Then there’s a big Sunday meal with homemade pasta and tomato sauce (this is set in Brooklyn, not Jersey, so it’s definitely sauce, not “gravy”) and a triumphant lasagna p

Brenda Vaccaro, Talia Shire and Linda Cardellini also star in the story of an unusual New York restaurant, directed by Stephen Chbosky and inspired by a real eatery on Staten Island.

Susan Sarandon, Lorraine Bracco, Talia Shire and Brenda Vaccaro play the women whose recipes and stories enliven a dramedy inspired by Enoteca Maria.