Here is Big Ang's guide to cooking for wise guys. As she stated on the show she loves Wise guys because they buy her everything.
How to Woo a Wise Guy
Appetizers: “I make a seafood salad delicious with octopus, scungilli, calamari, shrimps, lobster, crabmeat—I mix it with lemon, garlic, olive oil, parsley and red pepper. “I’m very good with the fish dishes. Then I make a nice shrimp cocktail, fried calamari with jalapeño peppers.”
Main Course: “They’ll say ‘Make me fried veal cutlets,’ or ‘Make me chicken cutletsor ‘Make me a nice steak,’ whateva. Wise guys usually like stuff like pork chopspizzaiola, macaroni, linguine and clams, shrimp oreganata, lobster and pork chops with hot peppers. They like a lot of hot things. Like me.”
Drinks: “Only wine. If I’m having meat, I put red wine. If I’m having fish, I put white. I love Jordan red wine and I love La Scola Gavi de Gavi Black Label.”
So how does Big Ang set the mood for a romantic evening with a wise guy?
“I set the table, I put the wine in the carafe and that’s your table setting. All my lights are on a dimmer so the light is low. If I’m really into it, I light some candles—that’s about it.”
