Going to a restaurant is a pleasure, but homemade recipes are often the best. Jody Scaravella had the good idea to combine these two aspects in his New York restaurant, the Enoteca Maria:the team in charge of the kitchen is exclusively made up of… “grandmothers” (“nonnas” as he calls them affectionately) from all over the world! The concept of the establishment is inspired by Jody Scaravella's own grandmother:“I remember that she went to the market every day with her basket. She would stop at the fruit and vegetable stand, and bite into a peach or taste a cherry, and if it was good she would buy, if not she would spit on the floor with an expression of disgust. . I was surprised that no one had ever complained about her behavior, but after all, everyone knew her “, he explains on the restaurant’s website.
Hawa from Liberia, Zena from Syria, Carmen from Argentina, Teresa from Italy… The cooks at Enoteca Maria are not professionals, but they have invaluable and excellent culinary know-how in the preparation of traditional dishes. “You can imagine, these women walk through the door of this place, they have no training, have never worked in a restaurant but they know how to cook. Adapting the menu to a new culture every day is a logistical nightmare “, specifies the owner of the places to the site Indy 100 . But the game seems to be worth the candle because, in addition to serving quality cuisine, Jody Scaravella promotes diversity:“We are living in a frightening period, tainted by racism and marginalized people. I am proud of what we accomplish. We help take the blinders off, we show people as they are concludes the boss, who soon hopes to have a British pudding specialist among his team.
World cuisine at your fingertips… We want a similar restaurant in France!
