It was only when Hill realized he was next on the hit list that he became a federal witness. As his operation grew, so did Hill's own addiction to the drug. Federal WitnessĪfter his release, Hill used his prison narcotics contacts to shift large amounts of cocaine from Brooklyn to Pittsburgh. Once inside, he soon realized that Mafia members received preferential treatment by convicts and guards, who were paid off by crime families. After beating up a non-paying gambler whose sister happened to work at the F.B.I., Hill was sentenced to 10 years in jail. Hill lived up to the gangster image by having a number of affairs and staying out until all hours, drinking, partying and playing cards. His time in the Mafia would span three decades, beginning in 1955. In his teenage years, Hill would do errands for Vario and his crew and eventually moved to more serious crime. Hill soon became a close associate and friend of Paul Vario, one of the more respected capos in the family. The son of an Irish father and Sicilian mother, Hill could never be a "made" Mafia member because he wasn't a full-blooded Italian, but his charm and cunning made him welcome inside the Lucchese family. Fascinated by gangsters, he began dreaming of being in the Mafia at age 12.
Early Lifeīorn on June 11, 1943, in Brooklyn, New York, Hill grew up in an area of Brooklyn that was dominated by the Lucchese crime family. Hill’s life is the basis of the 1990 Martin Scorsese movie Goodfellas. Arrested for drug trafficking in 1980, Hill became a federal informant and joined the Witness Protection Program for a number of years. Although not related by blood, Hill worked his way up in the Lucchese crime family from a young age. No recipe is set in stone.Henry Hill was born in Brooklyn, New York, on June 11, 1943. He still brings this flair for improvisation to his cooking. So he learned to fake it when necessary (for example, Romano with white pepper took the place of real pecorino-siciliano cheese), and wherever he found himself, Hill managed to keep good Italian food on the table. Once he entered Witness Protection, though, Hill found himself in places where prosciutto was impossible to get and gravy was something you put on mashed potatoes. At thirteen, he got his first percentage from a local deli-that lost business when he started supplying the neighborhood wiseguys with his own heroes.
At the pizzeria where he worked as a kid, he learned to substitute pork for veal in cutlets-which came in handy later when the bankroll was low. Learn delicious recipes that make even the toughest tough guy beg for more… Henry Hill was a born wiseguy. Now, in his inimitable style, Henry Hill tells some spicy stories of his life in the Mob and shows you how to whip up his favorite dishes, Sicilian style-even when you’re cooking on the run.
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