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Inspector. >> anthony: now your family is originally from naples, is that right? >> linda: yes. >> anthony: naples area? >> linda: came here in 1923 trying to strike it rich in the coalmines. my mother died when i was five, so we went to live with my nonna, and the first day i was there she pulled me up to a cook stove. >> anthony: dinner is a not untypical expression of hard scrabble appalachian practicality -- >> linda: now i don't measure anything, so nothing has a recipe here. >> anthony: -- and neapolitan roots. >> linda: these my dad would call pisellis, it's peas. mm, making mama dance....

Kitchen preparing family favorites where were you born? >> in italia. >> is that where you learned how to cook? >> yeah, my nonna, my mother. >> reporter: but nonna maria cooks for customers, not your cousins, at a restaurant in staten island aren't you supposed to be retired >> i like work i like to do. >> you like to work? >> i like to come every day. >> reporter: grandma's in the kitchen is the specialty of the house at enoteca maria >> it's magic. >> reporter: owner and proprietor joe scaravella >> i think the whole attraction with grandmothers are, it's when you are growing up that is lik...

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>> the juice? >> juice. okay. you can smell? >> yeah, i like that you put the garlic in as a whole, yeah. >> yeah. and now white wine. >> agh! that's beautiful. >> the ingredients is very simple. tomato, herbs, garlic, white wine, olive oil. >> knowing how to make the best of what you have is vital up here. while the rabbit cooks, i notice something i've never seen before. the nonna of the family, loretta, is showing her grandchildren how to tie tomatoes to local vines.

And now white wine. >> ah! that's beautiful. >> the ingredients is very simple. tomato, herbs, garlic, white wine, olive oil. >> knowing how to make the best of what you have is vital up here. while the rabbit cooks, i notice something i've never seen before. the nonna of the family, loretta, is showing her grandchildren how to tie tomatoes to local vines. today, the restaurant is closed, but i'm honored to be invited to family lunch. this is the first time the family has come together since their father passed away earlier this year during lockdown. cheers.