Chef and restaurateur Cesare Casella breaks down Italian cuisine scenes from movies and TV based on realism.
Casella discusses the accuracy of the meatballs from “The Godfather,” pasta sauce and thin garlic in “Goodfellas,” and capicola in “The Sopranos.” He also analyzes a dish from “Lady and the Tramp” (1955), timpano from “Big Night,” the tiramisu in “Superbad,” and carbonara from “Master of None.” He breaks down the pasta twirling technique from “Brooklyn,” cannoli from “The Bear,” and calzone from “Parks and Rec.” Casella reviews proper pizza throwing technique from “Seinfeld,” pizza-eating form in “Eat Pray Love,” lasagna-making in “Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties,” mozzarella sandwiches from “Bicycle Thieves,” take-out salads from “Family Guy,” Italian kitchen-table dining in “Amarcord,” and trenette al pesto from “Luca.”
Casella has been cooking for more than 50 years and served as the head chef at the Michelin-starred restaurant Vipore in Italy. He then moved to the United States and worked at several fine-dining Italian restaurants in New York City such as Beppe and Salumeria Rosi. Today, Casella is head of the Department of Nourishment Arts at the Center for Discovery, a residential facility in upstate New York for the medically fragile. He oversees a team of chefs, nutritionists, therapists, farmers, and educators.
You can follow Cesare on Instagram here:
https://www.instagram.com/chefcasella/
00:00 – Intro
00:28 – Master of None
02:32 – Seinfeld
04:02 – The Sopranos
09:22 – Luca
11:37 – Goodfellas
14:02 – Big Night
17:23 – The Bear
19:23 – Parks and Recreation
20:47 – The Godfather
22:21 – Brooklyn
24:39 – Superbad
26:40 – Amarcord
29:17 – Family Guy
30:24 – Bicycle Thieves
31:55 – Garfield
34:31 – Master of None (Season 2)
36:58 – Lady and the Tramp
38:17 – Favorite films
39:19 – Credits
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I love how Business Insider used a picture of cured pork belly to show guanciale (or pork jowl)
Not really realistic, just how much the italian man likes how italian the italian thing is
Italy
22:00 My grandmother always put sugar in her sauce. The carrot idea is interesting, though.
🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼🤌🏼
"must be the fart…" Got it!
I am absolutely enchanted that pizza alla Kramer / alla Seinfeld got 10/10… amazing.
you…do…not…eatit…withit…spoon…<cocks gun>
I need those eyeglasses.
love him. seems like a great guy, but u guys needed subtitles cuz his accent is pretty thick
litterally the strongest italian accent they could ever find… even i have issues following – love the spirit too, mostly 10s out of passion for food
I hope they do the macaroni and gravy from the Sopranos.
I love that they got an Italian chef who isn't an utter snob about Italian food. Sure, he sometimes goes "eh, if you're not using the right ingredient it's hard to call it X" but I really appreciate how he looks at the things in their context and rates based on things like "yeah, for a home cook."
6:10 it’s kind of “Italian American” because the butter isn’t French in influence but moreso that they’re from Jersey so butter is probably even more common than olive oil, sinful as that is. Especially for a dirty pig like ralphy
Did Insider just said find me an Italian chef that fits all the stereotypes of an Italian chef?
I was today years old when I realised "gabagool" is, in fact, not gibberish at all.
We need jojo
probably one of the best of these videos, he wasn't super anal about the points to the point where arbitrary/subjective things would dock points
This guy is so wonderful and every time he rates a scene 10/10 you can just feel the love he has for food and for the people you eat and cook with
One of my grandmother's many famous dishes was "polenta e coniglio" (polenta and rabbit). Delish!
He is an example you don't have to be an Ahole to be successful… he's a Michelin star chef. He seemed to find something good in each clip, and doesn't seem overly critical, but definitely ptofessional.
Should just show the Swedish Kebab pizza or the Tropicana with Curry Peanuts and Bananas on pizza it tends to horrify Italians 😀
Here’s a cartoon from the 50’s. The chef in one motion loads a plate with spaghetti and meatballs.
-it was a good balance of spaghetti and meatballs. So cute the scene. 10 out of 10!!!!
😆 this chef was awesome.
Loves what he does.
10/10!!!
Excellent guest, Insider, this man is adorable!
What a fantastic guest! Love Cesare & Bourdain’s episode in Rome featuring him is one of my favorites. Very happy to see him here 10/10
Oooooh! I wanna know what the restaurant in Lucca is, I live very close and would love to try the steak there ❤
cooking is joy. cooking is life! 10/10
As an italian I'm totally proud of being from the same country as this man
As an American chef living in Italy….this validates everything I have come to learn since being here.
I would have liked him to comment on Lee Van Cleef eating something (minestrone?) in "The Good, The Bad and the Ugly".
As an Italian myself, I agree with the chef. He says "how realistic this is", not "how authentic it is"
That's why home made/not expert can still be realistic. "it's realistic that, in this situation, they could do it"
CONTEXT! Thank you chef
24:47 That's the point, Chef!
Thank you😂😂😂
It's realistic it would be… Superbad
Hawaiian pizza …. pineapple….gift from Canada to the world 😂
3:45 – this is not uncommon in Italy, made by Italian pizzaioli, especially the north , often eaten by younger Italians
(Source: lived in Italy, family in Italy)
He is here on a diplomatic mission, not to criticise.
Love Chef Cesare Casella!! He’s a legend in NYC. Can’t miss his iconic pocket rosemary! I rmb watching Anthony Bourdain (RIP) take his team out to his restaurant in an old Munchies Chef’s Night Out episode 6 yrs ago. Man, how time flies
they forgot to review uncle phil radiator grilled cheese sandwich
He really liked these videos all ten-te
Old school = housewife. Got it
Where we come from in italy those are called panzerotti, calzones are a completely diffrent thing stuffed with either meat or onions
I agree with Chef 7:20. Rabbit is underrated. Most people just need to try it and realize its not to far off from the taste of chicken.
Two clips from Master of None but nothing from Ratatouille?!
Pizza feels like a food where you can just try putting anything on it, you'll be judged yes, but who's going to stop you?
I once made a pizza for Italian friends. I used pineapple in the sauce, blending it so they can't see it, and served them the pizza with prosciutto. they all love it, then I revealed it was pineapple pizza and they lost their mind
Pineapple pizza is the best pizza! Fight me!
10/10 for uncle
What I learned from this is that Italian food is strictly ingredients and vibes
The most Italian man i have ever seen 🤣🤣🤣
'Oh great this guy is gonna be one of the sticklers' proves me wrong by consistently understanding that even non Michelin chefs or non-traditional cuisine is still a realistic representation of the every day persons experience well dang!
What a delightful gentleman!