Steveny

I can't believe no one has mentioned Mama rolling the meatballs with no hat, hairnet, or gloves. All I could imagine was that Mama's secret ingredients in those meatballs must be a combination of hair and fingernail grit. I don't think that the general public is that carefree when choosing a place to dine, be it famous or not.

Well, how about the Brits who have a reality show starring Jamie Oliver? In his current reality show, Jamie takes a bunch of unemployed kids and trains them to run the Restaurant "15" in London. The profits from the restaurant go towards training the next round of kids. Now that seems much more creative, interesting and respectable than the narcissistically driven Rocco's.

The 3rd restaurant that is being mentioned is "Tuscan" which is owned by Jeffery Chodorow, Rocco's financier. Rocco was a consultant in that one, and is on its payroll now. I doubt he shows up there much. Also doubt he shows up at Union Pacific...or even at Rocco's these days. Too busy doing guest appearances and interviews. How about that Coors? Ridiculous, in my opinion! And yes, the clothes may have been expensive, but not too attractive. This is all pretty bad TV. Have we run out of real celebrities? And, what is the point of going to any of Rocco's restaurants when chances are he won't even be cooking? I'd much rather go to a Batali restaurant for some real Italian food without the side of hype.