Media Coverage
Media CoverageTelevision
- Maria and Ruthie Live on Talk Pittsburgh with Heather Abraham.
- Maria and Joe on Our Region’s Business with Bill Flanagan.
- Maria and Ruthie are on Our Region’s Business with Bill Flanagan.
- Maria was on the On NJ Morning Show with Kristina Behr and Cara Difalco.
- Maria was on Hello ENC! on the CW with Meghan Mamlock on the segment “Meghan Gets Booked.”
- Maria interviewed by Food and Beverage Magazine Live
- Ruthie and Maria were featured on a Toyota commercial spot.
- Maria was interviewed on Midday with Dee on WTVN TV 9.
- Maria and Joe were featured on 4GQTV with Paul and Carlo.
- Maria and Joe appeared on Mancini’s Bakery Neighborhood Twist
- Maria was featured on website of News 3 in Columbus, OH
- Radio/Social Audio
- Alicia Pozsony Resilient You Interview on iHeartRadio!
- Maria on Fearless, Fabulous You with Melanie Young on iHeartRadio!
- Joe was on the Barry Moltz Small Business Radio Show in Chicago talking about the old days at the restaurant and hard lessons learned.
- Maria and Joe interviewed on YaJagoff! Q92.9 FM
- Maria and Joe on Rob Pratte KDKA Show 1
- Maria, Joe, and Ruthie on Rob Pratte KDKA Show 2
- Maria and Joe on Rob Pratte KDKA Show 3
- Maria on Rick Dayton’s KDKA Show
- Maria and Ruthie were featured on the Jiggy Jaguar Show on KJAG Radio
- Joe on WJPA talking all things On the Rocks with Pete “I Got the Beat”
- Joseph Costanzo, Jr. appeared as a guest on Clubhouse in “The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Hospitality” room
- Maria giving a cooking class–making ricotta gnocchi on Clubhouse under the Food Is Religion Club
- Podcasts
- Maria, Joe, and Ruthie were featured on the NYC FlavrReport with Joe Winger. Joe tells his fav Pin-on-the-Wall story.
- Maria and Joe talk about the book, the restaurant, and the 17 year journey to get here. Bonus: Joe’s cat makes a cameo meow!
- Maria dishes all to Media Mogul Sonni Abatta on We Gotta Talk
- Cook ‘n BookTM Pittsburgh featured on Jeet Jet from YaJagoff!
- Maria talks about a recipe for resilience during challenging times on Wickedly Smart Women podcast by Anjel B. Hartwell.
- Maria was featured on Unfiltered Stories on YouTube.
- Maria and Joe are featured on the Food, Wine, and Whiskey Podcast.
- Maria and Joe were featured on The Pittsburgh Dish with PBS American Recipes Star Doug Heilman.
- Maria talks about family, forgiveness, and overcoming adversity on Kate Champion’s Thinking Big Mindfully.
- Maria talks with Ange on the Recovery Advocate Network on the Coffee and Conversation Book Club.
- Maria talks about the book and the story behind On the Rocks on the Donna Seebo Show.
- Maria chats on the Corporate Flight Attendant Podcast about hospitality.
- Maria talks about her long path to publication on the Parents Who Write Podcast
- Maria was on the Second Act Podcast.
- Maria talks about what to do when an agent shoots you down on the How to Fail in Hollywood Podcast.
- Maria on Arts Calling Podcast
- Maria and Ruthie on the Arts Calling Podcast Talking about Coauthorship
- Maria was on The Rest of Your Story Podcast
- Maria was on the Hot Mess Magic Podcast
- Maria was on the ParaNaughtica Podcast
- Maria and Joe were on the Bizhaps Podcast
- Maria was on It’s All About Healing Podcast
- Maria was on the Herstory Podcast talking about Breaking Barriers
- Maria and Ruthie were featured on the Chords, Vines, and Dines Podcast in California.
- Maria and Joe on Julie Riga’s Stay on Course podcast
- Maria on FB Live being interviewed with Bas.
- Maria was interviewed on the Creative Nomad Podcast.
- Maria, Ruthie Robbins, and agent Leticia Gomez on The Manuscript Academy’s Podcast
- Maria on Shelley F. Knight’s Award-Winning Podcast- Positive Changes: A Self-Kick Podcast
- Maria on the podcast ‘Cuse Conversations, the Syracuse University alumni podcast
- Maria was featured on the YaJagoff! Pittsburgh Podcast
- Maria was featured in Dr. Lisa Campbell’s 52 Authors/52 Weeks
- Maria was featured in Dave Campbells Living the Next Chapter
- Maria was featured on She Built It: Boss Lady Chronicles
- Maria talked about resilience and redemption on Healing Echoes
- Maria was featured on Kiara Laetitia’s Podcast Women Who Rock the World talking about how it’s okay, not to be okay!
- Maria was featured on the ParaNaughtica Podcast
- Maria was in the Midwest Yoga Life Podcast
- Maria was featured on A Foodie’s World Podcast
- Maria was featured on the Quietly Queen Podcast
- Maria reads a few excerpts from On the Rocks on the Bookend Podcast
- Maria and Joe were on the Bizhap Podcast
- Maria and Ruthie were featured on the Wayne Public Library Author Chat
- Maria’s “8 Tips of How to Be More Free in 2023” on Michele MacArthur’s Wellness Wednesdays podcast
- Maria talks resiliency on the Kornelia Stephanie Show.
- Maria was on the Millionaire by Morning Podcast
- Maria was on the Profitable Nomad Podcast
- On the Rocks was featured in a homily given to 1,000 people at Our Lady of Mount Caramel in Pittsburgh. Click on the September 3, 2023 sermon.
- Print Articles
- Forbes Magazine named On the Rocks one of the Top 6 Books to Get Your Career-Minded Friends this Holiday!!!
- Learning More About On the Rocks: The Primadonna Story on Yahoo! News
- On the Rocks was covered by the L.A. Flav R Report!
- Our latest Primadonna Pop-Up Restaurant Events where we recreate the restaurant were featured in the Tribune Review.
- On the Rocks Covered in the City Sentinel, Oklahoma City
- Joe interviewed about the 5 Things to Know Before Becoming a Restaurateur
- Maria in Authority Magazine for her writing career
- On the Rocks Featured in Houston Style Magazine
- On the Rocks Featured on the Table Read UK Magazine
- On the Rocks Featured in Food Service Equipment Journal
- On the Rocks Featured in Catering Insight Magazine
- Joe quoted in Restaurant & Bar News
- On the Rocks: The Primadonna Story Launches in Style Gazette 2.0 article
- On the Rocks featured in Pitt Alumni Magazine
- Midlands TV article From Rocks to Riches and Back Again
- News 21 am Features On the Rocks
- Newsbreak in Bay Head Announces Maria’s Jersey Shore Signing
- Newsbreak in Bay Head Covers Maria’s Jersey Shore Signing
- Maria was featured on Lisa’s Tener’s website talking about writing
- Maria and Ruthie featured authors on the Koehler Book website
- On the Rocks featured on former restaurateur Charlie Pellegrini’s blog
- The manuscript was covered in Local Pittsburgh Magazine
- Joe comments on ambiance in Total Food Magazine
- Maria and Joe talk about how to deliver excellent customer service in the restaurant industry on ConnectTeams.com.
- Joe talked about how to unite employees in the CirrusMD blog.
- On the Rocks was featured on the Ash Said It blog
- Webinars
- Maria and Ruthie dish out all their book marketing secrets on the Koehler webinar.
- Keynote Speaking Engagements
- Maria was the keynote speaker for the Key4Women Conference sponsored by KeyBank.
Reviews
- On the Rocks Review, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
- On the Rocks Review By: JoAnne Harrop- Pittsburgh Tribune Review
- On the Rocks Review, Pittsburgh City Paper
- On the Rocks Blog Post By: John Tierney, Former New York Times Reporter
- Foodie Pantry Blog By: Liz Roberts, Former New York Times Sunday Food Critic in NJ
- Riding High and Falling Hard: On the Rocks By: Reed Bookman
- On the Rocks Review By: Elora Canne
- On the Rocks Review By: Eve’s Wine 101
- The Mommies Review By: Glenda C.
- On the Rocks Review By: The Good Men Project Blog
- Life as Rog Blog By: Roger Willis
Awards
In addition to winning for the autobiography/biography category, On the Rocks named as the Book of the Year for 2024 by the New York Book Festival.
On the Rocks was the Page Turner Co-Authored Book of the Year in 2024
On the Rocks was named a Finalist for the 2024 Book Award for the Page Turner Awards
On the Rocks was named a Finalist for the True Crime category for the National Indie Excellence Awards.
On the Rocks won 3rd place for both the memoir/bio category and the inspirational nonfiction category for the Feathered Quill Awards.
On the Rocks won 2nd place for both the food-related book category and the historical nonfiction category in the Royal Dragonfly Book Awards.
On the Rocks was just named the Winner of the 2023 American Book Fest Awards in the Narrative Nonfiction category.
We are currently featured as the #15 and #16 best selling book in the white collar crime category by bookshop.org. The list is compiled by the American Booksellers Association (ABA).
- On the Rocks is currently ranked as the #1 Best Selling Book on Amazon in the Culinary Memoir category #2 Anthony Bourdain Kitchen Confidential #3 Stanley Tucci Taste!
- L.A. Weekly named Maria as one of the “Top 15 Authors to Watch in 2023!”
- On the Rocks named the #1 New Release for Culinary Memoir!!
On the Rocks makes Amazon’s Top 100 List in two categories: Best White Collar Crime True Story and Best Culinary Memoir.
On the Rocks makes Amazon’s Top 100 List in two categories: Best White Collar Crime True Story and Best Culinary Memoir. 
- We were named Finalist for the 2023 Chanticleer Awards in the Nellie Bly Category for Investigative Journalism Nonfiction Category.
- We were shortlisted for the 2023 Chanticleer Awards in the Hearten Category for Uplifting and Inspiring Nonfiction Books!
- We were shortlisted for the 2023 Chanticleer Awards in the Nellie Bly Investigative Journalism Nonfiction Category.
- We were longlisted for the 2023 Chanticleer Awards in the Journey Category for Nonfiction Books!
- We were longlisted for the 2023 Chanticleer Awards in the Hearten Category for Uplifting and Inspiring Nonfiction Books!
- Maria C. Palmer and Ruthie Robbins were named as 2021 and 2022 Finalists for the Page Turner Awards in the Screenplay Category (Book Adaptation)
Tip Sheet
On the Rocks Movie Cameo and Forthcoming Docu-Drama
- On the Rocks auditioned for a part in a movie…and it got the role! Take a look at the trailer for Stinky Summer which released September 2023. You may just see something familiar. Now if anyone asks if you know any movie stars, you can claim that one lives at your house. Click here to see the trailer.
- Lights, camera, almost action. On the Rocks is in the very early stages of development to land on the screen with an award winning documentary director. The shoot will happen in Pittsburgh. Stay tuned for more details and how you can be a part of this exciting venture!!
