Tony takes Paulie and Christopher to Italy for a business trip. “I Don’t Want No Scrubs.”Īfter Meadow (Jamie Lynn-Sigler) and Hunter (Michele DeCesare) get busted throwing a party in Livia’s temporarily vacant house, the two discuss their adult-like responsibilities over some TLC while trashing the kitchen making some French toast. Though it’s her next revelation, about Tony’s role in the fire that claimed his original restaurant, something he cared for “like my child,” that really sets him off. Livia detested northern cooking, so much so that she doesn’t even try to hide it from Artie (John Ventimiglia), who had just brought her a nice dark ragu when visiting her in the hospital. Feeling insulted, Christopher decides to flex some of his mob muscle, leaving Gino to wonder when he’ll get his Neapolitan loaves. Gannascoli, who’d later be recast as Vito), who’d just gone out to plug his parking meter. Feeling particularly depressed and unappreciated by Tony of late, he’s further frustrated when he’s forced to wait in line at the bakery. To make matters worse, he then gets passed over for a hapless customer named Gino (Joseph R. With federal indictments starting to weigh on Tony’s crew, he calls Christopher (Michael Imperioli) and tells him to pick up some pastries for the guys. Related: All The ‘Sopranos’ Easter Eggs You May Have Missed responds to the news appropriately frustrated, as he’s now expected to celebrate his birthday with no ziti.
As Tony tells his mother, Livia (Nancy Marchand) that he expects her to be at A.J.’s birthday party with her baked ziti, she calls the house later, crying, to cancel. A.J. It was made clear how important food was to its characters back in the pilot episode. At the height of the show’s popularity, they even had not one, but two cookbooks on the market. In The Sopranos, which is available to stream on HBO Now, food was so prominent that it essentially became a central character on its own, giving added personality to the strange and somewhat insular world of the North Jersey mafia. It didn’t hurt that one of Tony’s offices was in the back of a pork store, and his best friend, Artie (John Ventimiglia), was the chef and owner of the popular restaurant Vesuvio. It wasn’t just consumed, it was celebrated. It was a big aspect to their pride as Italians, as it was key to bringing families together. Over its six-season run, The Sopranos showed us all aspects of Tony Soprano’s world (played by James Gandolfini), and along with all the crime, violence, strip clubs, track suits and family drama, there was the characters’ shared love of food.
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