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# Nonna's
- URL: https://dianaludwick.com/nonnas/
- Published: 2026-01-18T20:05:11.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T20:12:42.000Z
- Description: "Nonna's," a culinary homage to the grandmothers who keep heritage and family alive through their recipes. Poem 018 in a series of 365 poems written by Diana Ludwick in 2026. Photo: Nonna's Sunday Gravy over pasta, (c) Diana Ludwick 2026.
- Author: Diana Ludwick
- Tags: 2026 Poetry Challenge, Poems, #Migrated-1792872215677, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-24 20:03

We screened the movie, *Nonnas*  
which left us aching:   
how must that mysterious mythical  
Sunday gravy taste?  
  
He dug online until he arrived  
at a copy of the vaunted  
Nonna's Sunday Gravy  
from Enoteca Maria on Staten Island.  
  
We ran sourcing missions  
at two local markets and  
came back equipped with the  
building blocks of generational love.  
  
Afternoon into evening, he stirred  
simmered sieved and sliced  
bearing witness as distinct foods  
begat a perfumed sinfonia.   
  
Darkness laid thick upon us  
Headlights climb the hill  
Grandpa arrives with appetite  
We sit down for the promised meal.  
  
We light the candles  
share our I'm Grateful Fors  
some grate Parmigiano Reggiano and we  
dive into steaming bowls of comfort.  
  
Room falls silent as each family member   
plunges into a private reverie  
a meditation evoked only by those  
meals which transcend time.  
  
Forks clatter down on emptied dishes  
piercing reverential stillness.  
Someone murmurs,   
Would you like some more?  
  
Chairs drag eagerly along rug  
metal ladle scrapes the bottom of enameled iron and a   
chorus of unguarded sighs of delight radiate warmth  
as our family melds together like all-day red sauce.