"Your friend sent you a voice note at 2am. They’d just performed a moving (for them) rendition of Whitney Houston’s ‘I Will Always Love You’ outside their ex’s bedroom window. Things are desperate. The restraining order is pending. Only carbs and a mother’s love can fix this now. Enter La Mia Mamma, where a troupe of female chefs, known as the mammas, cook a menu of regional Italian food. We defy the cacio e pepe at the Chelsea spot not to fix broken hearts. That and the motherly overfeeding, spontaneous serenading, and second bottle of wine you’ve polished off." - rianne shlebak, sinead cranna