Netflix’s Nonnas is an endearing tale of one man’s dream to share his family’s culture and traditions with the rest of the world through the medium of food. From a very young age, Jody “Joe” Scaravella, an Italian American, was extremely close to his Sicilian maternal grandmother, Domenica, who lived some four blocks away from Joe’s parental home in Brooklyn. Whenever Joe and his siblings visited their Nonna’s house, she would spoil the kids with some really delicious meals. It was a memory that stayed with Joe even after he grew up. According to Joe, he lost his entire family in a comparatively short period of time, and their passing made him feel utterly alone. At first, Joe wasn’t really sure of his motivations behind opening an Italian restaurant, though looking back in time, he felt that he had unconsciously been trying to fill...