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aliases: ["Nonna Lucia"]
Is A: Person
Tier: "1st 🥇"
Tags: ["Family"]
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# Nonna Lucia

Luca's maternal grandmother, 87 years old, living in Lecco on the eastern branch of Lake Como. Nonna Lucia is the matriarch of the family, a woman of extraordinary warmth, resilience, and unshakeable opinions about how things should be done, particularly in the kitchen. Luca visits her at least once a month, usually on a Sunday, and these visits are among his most cherished rituals. Her risotto is legendary in the family, and Luca has spent years trying to replicate it without ever quite matching her version.

She grew up in Lecco, married young, raised three children, and has lived through the complete transformation of the Italian economy from agricultural to industrial to digital. She does not pretend to understand what Luca does for work, but she is fiercely proud of him and never fails to tell her friends at church about "her grandson's important computer business."

## Notes

- Makes the best risotto in Lombardy, possibly in all of Italy; the recipe is allegedly simple but no one else can replicate it
- Sharp as a tack despite her age; follows Italian politics closely and has strong opinions about everything
- Tells stories about Lecco in the 1950s and 60s that Luca finds both fascinating and grounding
- Absolutely adores Giulia and insists she is "the one" every time Luca visits, whether Giulia is there or not
- Her home in Lecco is filled with decades of family photos, handwritten recipe cards, and the smell of something always cooking

## Collaborations

- [[event-dinner-family]] — the anchor of family gatherings; her home in Lecco is where the extended family convenes for holidays
