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Summary: *Shrug!* What can you expect from a radiologist?
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Speaking as a member of the Medical Mafia myself (in a practice area involving actual honest-to-Hippocrates human contact, as opposed to one consisting of "frying a patient with the x-rays") and as a scion of Sicily and la Campagnia, I'm happy to inform one and all that there's a *REASON* why we keep radiologists in dark rooms all day, and limit their contact with people. Apart from the blatant pseudoItalianate idiocies of the particular author, books like this one will give you some appreciation of the fact that the best thing a "Rays" guy will ever write is a bone scan report, and that's only because their department secretaries have a load of "normal findings" boilerplate on their word processors.
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Summary: Yo Capeesh a/k/a Understanding "The Sopranos"
Review: Anyone who watches The Sopranos and is not Italian-American, needs this book as a reference. Growing up in an Italian-American family in South Jersey and being quite familiar with most sayings, there are quite a few I do not immediately recognize. This book certainly helps. It also is a fun book to have around when the entire family comes over for the traditional Sunday afternoon macaroni dinner. My neices and nephews are able to understand their heritage since the relatives who came through Ellis Island are all deceased. This is the first book I have ever read that gets down to the "real" slang and dialect regular Italians use rather than the formal conversational Italian. Nonna Bettina and Nonno Giuseppe would have been proud of the way this book speaks their language!
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Summary: Va bene
Review: Funny? Forgedaboudit! If you're an Italian-American (like me), definitely get this. You'll see a lot of yourself, your family & friends in these pages. If you're NOT Italian-American, buy it anyway... OR ELSE! No seriously, great stuff... especially the chapter entitled "How The Boys Say It".
For another funny book about an Italian-American, read "No One's Even Bleeding".
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Summary: Predone/Shrug...
Review: Here's my menu of favorite foods inspired by "Yo Capeesh" and all the rest of my favorite goomba books and movies! Everything spelled phonetically for all you baccia-galoops! Prices are estimates.Complimentary breadsticks and garlic knots served to all! APPETIZERS 1.) Soup Sampler -- $5
A small cup of pasta fazool' soup and a small cup of minestrone soup served with a hunk of bread 2.) Risotto & Stuffed Pepper -- $4
A big bowl of homemade risotto filled with shredded mozzarell' and served with a sausage-stuffed pepper 3.) Stromboli Bread -- $5
A huge hunk of hot homemade bread stuffed with pepperoni, salami, mozzarell' & ricott' cheese 4.) Mushroom & Zucchini Combo -- $6
Stuffed mushroom caps oregenata-style and fried zucchini sticks with medium-spiced red sauce on the side 5.) Hot Appetizer Platter -- $7
Clams oregenata, fried cala-mad', baked mozzarell', eggplant parmagian', shrimp scampi with a medium-spiced red sauce and fresh lemons on the side 6.) Meat & Cheese Salad -- $6
Fresh chunks of mozzarell' drizzled in olive oil and topped with cracked pepper with shredded pieces of romano cheese, provolone chunks wrapped in salami, cherry tomatoes, pepperincinis, gabagol', pro-shoot 7.) Sunday Meat Plate -- $6
Homemade meatballs, chunks of beef meat, and pork pieces covered in Sunday gravy and topped with grated cheese. Crisp, warmed garlic bread hunk on the side 8.) Hot Pie-A-Peetz -- $7
Nonna's homemade square personal pizza made with olive oil and fresh mozzarell'. Topped with sausage and pepperoni and optional anchovies ENTREES 1.) Chicken Francese Plate -- $9
Grilled chicken breast smothered in a white wine and lemon-butter sauce 2.) Chicken Parmagian' Plate -- $10
Baked breaded chicken cutlets topped with mozzarell' and romano cheeses, on top of spaghetti 3.) Veal Cutlet Caesar -- $10
Fried veal cutlet pieces topped on romaine lettuce drizzled with Caesar dressing 4.) Baked Manicott' -- $9
Homemade manicott' stuffed with ricott' cheese and covered in red gravy 5.) Baked Gavadell' -- $8
Homemade potato pasta topped with melted mozzarell' in red gravy 6.) Penne Vodka Chicken -- $8
Penne macaroni in a vodka cream sauce topped with small pieces of chicken 7.) Vodka Ravioli Mix -- $9
Lobster ravioli, cheese ravioli and meat ravioli mixed together in a vodka cream sauce 8.) Mussels Ma-dinara -- $8
A bowl full of mussels in a spicy ma-dinara sauce on top of linguine 9.) Tortellini Alfredo -- $7
A bowl of tortellini stuffed with meat and covered in an Alfredo cheese sauce 10.) Fresh Fish of the Day -- $8
A fillet of salmon, swordfish, cod or another fresh catch 11.) Lobster Your Way -- $13
However you want it prepared, but always eaten with a Johnny Boy's bib 12.) Johnny's Steak Sengweech -- $7
Grilled sirloin steak served open faced with melted provolone on garlic toast DESSERTS 1.) Carnivale Feast -- $6
A chunk of torrone, homemade sugared zeppoles and shfooyadell' 2.) Bakery Treat -- $5
Pignoli cookies, bakery-style sugar cookies and a hunk of pannetone 3.) Johnny's Italian Cheesecake -- $4
Homemade ricott' cheesecake drizzled with chocolate sauce 4.) Super Canolli -- $4
A jumbo canolli filled with rich cream and tiny chocolate chips 5.) Fruity Vino -- $5
A huge glass of homemade red wine with apple and peach slices on the side or clementines and melon 6.) Boardwalk Delight -- $4
A toasted Belgium waffle with a scoop of vanilla ice cream, drizzled with chocolate fudge sauce with a cherry on top 7.) Napo-Gela Combo -- $5
A homemade Napolian pastry and a cup of tri-color gelato
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Summary: I am actually paying Amazon the postage to take it back!!
Review: I don't know what type of Italian/American family other people grew up in, but I grew up in a loving family with wonderful warm traditions, holidays filled with love, humor and great food, songs sung in Italian, stories of the old country and a door that was always open with the coffee on the stove...I found none of that nostalgia here. What I did find was the stereotypical pictures, sayings and gestures that unfortunately television portrays Italian/Americans to be. If you are looking for a book that not only will translate swears from Italian, but will show you pictures of the gestures as well, or teaches you the correct Italian response to someone farting, this one is for you.
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Summary: This book is underrated !
Review: I have no clue who the idiot is that wrote the review regarding "what can you expect from a radiologist" (Shrug from NJ), but this creature (obviously a non-Italian, poor thing, with no wit about him) has no clue what a radiologist does, and moreover, about this incredible book.
This book has been done straight from the heart, and is hilarious, as well as sentimental. If you are, or know Italians, this book is true to their heritage, and a credit to Italian-Americans. Those who find it too close to home, may be embarrassed (Disappointed from FL), and try to deny their culture - Get a life!!
Don't hesitate to buy this book - it is a pleasure for all to read, especially TRUE Italian-Americans! Bravo to Dr. Caridi!!
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Summary: This book is underrated !
Review: I have no clue who the idiot is that wrote the review regarding "what can you expect from a radiologist" (Shrug from NJ), but this creature (obviously a non-Italian, poor thing, with no wit about him) has no clue what a radiologist does, and moreover, about this incredible book.
This book has been done straight from the heart, and is hilarious, as well as sentimental. If you are, or know Italians, this book is true to their heritage, and a credit to Italian-Americans. Those who find it too close to home, may be embarrassed (Disappointed from FL), and try to deny their culture - Get a life!!
Don't hesitate to buy this book - it is a pleasure for all to read, especially TRUE Italian-Americans! Bravo to Dr. Caridi!!
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Summary: Great book!
Review: I think this is a great and humorous book about Italian Americans. It reminds me of alot of my college friends. I think Predone has a self-esteem problem since he hates physicians and seems to have alot of time to rate books.
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Summary: Funny
Review: This book is funny and nostalgic for me. I was laughing like crazy. If you have a sense of humor and identify with Italian Americans, it's a great book!
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Summary: Disappointed
Review: THIS WAS A GREAT BOOK. WELL WORTH THE PRICE. I LAUGHED ALL THE WAY THROUGH. ALL OF MY FRIENDS HAVE ORDERED ONE AFTER THEY READ MINE. I BOUGHT ONE FOR MY BEST FRIEND WHO IS ITALIAN.
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