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The Sporkful

Mo Rocca Likes Big Ravioli, And He Cannot Lie (Reheat)

The Sporkful

SiriusXM Podcasts

Arts

4.63.9K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2026

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Humorist, CBS Sunday Morning correspondent, and former Cooking Channel host Mo Rocca joins Dan to talk about his grandma, debate whether square or round ravioli is better, and tell us which variety is the Kenny G of ravioli.

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0:00.0

Serious XM Podcasts.

0:10.0

Hey everyone, Dan here with a reheat for you with really just one of my very favorite people.

0:16.0

I really feel like he's one of a kind.

0:17.6

There are certain types of jokes, certain delivery, a certain perspective on the world.

0:22.4

That's just quintessentially Mo Rocca. And in a world where there are so many voices out there,

0:27.9

it is rare to find someone who is so distinct. And that's why I love Mo. He's a correspondent for CBS

0:33.1

Sunday morning and the host and creator of my grandmother's Ravioli on the cooking channel.

0:55.5

And yes, as a matter of fact, we did spend most of our conversation talking in detail about ravioli. Remember, there's an episode of the Sporkful you want us to pull out of the deep freezer and reheat. I want to know about it. Send us an email or voice memo to hello at sporkful.com. Tell me your first name, location, what episode you want to hear,

1:05.6

and why. Thank you so much and enjoy Mo Rocca. Well, my grandmothers were, I'm going to guess,

1:14.9

this is going to sound outrageous maybe, but they were close to nine inches square, three by three.

1:20.7

This is Mo Rocca. You know him from CBS Sunday morning and the cooking channel show My Grandmother's Ravioli.

1:24.2

And he's talking about exactly that, his grandmother's ravioli.

1:26.2

They were really big.

1:29.7

That would be like on each edge being about being a quarter of a foot long. That might be a little bit of an exaggeration. It was two and a

1:34.0

half inches, probably by two and a half inches. Okay. Definitely more than two inches. So they were

1:38.0

they were big pains. They were big, yeah, square panes, basically. I mean, she could have, she could have worked like in a

1:47.1

glass shop or something, putting these things together. And so I have a sentimental attachment to

1:54.6

that. I don't like the little ones, because the little ones, even though they're cute and,

1:59.8

you know, they almost become...

2:04.1

They have a bad ratio.

2:05.7

They have a bad ratio and they almost become like supersized nyaki.

2:10.7

Like they look like they become too doughy.

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