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Posted on December 11, 2012 - by admin - (Comment * FaceBook It * Send to Friend)

Business Owners are Talking – Citibank

Citibank has chosen to put a quote from Joe on their website header, and feature a video interviewing the nonnas of Enoteca Maria.

https://online.citibank.com/US/JRS/pands/detail.do?ID=CitiBizToolsResources#

Posted on November 21, 2012 - by admin - 1 comment

Today Show features Enoteca Maria!

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TODAY |  Aired on November 21, 2012 Restaurant puts Italian grandmas in the kitchen Enoteca Maria in Staten Island, N.Y., is giving new meaning to the term “family-style restaurant.” The restaurant is employing a team of real Italian grandmas, or Nonnas, most of whom have little to no restaurant experience, to cook every dinner like they’re cooking for family. NBC’s Mara Schiavocampo reports.

http://video.today.msnbc.msn.com/today/49915607#49915607

Posted on August 5, 2012 - by admin - (Comment * FaceBook It * Send to Friend)

Unique Eats: Off the Grid

Enoteca Maria is featured in this Cooking Channel TV show, Watch the segment here! Unique Eats: Off the Grid

Posted on June 7, 2012 - by admin - (Comment * FaceBook It * Send to Friend)

Enoteca Maria in the news! Good Day NY!

Greg and Rosanna talk about what they did Wednesday Night:

http://www.myfoxny.com/video?autoStart=true&topVideoCatNo=default&clipId=7373506

Posted on April 24, 2012 - by admin - (Comment * FaceBook It * Send to Friend)

Giovanna Gambino

Giovanna Gambino wasborn and raised in a small town called Passo di Rigano, minutes away from Palermo, Sicily.

“I have many picnics with my family, I will never forget my many relatives. Even though I was at a very young age I can still remember the feeling of eating under the olive trees, eating our favorite homemade fettucine with fresh tomato sauce and Ricotta Salata, many times topped with fried eggplants. We would eat on a wooden plank called Scannature. The men would cook on an open fire most of the time a small pork and roasting artichokes under it so the drippings would make them that much more delicious.

I came to the US in 1964 with my mom and younger brother to be reunited with my father and my older brother who was getting married a few months later. I celebrated my 10th birthday after only a month after arriving in America. After my brother’s wedding we all lived in the same house and I had no one my age to play withso I started becoming interested in watching my mom and sister in law in the kitchen, and sometimes they would let me help. It wasn’t until after I married at the age of 20 that i discovered my real passion for cooking, taking family recipes and often giving them a twist. Even today I’m proud to say that cooking really relaxes me. My favorite recipe is Anellette al Forno, Rigatoni Imbottiti, Cavatelle inside round purple eggplant just to name a few. Cooking at Enoteca Maria was my first experience in cooking outside my family and it’s been very rewarding, I only wish I’d come to cook here sooner.”

Posted on April 24, 2012 - by admin - (Comment * FaceBook It * Send to Friend)

The Chew: Grandmas Heat Up the Kitchen!

We were featured on this hit TV cooking show, The Chew! Marvelous!