'Baking with Lucy': 97-year-old shares recipes on Facebook, gets viewers from all over the world
Updated: 10:01 AM EDT Mar 31, 2020
Andrew Stockey
Anchor & Sports Director
>> WAVED TO THE CAMERA. ANDREW: KNEW TONIGHT, THIS MOTHER DAUGHTER DUO IS BECOMING CELEBRITIES. CREATING A COOKING SHOW WHILE BEING STUCK AT HOME. IT IS A FACEBOOK SHOW SHARING THE RECIPES OF LUCY POLLOCK OF TROPE ALONG WITH HER DAUGHTER. IT IS QUICKLY BECOMING POPULAR. >> I THINK PEOPLE ARE JUST LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO CONNECT TO IN THIS ODD TIME. ANDREW: PITTSBURGH'S ACTION NEWS 4 SPOKE WITH THEM TODAY. THEY HAVE HAD UP TO 3000 PEOPLE WATCHING AT ONE TIME. VIEWERS COMING FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. >> I HAD PEOPLE FROM AUSTRALIA. WE HAD PEOPLE FROM GERMANY. TASMANIA. >> I THINK NAPLES TOO. >> SOMEBODY FROM TRIPOLI. IT IS ALL OVER THE WORLD I GUESS. ANDREW: SHE SAID TASMA
A mother-daughter duo from Pennsylvania has created a virtual cooking show that many are watching while being stuck at home."Baking with Lucy" is a Facebook show sharing the recipes of Lucy Pollock, 97, of Latrobe, along with her daughter, Mary Ellen Raneri, and it's quickly becoming popular."I don't know what it is, but I think people are just looking for something to connect to in this really odd time," Raneri said.Meet Lucy and Mary Ellen: Click the video player above to hear their story.The show has had up to 3,000 people watching at one time, with viewers from as far away as Australia, Germany, Naples and Tripoli."It's all over the world, I guess," Raneri said.You can see the next shows on their "Baking with Lucy" Facebook page.
LATROBE, Pa. —
A mother-daughter duo from Pennsylvania has created a virtual cooking show that many are watching while being stuck at home.
"Baking with Lucy" is a Facebook show sharing the recipes of Lucy Pollock, 97, of Latrobe, along with her daughter, Mary Ellen Raneri, and it's quickly becoming popular.
"I don't know what it is, but I think people are just looking for something to connect to in this really odd time," Raneri said.
Meet Lucy and Mary Ellen: Click the video player above to hear their story.
The show has had up to 3,000 people watching at one time, with viewers from as far away as Australia, Germany, Naples and Tripoli.
"It's all over the world, I guess," Raneri said.
You can see the next shows on their "Baking with Lucy" Facebook page.
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