Enoteca Maria is a restaurant in New York City that doesn't employ "chefs." They hire grandmothers and each day, a different grandma from around the world arranges the menu.
At Enoteca Maria, the chefs are grandmothers from all over the world. When it opened 13 years ago, only Italian grandmothers held the kitchen.
Now, it’s “nonnas from the world,” from Armenia, Trinidad, Bulgaria, Japan, Greece, just to mention a few. The lunch is still strictly Italian.
The dinners are a traditional food homage to New York City’s multicultural nature. The grandmothers come and cook homely food for patrons nostalgic for family and a coziness that’s unfortunately missing from too many of the big city’s restaurants.
Source: lacucinaitaliana.com
