Rocco DiSpirito

I was pleasantly surprised after the book came out. It was like, hey, the home team put down a nice score. ↗

— Rocco DiSpirito

#book #came #down #hey #home

In all my work I like to convey the fact that I like cooks, that it's noble toil and that it is hard. ↗

— Rocco DiSpirito

#cooks #fact #hard #i #like

It is important to experiment and endlessly seek after creating the best possible flavors when preparing foods. That means not being afraid to experiment with various ingredients. ↗

— Rocco DiSpirito

#after #being #being afraid #best #creating

It's a very, very difficult space to operate in, the restaurant business-it requires a lot of human beings to intersect at just the right place to make it all work out. ↗

— Rocco DiSpirito

#difficult #human #human beings #intersect #just

Just over 800 people were gathered around the cooking stage, all eager to learn about my five-minute flavor cooking. The demonstration had to be done right then and there, in front of everyone. ↗

— Rocco DiSpirito

#around #cooking #demonstration #done #eager

Mama is slowly getting better. So many people are so fond of her. ↗

— Rocco DiSpirito

#fond #getting #getting better #her #mama

Talking up a storm about food is so easy for me, it's second nature. ↗

— Rocco DiSpirito

#easy #food #me #nature #second

The 1,000 tasting portions were to be served over a period of six hours, starting at noon, so we would have to prep those another way, to keep them as fresh as possible. ↗

— Rocco DiSpirito

#another way #fresh #hours #keep #noon

There are many great wine producers from all over the world making fantastic wines. Italian wines especially are making an enormous comeback after sometimes being labeled as inexpensive jug wines. ↗

— Rocco DiSpirito

#being #comeback #enormous #especially #fantastic

There really is a camaraderie among chefs and a willingness to help out whenever we can. ↗

— Rocco DiSpirito

#camaraderie #chefs #help #out #really