Hungry Village
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Podcast Description
Each episode, Gianni comes down off the hill to source the meal he wants to cook that day. Then he goes back up to his kitchen and cooks it for you. Authentic Italian cooking in the village style, from San Francisco.
| Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VideoRecipe: Frittata - Italian Cooking - Gianni's North Beach | Full text recipe: http://wp.me/p1bo0f-1MA Frittata is a versatile dish. You can use whatever ingredients you want to make yours. Here I use some of my favorites. Browned potatoes and onions are the base. Fresh mozzarella, roasted sausage, grated pecorino, chopped parsley enhance the egg mixture. You can make your frittata in less than 15 minutes. | 4/28/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoRecipe: Chicken and Escarole Soup with Veal Meatballs | Full text recipe: http://wp.me/p1bo0f-1F8 Also known as Italian wedding soup, chicken and escarole soup is an Italian-American classic. The addition of the little savory veal meatballs make this soup special. It’s a staple at Italian wedding receptions and hence the moniker Italian Wedding Soup. | 2/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoRecipe: Calamari Fritti (Fried Squid) | Full recipe: http://wp.me/p1bo0f-1kS Fried calamari (calamari fritti) is a quick antipasto that has to be eaten hot right out of the oil. The vinegar pepper confetti adds a nice kick. The calamari is great on its own too with just a squeeze of lemon. | 12/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoRecipe: 10 for 1 - Super Versatile Veal Scallopine | At least 10 different dish variations are possible from this one veal cutlet recipe. | 7/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoRecipe: Hotness Challenge - Macaroni with a Baby Back Rib Sauce | Calabrians love hot peppers that make their food zesty and memorable. How many drops can you take? | 7/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoRecipe: 10 Minute Mussels & Clams | A basic recipe from Campania that you can eat in 10 minutes. | 7/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoRecipe: Gianni's Favorite Dish - Eggplant Parmigiana | ?My favorite dish in the whole world, to cook and to eat. Don't miss the bonus controversy on how to prepare it!? | 7/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoRecipe: Bistecca alla Pizzaiola | A classic from Naples – it’s fast, spicy, delicious, and is named after the pizza-maker since the sauce is one that is always at hand in a pizzeria. | 6/7/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoRecipe: Pollo Oreganata (Chicken and Vegetables Roasted with Oregano) | Text recipe: http://wp.me/p1bo0f-wn A zesty dish from Campania that you can have on the table in about an hour. This is one of my go-to dishes when I hit the kitchen after a grueling day with nothing ready to eat. | 5/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | VideoRecipe: Carciofi alla Romana - Roman style artichokes | Artichokes from the Jewish Ghetto in Rome. | 4/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | VideoRecipe: Chicken & Potatoes Cook-off | Gianni does a little friendly battle with food author Mark Leslie, one cooking in the Campania style and the other in the Lazio style. Need we ask who you're rooting for? | 4/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | VideoPizza Rustica & Pastiera Napoletana | Traditional Easter pies - one savory and one sweet. | 4/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | VideoBoys of Pulcinella, Neapolitan restaurant in North Beach, San Francisco | For the second in Gianni's series of authentic, regional Italian dinners, he takes us to Pulcinella, which serves up pizza and other dishes from Naples. The Caputo family talks about Neapolitan food, the history of pizza, and just who the hell is "Pulcinella," anyway? | 3/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | VideoZeppole di San Giussepe | Full text recipe: http://wp.me/p1bo0f-nJ Zeppole di San Giuseppe should only be made on St. Joseph’s feast day, March 19, also Father’s Day in Italia. This is when I make mine. It’s tradition. Traditions fade though. Now you can get this popular pastry all year round in many Italian-American communities and even at pasticcerie (pastry shops) in Napoli where it was invented in 1840 by Don Pasquale Pintauro. His pasticceria in Naples is still open. | 3/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | VideoMake Fresh Ravioli with San Marzano Sauce | Learn to make fresh pasta with a machine, plus ravioli with ricotta filling. | 3/5/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | VideoLasagna al Forno with Fresh Pasta | A Tuscan take on the classic lasagna. This is my favorite lasagna recipe and the one most requested by family and friends. Be sure to read the text recipe at Gianni.tv. | 2/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 17 | VideoTime to Stuff the Cannoli! | Full blog post: http://gianni.tv/time-to-stuff-the-cannoli/ Santo Esposito, owner of Cavalli Cafe in North Beach, San Francisco, lets us watch him put the filling in his hand-made cannoli. | 2/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 18 | VideoPotato Gnocchi With 3 Sauces | Potato gnocchi from scratch, with Pesto Trapanese, Gorgonzola, and Pizzaiola Sauces. Full text recipe: http://wp.me/p1bo0f-fM | 1/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 19 | VideoRecipe: Porchetta | Porchetta, Cipollini en Agrodolce, Truffle Roasted Potatoes | 12/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 20 | VideoRecipe: Pizza Margherita | San Marzano tomatoes, basil, fresh mozzarella, and dough from scratch. | 12/9/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 21 | VideoGianni Finds His Mother's Gravy in Italy | Gianni.com While in the middle of making a Sunday Gravy, Gianni tells the tale of how, on an ancestral trip to Italy, he visited his mother's village, Mirabella Eclano, and discovered that the flavor of her cooking still exists there. http://Gianni.tv | 12/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 22 | VideoItalian Dried Pasta | Full post at Gianni.tv Gianni recommends pasta to use with your Italian dishes. For other cooking videos, including full recipes and demonstrations, visit http://Gianni.tv | 12/5/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 23 | VideoRecipe: Sunday Gravy | Full text recipe | Twitter Hand-crushed tomatoes and long-braised meats galore. The traditional, long-cooked pasta sauce from a small village in Campania. You have to make this one next Sunday! Full text recipe: http://wp.me/p1bo0f-1z | 12/3/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 24 | VideoRecipe: Gorgonzola, Prosciutto, Pear Pizza | Full text recipe | Twitter This is a white pizza, no tomato topping. In Rome, they make a long pizza bianca with just EVOO, sea salt and rosemary. In Campania they make a white pizza with EVOO, sea salt and oregano. These white pizzas are great on their own but also as an accompaniment to an antipasto or a salad. This one is a symphony, the sweet pear, the saltiness of the prosciutto, the tanginess of the gorgonzola and the harmonizing influence of the fresh mozzarella. Full text recipe at: http://wp.me/p1bo0f-66 | 12/2/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 24 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
The secrets to real home cooking
Anyone can follow a recipe, but the end results may vary considerably. Cooking is more than just assembling ingredients and cooking them; it's also about attitude and understanding the context of the food in relation to the culture it came from. Gianni does a wonderful job in transmitting these parts of the equation. And it is very helpful to see the various techniques in preparation. Cooking can be like a time machine; these videos show cooking philosophies that transcend the years and distance, and help us understand the "whys" as well as the "hows." I feel I'm getting to the soul of Italian cuisine with these great podcasts.
Gianni is the best
Gianni's podcast is entertaining and informative. He loves cooking, loves food, and that comes through in everything he does. He's also very good about telling you what you are and aren't looking for as far as ingredients and cooking methods go. If you want to learn how to make delicious fresh authentic Italian food, Gianni's the man.
Gianni is funny
In addition to being a great cook and excellent teacher, Gianni's little sayings crack me up. "Ba-boom!" when he smashes the garlic. "Nice a nice" when things are going well.
Very casual, yet classy.
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