Table #7 @Frankrestaurant. This was my grandmothers kitchen table. She did everything on it, gnocchi, Cavatelli, spaghetti Chitarra, pappardelle, tagliatelle, meatballs, gravy, sausages etc etc… It was always covered in something and this is where my culinary life began. I could barely see past it when she started teaching me everything and when I took it from her house and put it into @frankrestaurant I felt that the cycle had been completed. Her generation had melded with mine. We became one and Frank Restaurant was born. This weekend (June 16th) we celebrate 15 years of Frank Restaurant. #history #tradition #family #welcomehome #generations #meld #nonna #enameltable #kitchentable #community #celebration #milestones #eastvillage #nyc #newyork #italian #italianamerican #love #respect (at Frank Restaurant)
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Table #7 @Frankrestaurant.
This was my grandmothers kitchen table. She did everything on it, gnocchi, Cavatelli, spaghetti Chitarra, pappardelle, tagliatelle, meatballs, gravy, sausages etc etc… It was always covered in something and this is where my culinary life began. I could barely see past it when she started teaching me everything and when I took it from her house and put it into @frankrestaurant I felt that the cycle had been completed. Her generation had melded with mine. We became one and Frank Restaurant was born. This weekend (June 16th) we celebrate 15 years of Frank Restaurant. #history #tradition #family #welcomehome #generations #meld #nonna #enameltable #kitchentable #community #celebration #milestones #eastvillage #nyc #newyork #italian #italianamerican #love #respect (at Frank Restaurant)

“The birdcage” @lilfrankies. Exposed old brick, aged porous calacatta marble, old sepia family photos, worn in walnut wood, antique crystal lighting, and old chipped penny tile. @lilfrankies looks as though it has always been there, through every fad and trend, every tick of the clock, every turn of the table, wearing in more every day like a pair of leather boots, molding itself more and more to the people that slide into it and snuggle up to it. This is your neighborhood pizza place, as in Italy we are always here waiting, our wood fire always burning, our food always piping hot. #pizza #pasta #welcomehome #community #neighbors #hood #integrity #consistency #healthy #local (at Lil’ Frankie’s)
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“The birdcage” @lilfrankies.
Exposed old brick, aged porous calacatta marble, old sepia family photos, worn in walnut wood, antique crystal lighting, and old chipped penny tile. @lilfrankies looks as though it has always been there, through every fad and trend, every tick of the clock, every turn of the table, wearing in more every day like a pair of leather boots, molding itself more and more to the people that slide into it and snuggle up to it. This is your neighborhood pizza place, as in Italy we are always here waiting, our wood fire always burning, our food always piping hot. #pizza #pasta #welcomehome #community #neighbors #hood #integrity #consistency #healthy #local (at Lil’ Frankie’s)

Trenette in Passato. My kids are addicted to this as am I. Again having passato ready in the frig turned dinnertime into just a 20 minute chore and we ate like a king with his two princes at his side. #pasta #primi #passato #soulwarming #foodporn #instafood #chezfrank #letsdothis #lockedandloaded #pullthepassatotrigger
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Trenette in Passato.
My kids are addicted to this as am I. Again having passato ready in the frig turned dinnertime into just a 20 minute chore and we ate like a king with his two princes at his side.
#pasta #primi #passato #soulwarming #foodporn #instafood #chezfrank #letsdothis #lockedandloaded #pullthepassatotrigger

Papaya on Marble. I call this #herofruit cause it has gotten me out of so many tough situations. If your gonna eat like I eat you have to have your remedies and papaya is high on that list. Papain is a very beneficial digestive enzyme and papaya is loaded with it. Even grated when green this stuff can be a lifesaver for a system that has been overindulging. Everything you need to cure yourself grows in the ground. #itgrowsintheground #remedies #myphilosopy #fasting #papain #papaya #digestivehealthishealth #floraandfauna #health #DIY #fruitheals
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Papaya on Marble.
I call this #herofruit cause it has gotten me out of so many tough situations. If your gonna eat like I eat you have to have your remedies and papaya is high on that list. Papain is a very beneficial digestive enzyme and papaya is loaded with it. Even grated when green this stuff can be a lifesaver for a system that has been overindulging. Everything you need to cure yourself grows in the ground.
#itgrowsintheground #remedies #myphilosopy #fasting #papain #papaya #digestivehealthishealth #floraandfauna #health #DIY #fruitheals

1989 Rodi Garganico Puglia. Here I am with one of my Italian mentors. I’m the overtan one in the middle in the wife beater. This woman (right in front of me) taught me that you can have restraint with incredible execution and transcend. She had an incredible grasp on textures and she proved to me how amazing the simple could be in the right hands. It made such an impression on me that when I started my places I went to the well and chose what I had the most confidence would work, after all it was my dads money not mine and what I learned in the Italian countryside was a simple dish could be a poem that you want to memorize and recite to yourself and others in all different ways to see how they sound. @Frankrestaurant would be an ode to that poem and we are still seeing how it sounds. #keepitsimplestupid #KISS #lessons #mentor #genius #repetition #restraint # #TBT
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1989 Rodi Garganico Puglia.
Here I am with one of my Italian mentors. I’m the overtan one in the middle in the wife beater. This woman (right in front of me) taught me that you can have restraint with incredible execution and transcend. She had an incredible grasp on textures and she proved to me how amazing the simple could be in the right hands. It made such an impression on me that when I started my places I went to the well and chose what I had the most confidence would work, after all it was my dads money not mine and what I learned in the Italian countryside was a simple dish could be a poem that you want to memorize and recite to yourself and others in all different ways to see how they sound. @Frankrestaurant would be an ode to that poem and we are still seeing how it sounds.
#keepitsimplestupid #KISS #lessons #mentor #genius #repetition #restraint #
#TBT

Passato. How you introduce herbs into things is a very important step. There are two types of herbs: “water herbs” like basil, parsley and cilantro, and “oil herbs” like rosemary, sage and oregano. Water herbs have a mild fleeting flavor and are completely edible, whereas oil herbs are strong and actually keep getting stronger the longer they stay in things and are not always pleasant to eat. There are two basic ways to use herbs to flavor something, chopped (or some other cut) or whole. If you want a subtle herb flavor you go whole and let the herbs float in the sauce slowly releasing its flavor and you can monitor it and pull it at any time or for a more aggressive and quick releasing flavor you cut up your herbs and strain them out later but remember this method can blow out your sauce if your not careful and they even take on a bitter quality when overcooked ruining your sauce. Always be careful with aromatics. #method #secrets #chef #chezfrank #herbs #sauce #passato #tomato #tomatosauce #cook #tips #foodporn #instafood #letsdothis #mentor #science #commonsense #basil #pot
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Passato.
How you introduce herbs into things is a very important step. There are two types of herbs: “water herbs” like basil, parsley and cilantro, and “oil herbs” like rosemary, sage and oregano. Water herbs have a mild fleeting flavor and are completely edible, whereas oil herbs are strong and actually keep getting stronger the longer they stay in things and are not always pleasant to eat. There are two basic ways to use herbs to flavor something, chopped (or some other cut) or whole. If you want a subtle herb flavor you go whole and let the herbs float in the sauce slowly releasing its flavor and you can monitor it and pull it at any time or for a more aggressive and quick releasing flavor you cut up your herbs and strain them out later but remember this method can blow out your sauce if your not careful and they even take on a bitter quality when overcooked ruining your sauce. Always be careful with aromatics.
#method #secrets #chef #chezfrank #herbs #sauce #passato #tomato #tomatosauce #cook #tips #foodporn #instafood #letsdothis #mentor #science #commonsense #basil #pot

There is a sense of ownership that comes with being a regular @lilfrankies. You know you can boss us around anytime you want and we are there for you. Our service is what you want it to be and nothing more. We are never up your ass with our bullshit, we are never at your table selling you shit you don’t want and taking up your precious time with your friends or family. If you are looking for stodgy service with stiff waitrons you have come to the wrong place. We are the italian family you always wanted to be a part of that can cook like nobodies business and never lets you leave hungry. You can expect the same from @sauce_nyc @frankrestaurant and @suppernyc everyday day in day out so #welcomehome and #comeandgetit (at Lil’ Frankie’s)
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There is a sense of ownership that comes with being a regular @lilfrankies. You know you can boss us around anytime you want and we are there for you. Our service is what you want it to be and nothing more. We are never up your ass with our bullshit, we are never at your table selling you shit you don’t want and taking up your precious time with your friends or family. If you are looking for stodgy service with stiff waitrons you have come to the wrong place. We are the italian family you always wanted to be a part of that can cook like nobodies business and never lets you leave hungry. You can expect the same from @sauce_nyc @frankrestaurant and @suppernyc everyday day in day out so #welcomehome and #comeandgetit (at Lil’ Frankie’s)

“I love you all the way to the top of the Empire State Building and back” #newyork #newyorknewyork #helluvatown #cauldron #incubator #firestarter #freedomtower #downtown #kingofnewyork #manhattan #cityscape #landscape #aerialview #verticalcity (at Empire State Building)
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“I love you all the way to the top of the Empire State Building and back” #newyork #newyorknewyork #helluvatown #cauldron #incubator #firestarter #freedomtower #downtown #kingofnewyork #manhattan #cityscape #landscape #aerialview #verticalcity (at Empire State Building)

You never know where the night is going to begin. You never know when everyone is going to agree to let go and let the night take over. Most of the time nothing is said but every one knows and it can start with anything. I personally live for those moments and tonight it happened over my octopus and I can’t think of a better dish to remember for it. #letsdothis #lovebender #letgo #letthenightdictate #foodporn #octopus #polipo #moscardini #blackceci (at Frank Restaurant)
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You never know where the night is going to begin. You never know when everyone is going to agree to let go and let the night take over. Most of the time nothing is said but every one knows and it can start with anything. I personally live for those moments and tonight it happened over my octopus and I can’t think of a better dish to remember for it. #letsdothis #lovebender #letgo #letthenightdictate #foodporn #octopus #polipo #moscardini #blackceci (at Frank Restaurant)

Handmade Cencione @sauce_nyc. Semolina, water and sea salt “rags” are sauce stickin’ floppin’ sopin’ surfboards of greatness that just bathe like mating dolphins in my grandmothers gravy. You can cut em or just dump em down whole and make a holy mess all over your shirt, chin and neck. They do not co-operate at all they are the sloppiest pasta known to man. #getsloppyatsauce #eatlikeakid #itsallgood #napkins #matingdolphins #grandmasgravy #cencione #rags #pasta #primi #semola #foodporn #literaryfoodporn #instafood (at Sauce Restaurant)
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Handmade Cencione @sauce_nyc.
Semolina, water and sea salt “rags” are sauce stickin’ floppin’ sopin’ surfboards of greatness that just bathe like mating dolphins in my grandmothers gravy. You can cut em or just dump em down whole and make a holy mess all over your shirt, chin and neck. They do not co-operate at all they are the sloppiest pasta known to man.
#getsloppyatsauce #eatlikeakid #itsallgood #napkins #matingdolphins #grandmasgravy #cencione #rags #pasta #primi #semola #foodporn #literaryfoodporn #instafood (at Sauce Restaurant)

The Sergio Leone @sauce_nyc. Grass fed steak, tomatoes, broccoli rabe and crispy egg. Meat, tomatoes, eggs, and bitter greens in ANY and ALL combinations is just amazing. You cannot go wrong. You can sear and char medium tough cuts of higher quality meats nice and rare and have a great eating experience. Try chewing a piece of meat any meat without anything else in your mouth then introduce some veg and you will see right away why this combo is so spectacular. It breaks up the meat so nicely while adding bitterness (greens and go garlicky) bite (tomatoes keep them juicy and chunky) and a deep round character with the fried crispy meaty yolky egg. It’s a grand slam of flavor and texture. It’s one of those combos that keep a great palate captive and interested while simultaneously providing an extraordinary bam of nutrition without any real starch. #SergioLeone #grassfed #tomatoes #broccolirabe #crispyegg #meat #tomatoes #eggs #bittergreens #alkaline #acid #neutralize #greatcombinations #digestiblemeals #satisfying #yolky #LES #NYC #latenightmusings #chezfrank (at Sauce Restaurant)
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The Sergio Leone @sauce_nyc.
Grass fed steak, tomatoes, broccoli rabe and crispy egg.
Meat, tomatoes, eggs, and bitter greens in ANY and ALL combinations is just amazing. You cannot go wrong. You can sear and char medium tough cuts of higher quality meats nice and rare and have a great eating experience. Try chewing a piece of meat any meat without anything else in your mouth then introduce some veg and you will see right away why this combo is so spectacular. It breaks up the meat so nicely while adding bitterness (greens and go garlicky) bite (tomatoes keep them juicy and chunky) and a deep round character with the fried crispy meaty yolky egg. It’s a grand slam of flavor and texture. It’s one of those combos that keep a great palate captive and interested while simultaneously providing an extraordinary bam of nutrition without any real starch.
#SergioLeone #grassfed #tomatoes #broccolirabe #crispyegg #meat #tomatoes #eggs #bittergreens #alkaline #acid #neutralize #greatcombinations #digestiblemeals #satisfying #yolky #LES #NYC #latenightmusings #chezfrank (at Sauce Restaurant)

Step one for passato di pomodoro is a “hard toast” on whole cloves of garlic in about 1/2” of virgin oil. Go high heat but be careful not to let any water into the oil during this. When the exterior of the whole cloves is dark brown pull it off the stove and let it cool then add your strained tomatoes, whole stems and leaves of basil intact and let simmer till slightly thick. #passato #thegarlicstep #critical #gowholegodark #method #tradition #garlic #hardtoast #foodporn #instafood
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Step one for passato di pomodoro is a “hard toast” on whole cloves of garlic in about 1/2” of virgin oil. Go high heat but be careful not to let any water into the oil during this. When the exterior of the whole cloves is dark brown pull it off the stove and let it cool then add your strained tomatoes, whole stems and leaves of basil intact and let simmer till slightly thick. #passato #thegarlicstep #critical #gowholegodark #method #tradition #garlic #hardtoast #foodporn #instafood

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