Mo Rocca's New Show

[SmartCookie]

Beautiful show. Being so jaded on cooking shows, well, this one was so sweet, and very informative.

http://www.npr.org/2012/02/19/1470470...

Well done Mo!

[jarona]

Now THAT is a great and sweet idea for a cooking show. I'm not a fan of Mo Rocca--only because his voice is more annoying than my own--but I can easily overlook that due to this show!

[bob96]

Does sound like a nice idea, if done with a little originality (some of the acid wit that grandparents can have, and please avoid the cliched gushing over "nonna" this and that--as an Italian who had one, I beg for a media respite!). Trouble for me is Rocca himself--the mugging, the voice, the whiny tics--but it sounds like he's trying to reign these in.

[HillJ]

As someone who literally grew up in her grandparents kitchen and bakery shop, this show hit all the right notes with me. I still own the step stool from my childhood that Bessie would bring to the stove for me. Mo did a fine job and I look forward to more stories. CHOW's video series http://www.chow.com/food-news/cooking... Cooking with Grandma is my favorite video series on this site (for the same reasons) and I hope more "epi's" are in the works!

[SmartCookie]

Thanks HillJ, I loved the video. I swear I could smell it through my computer.

[Janskitchen]

I'm not a big fan of his but I liked this show and I liked him. The guests were charming and seemed genuine and he was much more likeable when he was not so "scripted"

[thimes]

Love the concept (and he's always funny) - ironically I was wanting to figure out how to do this through Italy - sort of a cooking vacation from grandmother to grandmother to learn the old way of doing things.

[paulj]

It's Mauricio! :)