“My grandmother used to do it, and I was as shocking as a young child sitting on the table, seeing this big head – these big black eyes stare at me. It is not something that I forget at all.”
This is the description of Judy “Joe” Scaravella Capuzzelle Di AgnelloApply the traditional sheep head, during a video interview. Scaravella is the owner Enoteca MariaThe real staten Island restaurant that inspired the new Netflix Comedy “Nonnas”, last week.
In “Nonnas”, Vince Vaughn plays the fictional Scaravella role, which opens a restaurant That focuses the food and life of mothers. These women are often ignored, they are a type of unknown cooking heroes who raised families with gravel and grace, and they turn Simple ingredients In nutritious meals. In the movie, Italian crew Nonnas -Lauren Brako, Susan Sarandon, Talia Shire and Brenda Fakaro-plays the kitchen, just like the realistic grandmothers that are cooked in Enoteca Maria at the end of each week.
One of the funniest scenes of the movie includes Roberta (BRACCO) is preparing CapuzzlleA lot to horror her chefs. The huge head of the sheep is amazed by the kitchen, which raises masks because of its smell and presence. But Roberta is based on the moment with a deeper thing: “Capuzzlle Her mother, who grew up in a poor Italian village, says highly believes in using the entire animal – nothing was lost. The dish is rooted in a poor Italian village Kossina BouviraOr “poor cuisine”, a tradition of balanced cooking, which extends forward extends across Italy.
It is often cooked using bread crumbs, garlic, herbs and wine, Capuzzlle (Which is) was an essential element in many Italian and Italian houses. Scaravella says it’s still one of the most popular dishes in the restaurant. Why? Sometimes, it is suspected, it’s the grandmother. But often, it’s something else.
Susan Sarandon in the role of Jia, Brenda Fakaro in the role of Antonella and Talia Shayer in the role of Teresa in “NENNAS” (Netflix)
“One day, a young man came and asked her. He was sitting himself,” Skarvilla recalls. “I asked him why, and he said: My father loved this. I just lost it. I wanted to know him better through the things I love.” And this magic. “
In Enoteca Maria, food becomes a form of reverence. For those who are sad, eating a popular dish can become a bridge for memory. Spoon, smell – it can be enough to return someone to you, even for only one moment.
Scaravella sees this magic in playing every day. CapuzzlleIn particular, it carries layers of meaning: respect for the animal, gratitude for survival and love has become visible. “It is a dish moved by poverty from southern Italy.” “Sometimes, people did not have enough money to buy a good set of meat. So all these scales were among the columns that you managed to get for pennies and then feeding your family.”
I was attracted to dishes like this, born necessary and made from the heart. “All cultures” use all animals themselves, but just prepare them with different spices, “he says.
This deep and leading power is essential for both “Nonnas” and Enoteca Maria. “These women are the fabric that brings society together,” said Scarvilla. “They pass the culture forward. When my grandmother died, my family was broken somehow, because every Sunday, we will meet and celebrate. Now this person has gone and another person in the family has to capture and carry that torch. It is not an easy elevator.”
Scaravella established the restaurant in sadness, but soon became more. Publish a cook book. “Nonnas in Training”, a series of cooking lessons taught by grandmothers from all over the world.
They started with the Italian grandmother, but Scarvilla soon realized that it was about all mothers, who refer to them as the “original broadcasting shepherds” of the Culture Culture. Now, at the end of each week, the restaurant includes new guest chefs: brought the last conjugation Oxana from Ukraine, which made potato and beef pies Goulash and Yumi from Japan, who served Yakitori and Estgplant Dengaku.
Enoteca Maria recently celebrated the eighteenth anniversary. Scaravella already dreams of the following: a sequel movie, another book, more ways to share stories behind recipes. It often affects the echo of the restaurant.
Vinci Von, owner of Enoteca Maria Joe Scarvilla, Bruno Trapiano and Joe Manjeelo in the role of Bruno on the “Nonnas” group (Jeong Park/Netflix)
He says: “There was this moment, when one of the clients came to me, he looked at me in the eye, and said:” This is very important. Because this is real. “The hair stood on my neck.”
Watch “Nonnas” was surreal to him. He says: “The second time I saw it, my eyes are filled with tears.” “In the first show, my girl has passed for me tissues. They just allowed them.”
So while Capuzzlle It echoes for some, may make you watch the movie also sad about your family’s favorite dishes – a delicious and cheerful smell that immediately brings you back to the childhood family gatherings. This is what is going on around it.
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