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Rocco's Dinner Party

Chef Daniel Vater, caterer Vanessa Cantave, and biscotti baker Natalie Stone have to whip up a French-themed dinner party using recipes from Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking as inspiration.


Alexander Kipnis

Among Kipnis's most celebrated roles were the bass parts in operas by Mozart and Wagner, as well as the title role in Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov and the part of Rocco in Fidelio by Beethoven.

Antonio Pierro

Pierro was born in the Italian town of Forenza, the son of Rocco and Nunzia (Dell'Aquilla) Pierro.

Baxter Street Dudes

The gang has been portrayed in a number of historical novels including Dreamland (2003) by Kevin Baker, The Five Points Concluded (2003) by Rocco Dormarunno, Sweet America: An Immigrants Story (2004) by Steven Knoll and Heyday: A Novel (2007) by Kurt Andersen.

Bruno Sassi

On the March 13 edition of Impact!, Sal and Kurt Angle accompanied Rocco as he wrestled Frontline member Eric Young in the main event, which Rocco lost after Young pinned him following a Death Valley driver.

Carmella Cammeniti

Carmella was the second member of the Cammeniti family to appear in Neighbours, after her father, Rocco (Robert Forza).

She becomes romantically involved with her colleague, Connor O'Neill (Patrick Harvey), to the disapproval of her father Rocco (Robert Forza).

Danny Way

The Plan B company was formed as part of the Dwindle Distribution company, at that time overseen by Steve Rocco and Rodney Mullen, and, like Way, Ternasky was also formerly with H-Street, where he co-managed the company with Tony Magnusson.

Dave Meros

As a bassist, Meros' musical influences are varied, including Paul McCartney, John Entwistle, Chris Squire, James Jamerson, Marcus Miller, Francis "Rocco" Prestia of Tower of Power, Chuck Rainey and David Hungate.

David Della Rocco

David Della Rocco returns as "Rocco" in the sequel The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day in a dream sequence guiding the MacManus brothers on their mission.

Della Rocco is a friend of The Boondock Saints writer and director Troy Duffy and his role was written specifically for him, playing a character also named David Della Rocco, bringing many of his real-life mannerisms and flair to the character, as well as the character's nickname, "The Funny Man".

Franco Mezzena

Performed with Salvatore Accardo, Bruno Battisti D’Amario, Julius Berger, Bruno Canino, Roberto Corlianò, Roberto Fabbriciani, Rocco Filippini, Severino Gazzelloni, Stefano Giavazzi, Bruno Giuranna, Johannes Goritzki, Jacques Klein, Alain Meunier, Bruno Mezzena, Andrea Noferini, Antony Pay, Franco Petracchi, Ruggiero Ricci, Massimo Scattolin, Hariolf Schlichtig, Rohan de Saram and Romeo Tudorache.

Giovanni Antinori

He also worked on the Piazza del Quirinale, rotating the Horse Tamers statues (originally parallel to each other) and placing the obelisk from S. Rocco between them using powerful winches and clever mechanisms.

Giovanni Maria Zaffoni

He also painted frescoes in the church of Santissima Trinità in Pordenone, as well as in Montereale Valcellina, where he painted a series of frescoes on the Life of the Virgin (1560-63) in the apse of the church of San Rocco.

GoPago

GoPago was originally conceived in 2007 when founder and CEO Leo Rocco missed Barry Bonds’ record-breaking home run while he was waiting in line at a concessions stand.

Hedan II

In a donation dated 1 May 704 in Würzburg, his capital, Hedan, with the consent of his wife and his son Thuring and the Frankish magnates Rocco and Doda, granted the bishop Willibrord the places of Arnstadt (Arnestati), Mühlberg (Mulenberge), and Großmonra (Monhore).

Howard Cantour.com

Howard attends the film's preview, where he interacts with fellow online film critic Rocco (Thomas Lennon) and is told that only specific film critics (namely newspaper critics) will be allowed into the discussion with the director.

Hoyt Yeatman

In 1979 Yeatman, Scott Squires, Rocco Gioffre, Fred Iguchi, Tom Hollister and Bob Hollister co-founded Dream Quest Images, a groundbreaking visual effects house, winning the Academy Award for Visual Effects in 1989 for the motion control and underwater effects in The Abyss.

John Rocco

John Rocco is an American illustrator, best known for illustrating the covers on the Percy Jackson & the Olympians series.

Johnny Rocco

Johnny Rocco is a 1958 American black-and-white crime film produced by Scott R. Dunlap and directed by Paul Landres for Allied Artists, and starring Richard Eyer, Stephen McNally, and Coleen Gray.

Leonel Rocco

Leonel Rocco Herrera (born 18 September 1966 in Montevideo) is a former Uruguayan footballer.

Marina di Grosseto

At that time, the village of San Rocco was one of the four guard posts established to protect the coast after the outbreak of fever, which had struck the city of Marseille in France.

Michele di Rocco

Michele di Rocco (born May 4, 1982 in Foligno, Perugia) is a boxer from Italy, competing in the Light Welterweight (– 64 kg) division.

Miguel Gatan Purugganan

The Apostolic Nuncio to the Philippines, Carmine Rocco gave him on 22 April of that year, the Episcopal ordination ; co-consecrators were Juan C. Sison, Archbishop of Nueva Segovia, and Teodulfo Sabugal Domingo, Bishop of Tuguegarao.

Norton Records

After finding a copy at the Smithsonian's Museum of American History bookstore, Dr. Ink (aka Dr. Roy Peter Clark) highlighted the importance of Rocco's work in an April 2, 2003 review, "Jukin' with Eddie Rocco".

Pol Plançon

English commentators were enthusiastic about his contribution to these premieres, as well as his singing in the standard repertory roles, including Rocco in Ludwig van Beethoven's Fidelio, Méphistophélès in Faust, Ramfis in Verdi's Aida, Pogner in Wagner's Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg or Jupiter in Gounod's Philémon et Baucis.

Pompeo Ghitti

He painted two altarpieces, the Last Supper (1681, 2nd chapel to left) and Glory of St. Carlo Borromeo with the saints Stephen Martyr, Francis of Assisi, Anthony of Padua, & Rocco (1668, 2nd chapel right) for the parrochial church of Santa Maria Assunta in Ghedi.

Real Hardcore

Real Hardcore was covered by German Dance music group Rocco as Everybody, it was released as the second single from their 2003 album "Dancecore".

Rocco B. Commisso

Rocco B. Commisso (born November 25, 1949) is the Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Mediacom Communications Corporation, the 8th largest cable television company in the United States.

Rocco Silano

Early on in his career, Rocco studied with and was managed by sleight-of-hand expert and Tony Slydini protégé Bill Wisch.

Sam Lynn Ballpark

Some of the former players honored on canvas include Hall of Famer Don Drysdale, Cy Young winner Pedro Martinez, NL ROY Eric Karros, potential Hall of Famer Mike Piazza, and former Rays outfielder Rocco Balldelli.

Tenor cornett

Roland Wilson and his group Musica Fiata employ tenor cornetts in their recordings of the Psalmen Davids of Heinrich Schütz and the Music for San Rocco recording of music by Giovanni Gabrieli and his contemporaries.

Vincent Rocco

Throughout his career, Rocco has worked on various projects with high profile names such as Steve Stevens, Andy Summers, Charlie Sexton, Little Steven, Terri Nunn, Danny Kortchmar, Greg Bissonette, Stan Lynch , Billy Duffy, Steve Jones, Mark Brzezicki, Craig Adams, and Kevin Haskins.

Vissarion

This video follows the experiences of Rocco, a reporter for Vice in Petropavlovka and his interview with Vissarion.

World Industries

In late-1989, Mark Gonzales approached Rocco with the desire to be involved in his own company.

Żabbar Sanctuary Museum

The paintings include works by Rocco Buhagiar, Gian Nicola Buhagiar, Rafel Bonnici Cali, Michele Busuttil, Tousaint Busuttil, Giuseppe Calì, Giuseppe Maria Caruana, Giovanni Battista Conti, Giuseppe D'Arena, Stefano Erardi, Rafael Gagliardi, Tommaso Madiona, Mattia Preti, Italo Horatio Serge, Filippo Venuti and Francesco Zahra.


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