I think Michelle is a fantastic host! She puts the guests at ease and creates a comfortable dynamic for them to really share how they feel about their work and what they have going on.
wrong. she talks about cultural appropriation and fusion in food like it's some sort of bad thing. she is forever freaking out about other cultures influencing "real" food. she's a food snob. her episode on Korean food was a total turn off. It was brutal to watch. Maangchi had to redirect her over and over to stop being such a dick. she's mixed race too which is why it's so disconcerting.
My goodness Michelle is a WONDERFUL interviewer. You could see the astonishment and nostalgia in her eyes when she was talking about going back to Korea and figuring out they made their own wine!
Yo, first off "Munchies" never stop making these kind of videos. This is seriously your best kind of content. The host is amazing, she is super charismatic and always seems to get along with whomever she is meeting with, and the people you get really seem to respond to her. I love these videos, they seem genuine, believable, and relatable. Nicely done!
How lucky you all are to experience this, you the host and crew. Michelle was so professional until she got to the fresh mozz sampling, and then the box of leftovers given to her at the end. How very genuine her gratitude is. The crew is most fortunate as well. My stepmother is from Brooklyn, and of Italian heritage. She's such a sweetheart and so warm and loving. She and my father live in FL but you still hear the Brooklyn and Italian in her speech. It warms my heart whenever we get to talk. Ms. Zauner and crew, you are fortunate.
You can trust me about the fact that there are a lot of big old moron here in Italy who right know are actually saying things like "we want Mussolini back", or even worst "Mussolini did great things", like guys, trust me, the italian classic dude, guy, adult or elder, is actually pretty stupid and ignorant
Max Werner the fact that obviously i don't know everything doesn't make those statement about Mussolini right, yeah you can say he did not do only bad stuff, but you can't say he did good, cmon, that is just stupid to say. By the way, my grandma who lived through the world war 2, would never say something like that, and still she admit that he did also good things, but that doesn't substitute the bad ones. Hope i've been transparent enough, my english is not so perfect.
"YOU MAKE YOUR OWN WINE???" cracked me up Because, as a fellow Italian American. Almost all of us make our own wine. Or we have family members that do. We also do a lot of jarring.
Kudos to the reporter for a very well done job. Very warm and informative, her questions and conversation really caught the spirit of this great couple's roots and traditions. Awesome piece!
Watching this video is like a little slice of home. I never realized how much being an American changed how my family's recipes have been made. I miss the atmosphere at Italian delis like this, the food, the warmth you're always greeted with, and the joy of being with everyone around the dinner table with food from these places.
6:46 *"YOU MAKE YOUR OWN WINE!?!?!"* O_O I love this interview! It just shows that if you really want something, and you really want it done right, you've gotta make it for yourself! And on top of that, it is a perfect example of how holding onto traditions and working it into your way of life today, allows a your culture, your identity to live on by educating and inspiring others.
I love how you actually know history and food instead of just going there with/pretending to know nothing! Also saw this with your Korean food vid and loved it
Could be the best host you got on the show, adds just the right amount of character to stand out without drowning out anything else - great perspectives, interesting and engaging.. One of your best series.
Can you guys add subtitles to this series? My English is pretty good but it's not my first language, and I have trouble with accents. I'm also a very visual person and need a visual anchor most of time when watching videos or else my A.D.D. will pull my focus away. I really want to watch all of the video, the host is a very interesting person, but I can't manage to finish it. I'm sure that I'm not the only Munchies subscriber who needs subtitles. Thank you for taking the time to read my comment! Have a nice day!
I love all the work Michelle and the team are doing lately. All of these inside opinions and bits of info are things I've been curious about for a while.
I'd say Italian-American cuisine is a category on its own - spaghetti and meatballs are traditional to perhaps a bunch of villages in Puglia; chicken parm is not traditional anywhere here; Alfedo stuff started as a wholly different thing... It's like the US are our 21st region or something.
Michelle is an absolutely brilliant host! Her experience in the industry is so clear when she talks to people in the industry, plus she's so warm and genuinely interested in the people she's talking to. Kudos!
This place and these people have been featured in other videos and they always seem so lovely. They very much know and care about their customers. Shout out to Josephine, when she is holding "20...no, 21 pounds" of cheese curd like it weighs nothing...very impressive!
Michelle is so cool, I’ve always known her for her music but to see her so passionate and insightful in discussion about culture and food j makes me respect her even more
Great video, definitely catched the spirit. Now you can understand why we are so into food: for us is a matter of love, kindness, sweet memories from childhood.
I lost it when i saw them making their own mozzarella ! You have to master it to achieve a smooth texture at perfect temperature, it's freaking hard work, and I admire them for that !
"they come and pay the next day" that's the most southern italian thing i've ever heard, i live in a really small town in southern italy and that's a thing people often do here, some people find it "too good", they say "that's why things don't work properly"... but i find that a really sweet thing, i've travelled a lot even in italy itself and i can tell that not in every zone of the country they do that.
I have read in Michelle's book that Korean is Italy of Asia, something about being in the peninsular and all. It is so familiar to me as a Korean person that the Italian lady gave so much food to Michelle to bring back home. It is such a Korean thing to do!
Nana says about the Zeppoli, "I made it this morning, early". So, like, b/c it was made "early", it was not REALLY cooking so it was no bother. What a wonderful attitude! Love it! Sort of like my Polish Aunt Lorraine (RIP) and her Mother (My Grandmother, RIP).
This series is so awesome. Michelle is such a badass, she's literally out here doing everything and anything she wants and she's doing it really fucking well.
In our family food is love. There is nothing better and sitting at a table with your Nearest and Dearest enjoying the meal. I must admit I come from a family of feeders. We cook we eat we love.
Man I'm way late to this, but those two reminded me of my (Mexican) grandparents. No matter who you were or what time of day it was, you were being fed into a coma. If I ever have the chance I'm definitely going to their deli.
an a Second generation Italian American my grandfather moved for Sicily to America in 1956 technically he lived through both world wars it and came to America with the fifth grade education that’s so interesting to me.
This place is actually on my bucket list of places to visit before I leave this mortal coil. Oh god that spaghetti and meatball plate alone would totally make the trip worth it.
Love this so much! My mother is Italian and she always said that meats were only for special occasions and same with cured meats (prosciutto) they were expensive back then! Even if things have changed quite a bit now, pasta is eaten every day in a simpler (healthier?) way.
florenceandthemakeup Well, no. Too much pasta means carbohydrates and carbohydrates are the reason we humans gain weight. There is a great tradition of soups and vegetables in Italy you can't even imagine, and that is being obliterated by modern habit of eating only pasta and meat...
Raffaele Irlanda hi there, not sure what you are commenting about? I’m saying that pasta with meat in Italy is for special occasion. My Italian family and friends ate pasta almost every single day, small amount. Same at home. carbohydrates make you gain weight is you over eat them and load them with fats. A small portion of spaghetti with pesto isn’t going to make you obese....And thank you for teaching me about my own country gastronomy! I was missing that in my life 😂
florenceandthemakeup I am commenting the fact that italians arriving in America had access to plenty of meat and dairies in absurd quantities thus it had changed their way of cooking (bigger portions, mixing courses like in spaghetti and meatballs in order to save time, cooking with loads of cheese, like in Mac & Cheese, or with liquid milk cream as in creamy Carbonara or creamy Pasta Alfredo) 🤢 They also abandoned variety of dishes in favour of the most known ones reducing vegetable ingredients (italo-americans almost use only garlic, tornato and broccoli), got stuck with only beef and pork, discarding almost any fish or rabbit, or sheep meat...
My personal opinion as a person coming from Europe as well, born and raised there for awhile : )). This is more Italian American, not so much Italian anymore, because life there has changed significantly I'm sure since they came to the U.S. I find that about my home country as well in Europe. Moving to another country and living there for a long time changes people significantly.
What Americans don't understand about italian cuisine is the REGIONALISM. Different regions have access to different things. Example: Calabrese cuisine is different than Milanese cuisine. America provided italians with accessibility to different things and denied access to other things. Therefore, different dishes came about(but still very much italian). Italian cuisine shouldnt be define by certain dishes but it should be defined as: simplicity, quality, and love over everything.
Americans have the same problem in regard to Germany - for them it's mostly all Bavaria, Bavaria, Bavaria. The regionalism is as big as in Italy - with very different food, different ingredients, different dialects.
"Whoever comes to tha deli, they can eat here all the time. Even if they don' have money... they come in and ay da next day!" Marone' my heart, what a wonderful Chef
this is beautiful I love it family oriented and and she even gives them the food even if they don't have money that's so nice and I miss home and Queens is the shit I love that family feel when you go in a restaurant and you feel welcome I love that they have that original Italian accent from home the Homeland wow I get so happy watching this
Just like American Korean food is associated with bbq, Korean home cooking and the food in Korea is very different. I still hear people that travel to Korea and China and do not recognize many dishes. I love Munchies for making these videos.
korean home cooking is nearly identical to food from korea, albeit much lower quality. in the same light, food from Italy is much higher quality than italian american food because of the focus put onto quality of ingredients and precision in cooking. italian american food by and large is this gloppy, more is more, bastardized version of authentic Italian food.
@@donnied6477 Growing up in Canada, I have to agree. I think it is probably the cost of ingredients (but my dad still gets gifts of ojingeo from his friends that visit Korea, evidently it's better than the stuff here) . The one thing that surprises a lot of my friends, that like going out for Korean food, is how much fish we eat. A lot of the older Korean restaurants (chigae type places from when I was a kid) would go out of business now. Funny thing is, even though I'm Korean, I usually make Italian and French food for myself because it's easier to make in smaller quantities. The only Korean thing I make is buchimgae because i can throw it together fast and use up whatever is in my fridge.
"It's interesting to me that even as a Korean-American, with no Italian roots at all, I'm so comforted by Italian cooking..." "It is the bud taste, so you like it, that's all..." Being human can be surprising at times.
I just ate lunch and still want everything in the video. Oh god, those opening shots of the deli from around 1:00 to 1:12, heaven is on screen - we have glimpsed it.
Warmest thing I've ever seen! Makes me think about my family.... My gramma came from Italy after getting married with my grandpa under the cover of night in italy- the whole family celebrated in secret, since my grandpa's dual citizenship meant he'd have been drafted into mussolini's army if the police had known he was back in the county. She was only 16, and he was already well in his late 20s! Unsurprisingly, the marriage had been arranged by their respective families, but that was normal for the time and place... though, looking back, I worry that my grandpa, a full-ass adult, actually had more input than I knew... They both came from a small mountain village, and my great-grandparents thought it would be a good idea for their daughter to get married to someone who made it to America. She stayed with her sister in new york before taking a train to Cincinnati... the rest of my family's story is more ambigious, pieced together by old photos, momentos, and recipes... it did involve military service and meatballs, though! Thank you, munchies, more allowing me to reminisce on part of my heritage that I don't get to reflect on much anymore. I forgot how much I missed my grandparents :')
I don’t know if anyone caught it but when she was speaking Italian and asking Emilio for the Mozzarella, she called it “moots-a-rell” a lot of people say that’s incorrect or an American thing, but that’s how they say it in parts of Italy in the south too.
Michelle from JB learning about Italian American food? This is amazing. I anyone wants to try some great Italian American food try Joe's Restaurant in Queens. Some of the nicest people there and the food is amazing.
Italian cuisine is about what's fresh and available, so of course there will be a lot of variations --- go to Italy and there really isn't ONE cuisine, there are many regional cuisines. Eating in Bologna can be a very different experience than eating in Naples, or Turin or Venice or Palermo, etc.
Michelle, you did a fantastic job to note the distinctions between Italian and Italian-American Cuisine. The differences are starker than what most people know and when you bring the different regions into the picture and the way they cook , its even more stark. I find Italian food in Italy (not around the tourist trap areas), very different. Much fresher, simpler and more digestible. There is something going on with the American flour IMO. The few ingredients they use in dishes are of very high quality. However, I do find the meat is far better here in the USA.
I think Michelle is a fantastic host! She puts the guests at ease and creates a comfortable dynamic for them to really share how they feel about their work and what they have going on.
I wanted to comment the same. Now I don't need to. Great host!
hostess
wrong. she talks about cultural appropriation and fusion in food like it's some sort of bad thing. she is forever freaking out about other cultures influencing "real" food. she's a food snob. her episode on Korean food was a total turn off. It was brutal to watch. Maangchi had to redirect her over and over to stop being such a dick. she's mixed race too which is why it's so disconcerting.
Tattoos suck, though.
Her questions get a little repetitive though.
My goodness Michelle is a WONDERFUL interviewer. You could see the astonishment and nostalgia in her eyes when she was talking about going back to Korea and figuring out they made their own wine!
I like the interviewer in this! Shes really articulate and helps pull the story along.
she's a gross pierced city slag covered in cartoons
She's fine as af
I agree it's refreshing to hear a YT video presenter that doesn't say "like" after every 5 words.
@@Kosmo999 so hilarious...
Shout-out to all the hard working immigrants in providing us with fresh, delicious and historic food for us to enjoy and love!
People not immigrants. THis country was built off than hands of people.
@@forceoneX don't try and correct me, I meant immigrants you bitch
@@forceoneX the fuck you think immigrants are?
@@Kevalpatel96 that's rich coming from someone name "Patel". Very genuine American name there, I forget from witch tribe? Reminds me again bruv?
They should enrich their own countries
I remember the video they've done at this place a while back. Great to see them again.
Define while back? Wanna know how long they're editing process
@@personanongrata80s - I meant the other video they've made about this place 2 years ago. This one: ua-cam.com/video/vLQeb8LWyh0/v-deo.html
@@iea96 thanks for the link
Wonderful host. Lovely couple. Fascinating topic. THIS is a series worth keeping.
What an amazing family. I worked for them for a couple of years. I'm happy to see there getting the credit they deserve.
Michelle is such an awesome interviewer!!! She is able to make a connections and brings out the best of Emilio and Josephine!!!
Yo, first off "Munchies" never stop making these kind of videos. This is seriously your best kind of content. The host is amazing, she is super charismatic and always seems to get along with whomever she is meeting with, and the people you get really seem to respond to her. I love these videos, they seem genuine, believable, and relatable. Nicely done!
How lucky you all are to experience this, you the host and crew. Michelle was so professional until she got to the fresh mozz sampling, and then the box of leftovers given to her at the end. How very genuine her gratitude is. The crew is most fortunate as well. My stepmother is from Brooklyn, and of Italian heritage. She's such a sweetheart and so warm and loving. She and my father live in FL but you still hear the Brooklyn and Italian in her speech. It warms my heart whenever we get to talk. Ms. Zauner and crew, you are fortunate.
Old Italians are the most wholesome people on the planet. Big facts
ehhhh, kind of depends on who they were supporting during ww2. These people on the other hand are very sweet.
@@maxwerner5251 does the fact that people who supported Mussolini were bad make you mad or something?
@@sk33t_38 those who supported Mussolini are dead or a hundred years old.
You can trust me about the fact that there are a lot of big old moron here in Italy who right know are actually saying things like "we want Mussolini back", or even worst "Mussolini did great things", like guys, trust me, the italian classic dude, guy, adult or elder, is actually pretty stupid and ignorant
Max Werner the fact that obviously i don't know everything doesn't make those statement about Mussolini right, yeah you can say he did not do only bad stuff, but you can't say he did good, cmon, that is just stupid to say.
By the way, my grandma who lived through the world war 2, would never say something like that, and still she admit that he did also good things, but that doesn't substitute the bad ones. Hope i've been transparent enough, my english is not so perfect.
Comes for a simple interview...goes home with 15kg of food.
Yeah, sounds about right
That’s how you know you did it right!
As someone who has Italian neighbors and friends, that sounds just about Italian.
"YOU MAKE YOUR OWN WINE???" cracked me up Because, as a fellow Italian American. Almost all of us make our own wine. Or we have family members that do. We also do a lot of jarring.
Jess Talley oh yes with the jarring. My kitchen window sill is full of jarred tomatoes, peppers, etc. Can’t even see outside hahaha
Same with us French Americans Imao! That's cool :)
Being of some Italian descent, we didn’t make our own wine but that side of my family didn’t really like to drink, that could’ve been why.
The Politos are super welcoming and the vibe they give is just, heartwarming :,) Michelle you're doing amazing as always keep 'em coming!!!
Kudos to the reporter for a very well done job. Very warm and informative, her questions and conversation really caught the spirit of this great couple's roots and traditions. Awesome piece!
Watching this video is like a little slice of home. I never realized how much being an American changed how my family's recipes have been made. I miss the atmosphere at Italian delis like this, the food, the warmth you're always greeted with, and the joy of being with everyone around the dinner table with food from these places.
Munchies, give this family their own damn show
No, don't. They're a good and happy family working together. Don't ruin it.
Or at least a five part series !
They are one of the best drinking buddies I have ever had, hit home too cuz Im Spaniard so same cultural lineage. God bless Italians and viva Italia.
6:46
*"YOU MAKE YOUR OWN WINE!?!?!"* O_O
I love this interview! It just shows that if you really want something, and you really want it done right, you've gotta make it for yourself! And on top of that, it is a perfect example of how holding onto traditions and working it into your way of life today, allows a your culture, your identity to live on by educating and inspiring others.
Love her face
Love the host! Humble, funny and honestly interested in the people she interviews!
AND ONE HELL OF A PERFORMER
This deli in the middle of Whitestone, Queens used to be Mecurio's in the early to late 70's. Had GREAT products then also.
DOMINICK DILELLO I LOVE that deli
I love how you actually know history and food instead of just going there with/pretending to know nothing! Also saw this with your Korean food vid and loved it
"wait a minute let me tell the true story ...okay? " , mamma is always the boss!
Such a wonderful warm generous couple. And the interviewer I felt was respectful and knowledgeable. I loved how much laughter there was.
I love watching this family - glad you brought em back
@Haya Hmm I don't think so, but they've been on here before a couple of years back
@Haya search "Munchies Tony's Deli" and it should come up.
Could be the best host you got on the show, adds just the right amount of character to stand out without drowning out anything else - great perspectives, interesting and engaging.. One of your best series.
Can you guys add subtitles to this series? My English is pretty good but it's not my first language, and I have trouble with accents. I'm also a very visual person and need a visual anchor most of time when watching videos or else my A.D.D. will pull my focus away. I really want to watch all of the video, the host is a very interesting person, but I can't manage to finish it. I'm sure that I'm not the only Munchies subscriber who needs subtitles.
Thank you for taking the time to read my comment! Have a nice day!
I wanted subtitles too and I speak english. I'm visual oriented also...
try putting the captions on
@@sbakernyc5761 captions are automated and suck
Keep doing what you're doing. This is important stuff. Culture is the glue that binds our nation and our people.
i love seeing michelle branch out!! brilliant musician, brilliant writer, and brilliant host.
This is such a great series. I look forward to these everyday
I love all the work Michelle and the team are doing lately. All of these inside opinions and bits of info are things I've been curious about for a while.
she sucks. she's brutal to watch.
Michelle is an awesome interviewer!!! She’s so nice and it feels like she’s having a regular convo and not forced and awkward!
I'd say Italian-American cuisine is a category on its own - spaghetti and meatballs are traditional to perhaps a bunch of villages in Puglia; chicken parm is not traditional anywhere here; Alfedo stuff started as a wholly different thing...
It's like the US are our 21st region or something.
I’m from Puglia and Spaghetti and meatballs together it never existed, it’s an American thing nothing to do with Italy
Michelle is an absolutely brilliant host! Her experience in the industry is so clear when she talks to people in the industry, plus she's so warm and genuinely interested in the people she's talking to. Kudos!
Stuff like this melts my heart and makes me smile. Bless these people.
ok but when does she get her own food network show is what i wanna know. i would watch this series SO much
michelle is such a star on this earth omfg
Glad to see this family again. Wish we could have seen their boys. Great family. Wonderful host.
The lady serving is the best! She won’t be happy until everyone is fed. How welcoming.
this was simply precious
ANOTHER Munchies with Michelle?! I am beyond delighted
Munchies always has great hosts and Michelle is probably one of the best I've seen.
Came here to say the same. Loved this episode, and she's a great host.
This place and these people have been featured in other videos and they always seem so lovely. They very much know and care about their customers. Shout out to Josephine, when she is holding "20...no, 21 pounds" of cheese curd like it weighs nothing...very impressive!
Michelle is so cool, I’ve always known her for her music but to see her so passionate and insightful in discussion about culture and food j makes me respect her even more
There's nothing like being loved by an Italian. Conversely, God help you if you're ever hated by one!
Everything in this video is just absolutely lovely! The host, the guests, all the foods and the stories
Great video, definitely catched the spirit. Now you can understand why we are so into food: for us is a matter of love, kindness, sweet memories from childhood.
I lost it when i saw them making their own mozzarella ! You have to master it to achieve a smooth texture at perfect temperature, it's freaking hard work, and I admire them for that !
My first job was cooking italian food( when i was 15) awesome family and just awesome food, that i have passed down to my kids,
Lovely people. An aspiring Italian from Scozia!
"they come and pay the next day" that's the most southern italian thing i've ever heard, i live in a really small town in southern italy and that's a thing people often do here, some people find it "too good", they say "that's why things don't work properly"... but i find that a really sweet thing, i've travelled a lot even in italy itself and i can tell that not in every zone of the country they do that.
I have read in Michelle's book that Korean is Italy of Asia, something about being in the peninsular and all. It is so familiar to me as a Korean person that the Italian lady gave so much food to Michelle to bring back home. It is such a Korean thing to do!
Nana says about the Zeppoli, "I made it this morning, early". So, like, b/c it was made "early", it was not REALLY cooking so it was no bother. What a wonderful attitude! Love it! Sort of like my Polish Aunt Lorraine (RIP) and her Mother (My Grandmother, RIP).
If I'm ever in near their restaurant then I'm gonna give them a visit based solely off of how generous and loving this couple treat their customers.
This series is so awesome. Michelle is such a badass, she's literally out here doing everything and anything she wants and she's doing it really fucking well.
a lot of love on display here...gives me hope, thank you x
italian generosity ....the italians have felt poverty that is why they are so giving now
Kilo Byte Italy was a poor country for most of its history, it’s poverty rate is still relatively high for Western European standards
@Kilo Byte why do you think ITALIANS immigrated to U.S because they had a better life in Italy ? I DON'T THINK SO
@Kilo Byte you're just plain ignorant
Rest in Peace Mario, May Gods grace be extended to the family at this moment especially
I love this couple. Love the wife, she is so full of life and funnies.
What a lovely couple! Didn't feel like I am watching it, I just transported there. The conversation just flowed with such ease.
love michelle doing this series shes the best!!
In our family food is love. There is nothing better and sitting at a table with your Nearest and Dearest enjoying the meal. I must admit I come from a family of feeders. We cook we eat we love.
Good commentary, I liked your geographic description of her native city location in Italy
If youre interested in the name of the girl, it’s Michelle Zauner, her artist name or band name is Japanese Breakfast!
Man I'm way late to this, but those two reminded me of my (Mexican) grandparents. No matter who you were or what time of day it was, you were being fed into a coma. If I ever have the chance I'm definitely going to their deli.
Great video and taught me many things I did not know about Italian cuisine and life. Thanks for the post!
The interviewer's voice sounds like Shailene Woodly
"Come on, sit down." 😊What a warm and welcoming statement from Josephine.
Omg these 2 are so adorable!
Love the family, love the host, love the delicious topic! Planning a trip to go check this place out now.. :)
Great to see them again. Great people with a big heart.
"There are no restaurants. You wanna eat - You cook" i love it.
Who's hungry after watching this. 👍🏼😁🤗
Shit I'm hungry for the interviewer!
an a Second generation Italian American my grandfather moved for Sicily to America in 1956 technically he lived through both world wars it and came to America with the fifth grade education that’s so interesting to me.
This whole interview feels just like a warm conversation between new friends.
EXCELLENT interviewer/host. 100% trustworthy. I'll watch more of her shows.
This place is actually on my bucket list of places to visit before I leave this mortal coil. Oh god that spaghetti and meatball plate alone would totally make the trip worth it.
Italian food is life
Love this so much! My mother is Italian and she always said that meats were only for special occasions and same with cured meats (prosciutto) they were expensive back then! Even if things have changed quite a bit now, pasta is eaten every day in a simpler (healthier?) way.
florenceandthemakeup Well, no. Too much pasta means carbohydrates and carbohydrates are the reason we humans gain weight. There is a great tradition of soups and vegetables in Italy you can't even imagine, and that is being obliterated by modern habit of eating only pasta and meat...
Raffaele Irlanda hi there, not sure what you are commenting about? I’m saying that pasta with meat in Italy is for special occasion. My Italian family and friends ate pasta almost every single day, small amount. Same at home. carbohydrates make you gain weight is you over eat them and load them with fats. A small portion of spaghetti with pesto isn’t going to make you obese....And thank you for teaching me about my own country gastronomy! I was missing that in my life 😂
florenceandthemakeup I am commenting the fact that italians arriving in America had access to plenty of meat and dairies in absurd quantities thus it had changed their way of cooking (bigger portions, mixing courses like in spaghetti and meatballs in order to save time, cooking with loads of cheese, like in Mac & Cheese, or with liquid milk cream as in creamy Carbonara or creamy Pasta Alfredo) 🤢
They also abandoned variety of dishes in favour of the most known ones reducing vegetable ingredients (italo-americans almost use only garlic, tornato and broccoli), got stuck with only beef and pork, discarding almost any fish or rabbit, or sheep meat...
My personal opinion as a person coming from Europe as well, born and raised there for awhile : )). This is more Italian American, not so much Italian anymore, because life there has changed significantly I'm sure since they came to the U.S. I find that about my home country as well in Europe. Moving to another country and living there for a long time changes people significantly.
I didnt realise they did two videos of this deli. Love it.
The couple were such a delight to watch.
What a great episode! Thank you so much
Hey! They used a clip from the episode where the dude from The Pizza Show and his family were processing their yearly jars of tomatoes. 9:04
Love the hosts personality she is everything
What Americans don't understand about italian cuisine is the REGIONALISM. Different regions have access to different things. Example: Calabrese cuisine is different than Milanese cuisine. America provided italians with accessibility to different things and denied access to other things. Therefore, different dishes came about(but still very much italian). Italian cuisine shouldnt be define by certain dishes but it should be defined as: simplicity, quality, and love over everything.
Americans have the same problem in regard to Germany - for them it's mostly all Bavaria, Bavaria, Bavaria.
The regionalism is as big as in Italy - with very different food, different ingredients, different dialects.
@@NorthSea_1981 shout out to Schleswig-Holstein. Beautiful and inviting people. Flensburg is gorgeous.
"Whoever comes to tha deli, they can eat here all the time. Even if they don' have money... they come in and ay da next day!"
Marone' my heart, what a wonderful Chef
i found a really lovely and comfortable video. 😍
i'm intersted in foreign culture. i love your channel. 🌟
see you i'm south korea !!
I will come visit you!
this is beautiful I love it family oriented and and she even gives them the food even if they don't have money that's so nice and I miss home and Queens is the shit I love that family feel when you go in a restaurant and you feel welcome I love that they have that original Italian accent from home the Homeland wow I get so happy watching this
They exude so much joy and love
Just like American Korean food is associated with bbq, Korean home cooking and the food in Korea is very different. I still hear people that travel to Korea and China and do not recognize many dishes. I love Munchies for making these videos.
korean home cooking is nearly identical to food from korea, albeit much lower quality. in the same light, food from Italy is much higher quality than italian american food because of the focus put onto quality of ingredients and precision in cooking. italian american food by and large is this gloppy, more is more, bastardized version of authentic Italian food.
@@donnied6477 Growing up in Canada, I have to agree. I think it is probably the cost of ingredients (but my dad still gets gifts of ojingeo from his friends that visit Korea, evidently it's better than the stuff here) . The one thing that surprises a lot of my friends, that like going out for Korean food, is how much fish we eat. A lot of the older Korean restaurants (chigae type places from when I was a kid) would go out of business now.
Funny thing is, even though I'm Korean, I usually make Italian and French food for myself because it's easier to make in smaller quantities. The only Korean thing I make is buchimgae because i can throw it together fast and use up whatever is in my fridge.
commatoes yeah I'm korean, born and raised in U.S. I eat korean food maybe 2-3 times a week. I much prefer japanese and western cuisines.
"It's interesting to me that even as a Korean-American, with no Italian roots at all, I'm so comforted by Italian cooking..." "It is the bud taste, so you like it, that's all..." Being human can be surprising at times.
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I just ate lunch and still want everything in the video. Oh god, those opening shots of the deli from around 1:00 to 1:12, heaven is on screen - we have glimpsed it.
Warmest thing I've ever seen! Makes me think about my family....
My gramma came from Italy after getting married with my grandpa under the cover of night in italy- the whole family celebrated in secret, since my grandpa's dual citizenship meant he'd have been drafted into mussolini's army if the police had known he was back in the county. She was only 16, and he was already well in his late 20s! Unsurprisingly, the marriage had been arranged by their respective families, but that was normal for the time and place... though, looking back, I worry that my grandpa, a full-ass adult, actually had more input than I knew...
They both came from a small mountain village, and my great-grandparents thought it would be a good idea for their daughter to get married to someone who made it to America. She stayed with her sister in new york before taking a train to Cincinnati... the rest of my family's story is more ambigious, pieced together by old photos, momentos, and recipes... it did involve military service and meatballs, though!
Thank you, munchies, more allowing me to reminisce on part of my heritage that I don't get to reflect on much anymore. I forgot how much I missed my grandparents :')
I want to be like them when I'm old!
I don’t know if anyone caught it but when she was speaking Italian and asking Emilio for the Mozzarella, she called it “moots-a-rell” a lot of people say that’s incorrect or an American thing, but that’s how they say it in parts of Italy in the south too.
Michelle from JB learning about Italian American food? This is amazing. I anyone wants to try some great Italian American food try Joe's Restaurant in Queens. Some of the nicest people there and the food is amazing.
Italian cuisine is about what's fresh and available, so of course there will be a lot of variations --- go to Italy and there really isn't ONE cuisine, there are many regional cuisines. Eating in Bologna can be a very different experience than eating in Naples, or Turin or Venice or Palermo, etc.
What a truly humble and generous folks, doing their thing cheerfully after all these years....nothing but admirations for people like them.
Michelle, you did a fantastic job to note the distinctions between Italian and Italian-American Cuisine. The differences are starker than what most people know and when you bring the different regions into the picture and the way they cook , its even more stark. I find Italian food in Italy (not around the tourist trap areas), very different. Much fresher, simpler and more digestible. There is something going on with the American flour IMO. The few ingredients they use in dishes are of very high quality. However, I do find the meat is far better here in the USA.
I love it! Michelle is great, the connection was so touching. As a Korean-American, we always said than Koreans are like the Italians of Asia!