About this season
Mo Rocca receives cooking lessons from America's grandmothers and grandfathers.
Episodes (13)
1. Clara Corrado: Care Packages from Clara
Aired 2 October 2013
Clara Corrado, a Philadelphia grandmother, gets Mo's help to make care packages for her three great grandsons, all of whom serve in the U.S. Air Force.
2. Millie Martin: How About That!
Aired 9 October 2013
Millie Martin and a friend, Pete, show Mo Rocca how to make Southern dishes
3. Vincent Esposito: Pasta, Pizza and Pumping Iron
Aired 16 October 2013
Vincent Esposito shows Mo Rocca his father's secret to making mozzarella.
4. Doris Spacer - Crispy Pork, Donuts and a Waltz
Aired 23 October 2013
Roast pork and Portugese donuts from an Massachusetts grandmother.
5. Miyoko McPherson: The Party Animal
Aired 30 October 2013
Miyoko McPherson, 80, grew up by the sea in the Land of the Rising Sun. She teaches Mo Rocca traditional Japanese curing and grilling techniques - the main course is mackerel shioyaki. She also makes miso soup and cucumber salad.
6. Lita Oliver - A Teaspoon of Canela
Aired 6 November 2013
Lita is short, but there is nothing little about her personality. Lita, 82, of Hoschton is a cheerleader for her homeland's, Costa Rica, cuisine. Lita shows Mo Rocca how to make Central American staples and introduces him Canela.
7. Sonny Young: Sonny from Sunny Hill Road
Aired 20 November 2013
Mo Rocca meets the energetic and always amiable Sonny Young, 71, of Rutland, Vermont. Sonny and Mo walk through woods behind Sonny's house and tap a tree to make maple syrup for a big family breakfast.
8. Riaz Gilani: Tee Time
Aired 27 November 2013
Pakistani grandfather and Sarasota, Florida resident Riaz Gilani is 96 but you wouldn't know it by the way he swings a golf club. Mo Rocca and Riaz hit the links and cook some delicious Punjabi cuisine.
9. Ilene and Freddie Tsuhara: Apps and Cocktails
Aired 4 December 2013
Ilene and Freddie Tsuhara - 71 and 73 respectively - are throwing a bash at their Concord, NC pad. Mo Rocca helps the couple assemble some appetizers. And, what's a cocktail party without cocktails by a mixology master.
10. Dave Whitney - Reeling in the Years
Aired 1 January 2014
Dave Whitney, 77, has fished all his life and introduces Mo Rocca to the pastime on a lake in Lakeland, FL. And, fish is also on the menu. Since it's southern cooking, there's certainly going to be fried foods.
11. Pete O'Connell & Louie Larson - Finger Lakes Fandango
Aired 8 January 2014
Pete O'Connell and Louie Larson, 63 and 61 respectfully, live in the beautiful Finger Lakes of New York State. The gentlemen fix Mo Rocca a dinner of fresh-off-the-farm local fare.
12. Sherryl Betesh - The Real Sephardic Grandmothers of New Jersey
Aired 15 January 2014
Mo Rocca meets Sherryl, 52, a very young grandmother and Sherryl's mother, Claire, whose family came from Syria. Mo, Sherryl and her family make stuffed eggplant skins, chicken and meatballs, called kibbeh, with cherry sauce.
13. Kathy and George Boulukos - Greek to Me
Aired 22 January 2014
Traditional recipes for filo dough and spanakopita.