Nonna Pia’s been cooking up so much pasta lately, she’s practically swimming in it! 🍝👵 It might be time for her to start handing out care packages—who’s hungry and ready to take some off her hands? 🤠Homemade with love (and a sprinkle of sass), you know it’s too good to pass up. Who wants a plate? 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♂️
If there’s one thing you can always count on in Nonna Pia’s kitchen, it’s the smell of something delicious simmering on the stove—and most likely, it’s pasta. Lots and lots of pasta. 🍝👵
From sunrise to sunset, Nonna Pia can be found rolling, shaping, and stirring her way through pounds of dough. Her hands move with the rhythm of tradition, crafting ravioli, tagliatelle, gnocchi, and her famous hand-cut fettuccine like she’s been doing it for a hundred years. (Spoiler: she practically has.) Whether it’s for a family Sunday lunch or a regular weekday dinner, Nonna believes in cooking like she’s feeding a village. And with the amount of pasta she makes, sometimes it seems like she really is!1
“It’s better to have too much than not enough,” she always says with a grin, flour dusting her apron and cheeks. And so, every batch turns into another—and another. Before anyone knows it, the kitchen table is covered with pasta nests, trays of stuffed shells are stacked high, and the freezer is full to bursting. Nonna Pia’s love language is food, and pasta is how she shares her heart.
But here’s the thing—there’s only so much pasta even a big Italian family can eat! So now, Nonna Pia is looking around at her mountain of macaroni and asking the important question: Who wants some?! đź¤
You don’t just get pasta when you accept Nonna’s offer—you get tradition, love, and the kind of care that can only come from generations of home cooking. Every noodle is handmade, every sauce simmered for hours, and every dish is finished with that magical Nonna touch: a little extra Parmesan, a whisper of basil, and a whole lot of heart.
Neighbors stop by for a quick visit and leave with containers full of lasagna. Friends show up for coffee and end up staying for a plate (or two) of Nonna’s creamy mushroom tagliatelle. Even the mailman once walked away with a wrapped bundle of ricotta-stuffed ravioli, because as Nonna puts it, “Nobody leaves my house hungry!”
Her pasta is so good, people have started joking that she should open a little trattoria—or at the very least, start her own delivery service. But Nonna just laughs. For her, this is more than food. It’s a gift. A way of staying connected to her roots, and a way of passing on love, one plate at a time.
So, if you’re ever near Nonna Pia’s house and catch the scent of garlic, tomato, and a hint of oregano wafting through the air—follow your nose. She’s probably got a fresh batch of pasta ready and waiting. Just bring an appetite (and maybe a few extra containers), because chances are, she’s making too much again… and you won’t want to miss a single bite.