Monday, September 30, 2013

9/30 Barrie Lynn, The Cheese Impresario, Mo Rocca, Cooking Channel

 
BARRIE LYNN - The Cheese Impresario - National Bourbon Heritage Month

Here we are going to talk about all kinds of cheeses from all around the world. We will learn together and I will help you bring the world of cheese closer to your heart and learn the great enjoyment that it can bring to you, your family, and your guests.  I am the cheese columnist for The Beverly Hills Timesand write the monthly "Cheese Matters" column that covers all things cheesy.

www.thecheeseimpresario.com



 
MO ROCCA - "Cooking Channel"   

MY GRANDMOTHER'S RAVIOLI: SERIES PREMIERE on Cooking Channel, Wednesday, October 24th at 8:30 PM ET / 5:30 PM PT.

Maurice Alberto "Mo" Rocca is an Emmy Award-winning American humorist, journalist and actor. He is a correspondent for CBS Sunday Morning and the host and creator of My Grandmother's Ravioli on Cooking Channel.  Rocca began his career acting on stage in the Southeast Asia tour of the musical Grease (1993) and Paper Mill Playhouse's South Pacific (1994). His first television work was as a writer and producer for the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning children's television series, Wishbone. He also wrote for The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss onNickelodeon and ABC's Pepper Ann. He served as a consulting editor to the men's magazine Perfect 10.

In 2011 he won an Emmy as a writer for the 64th Annual Tony Awards From 1998 to 2003, Rocca was a regular correspondent for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, which gave him his start in television.  His work included campaign coverage for Indecision 2000 and a regular feature called "That's Quite Interesting".

In 2004 he served as a convention floor correspondent for Larry King Live at both major party political conventions.

He was a regular correspondent for NBC's The Tonight Show from 2004 to 2008, and covered the 2008 election for NBC.

Rocca is a regular correspondent to CBS Sunday Morning with Charles Osgood. His work includes cover stories, features and profiles (Rita Moreno,Sally Field), with a special emphasis on presidential history.

Rocca is a regular panelist on the NPR quiz show Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!
In 2012 he became a regular contributor to the new CBS This Morning.