![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He still brings this flair for improvisation to his cooking. So he learned to fake it when necessary (for example, Romano with white pepper took the place of real pecorino-siciliano cheese), and wherever he found himself, Hill managed to keep good Italian food on the table. Once he entered Witness Protection, though, Hill found himself in places where prosciutto was impossible to get and gravy was something you put on mashed potatoes. At thirteen, he got his first percentage from a local deli-that lost business when he started supplying the neighborhood wiseguys with his own heroes. At the pizzeria where he worked as a kid, he learned to substitute pork for veal in cutlets-which came in handy later when the bankroll was low. Nicholas Pileggi’s vivid, unvarnished, journalistic chronicle of the life of Henry Hillthe working-class Brooklyn kid who knew from age twelve that to be a wiseguy was to own the world, who grew up to live the highs and lows of the mafia gangster’s lifehas been hailed as the best book ever written on organized crime (Cosmopolitan). Choose from Same Day Delivery, Drive Up or Order Pickup. Learn delicious recipes that make even the toughest tough guy beg for more. Read reviews and buy The Wise Guy Cookbook - by Henry Hill & Priscilla Davis (Paperback) at Target. About the Book From America's favorite wiseguy-Henry Hill, whose life was portrayed in "GoodFellas"-comes a collection of recipes accompanied by spicy stories of his life in the Mob.īook Synopsis Now, in his inimitable style, Henry Hill tells some spicy stories of his life in the Mob and shows you how to whip up his favorite dishes, Sicilian style-even when you're cooking on the run. ![]()
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