'Over FaceTime, she coaches me through meatballs and eggplant parm, and for the first time I understand the scope of her love.'
, a series of tips, recipes, and stories about how to be alone when we’re together and together when we’re alone.Andrew Cuomo
If you are from an Italian family—or have at least joined one of us for a home-cooked meal—you’d know that the mother is often the anchor of our households, the foil to tough-as-nails fathers, the reason we put aside our differences and begrudgingly agree to sit peacefully for a meal. Mom is the nurturer and provider, the one who’s always asking if you’re hungry before prying into the details of your personal life.
Once Governor Cuomo officially sanctioned shelter-in-place orders in New York City, my mom panicked. The FaceTime calls started coming daily, lasting for as long as it took for me to calm her anxiety. She was prepared to drive down to my apartment in Brooklyn to come get me and bring me home—regardless of the potential risk I could expose her to. I had to explain that social distancing was designed to protect people in her age group, and that she was the most at risk of anyone in our family,me.
The next day, she followed up to ask what I was doing with the leftover chicken. She reminded me that my fiancé was particularly fond of quesadillas, so I shred it into small pieces, chopped some cilantro, and grated some cotija cheese. When he came home for dinner that night, he was elated, proclaiming that this was my “best meal yet.”
Once the grocery stores became even more precarious to visit , I decided to order online from our local fish market and butcher. Once I saw the menu, I puzzled over the options—I couldn’t just ask the person behind the counter for their opinion like I always do. Mom guided me through selecting a chicken of appropriate weight, meatballs with the right kind of beef chuck, and a pound of prosciutto for snacking—and she urged me to treat my fiancé to his favorite: ribeye steaks.
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