"He liked his martinis dry, on ice, and garnished with a lemon twist. And, when he was in New York City, he always ordered veal Milanese at Patsy's Italian Restaurant. But when the craving for something sweet hit him, Sinatra liked to stop by Veniero's Pasticerria, an old-world Italian bakery in lower Manhattan's East Village that has been open since 1894. There, the crooner's confection of choice were Sicilian Regina cookies."
"Also called Reginelle, or simply Italian sesame seed cookies, Regina cookies look like small log-shaped biscuits rolled generously in sesame seeds before baked to a golden brown. In the Sicilian dialect, the cookies are called ca'giugiulena, which originates from the Arabic word for sesame seeds, "gialgiala." In fact, it was the Arabs who brought the ingredient to the Italian island. The toasted seeds give Reginelle not only crunch, but also a wonderful nutty flavor that Sinatra, for one, loved."
Frank Sinatra preferred dry martinis on ice with a lemon twist and often ordered veal Milanese at Patsy's when in New York. He frequented Veniero's Pasticerria in Manhattan's East Village for Sicilian Regina cookies and favored a widely sold grocery-store cake. Regina cookies, also called Reginelle or ca'giugiulena in Sicilian, are log-shaped biscuits rolled in toasted sesame seeds and baked to golden brown. The sesame ingredient arrived in Sicily via Arab influence. The biscuits are made from a simple dough of flour, baking powder, salt, butter, sugar, vanilla, and milk. Veniero's has produced numerous Italian cookies and confections for over 130 years.
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