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  • Nonnas on CNN: Eatocracy Interview!

    http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2011/07/07/missing-home-cooking-borrow-a-grandma/

  • Nonnas interviewed: Toni On! New York

    Enoteca Maria featured on this show, Check it out!

    http://www.tonionny.com/watch-it-the-pasta-special

    Watch It!
    The Pasta Special

    From ravioli to manicotti, linguine to fettuccine, [Toni On!] delves into the past of my favorite food, plus shows you the best places to eat.

  • Enoteca Maria featured on $9.99

    Enoteca Maria was recently featured on NYC cultural tourism TV show $9.99

    St. George: Staten Island’s Cultural Hub

    Take the cheapest boat cruise in NYC with host Dave Evans, who guides us through the hottest neighborhood in the ‘fifth’ borough – St. George, Staten Island. Discover historic artifacts, a Chinese Scholar’s garden, homemade Southern Italian cuisine, and take a walking tour of Staten Island’s bohemian art community. Get to know St. George – $9.99 style.

  • Enoteca Maria on LX TV Live

    LX TV spent a Friday afternoon at Enoteca Maria interviewing several of the grandmothers preparing their favorite recipes. On hand were Adelena, Carmelina, Rosaria, Rosa, Teresa, and Valarie. The ladies were interviewed and broadcast live between 5 and 6pm on NBC Channel 4 in New York. Afterwards, the LX TV crew enjoyed some of the homemade specialties cooked by the nonnas. Stay tuned for a link to see it online.

  • Fox & Friends Have Breakfast with Grandma

    Fresh off the heels of the New York Daily News article about Enoteca Maria, producer Eric Krasting contacted Joe about doing a live broadcast from the restaurant with all the grandmas for the Fox & Friends morning cable show.

    At 7:30am the Fox crew arrived. Upon seeing the special menu the nonnas had prepared for the broadcast, the producers had a sampling of the food taxied over to the studio for the show’s hosts, Gretchen Carlson, Steve Doocy, and Brian Kilmeade. The grandmothers dedicated a recipe to each of the three.

    The show cut in live three times for a look at the grandmas preparing food and to interview Enoteca owner, Joe Scaravella. Visit the Fox & Friends website to see part of the broadcast!

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    The Fox & Friends Breakfast Menu.

  • Home cooking with grandmas in the kitchen

    By Christina Boyle
    Daily News Staff Writer

    A Staten Island restaurant with no head chef and no set menu is replacing “Bon Appetit” with “Mamma Mia!” The 35-seat Enoteca Maria takes home cooking to a whole new level by bringing in genuine Italian grandmothers to cook for customers. Each night, one of eight nonnas ties on an apron, checks out the ingredients in the refrigerator and rustles up a down-to-earth meal.

    The women are from different regions of the pasta-loving nation who have no problem cooking restaurant-style after years of feeding big families. Tired of their husbands nitpicking over their specialties, they jumped at the chance to slave over a hot stove for grateful diners at the St. George eatery.

    Read the whole story in the Daily News!

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    Cook Teresa Scalici at Enoteca Maria restaurant in Staten Island. Photo by James Kaivon/Daily News