My Grandmother's Ravioli - Season 2

First aired: 10/2/2013 13 episodes

Episodes

1. Clara Corrado: Care Packages from Clara

Aired: 10/2/2013

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: 10/9/2013

Millie Martin and a friend, Pete, show Mo Rocca how to make Southern dishes

3. Vincent Esposito: Pasta, Pizza and Pumping Iron

Aired: 10/16/2013

Vincent Esposito shows Mo Rocca his father's secret to making mozzarella.

4. Doris Spacer - Crispy Pork, Donuts and a Waltz

Aired: 10/23/2013

Roast pork and Portugese donuts from an Massachusetts grandmother.

5. Miyoko McPherson: The Party Animal

Aired: 10/30/2013

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: 11/6/2013

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: 11/20/2013

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: 11/27/2013

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: 12/4/2013

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: 1/1/2014

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: 1/8/2014

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: 1/15/2014

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: 1/22/2014

Traditional recipes for filo dough and spanakopita.