Last year, I wrote a profile of Chef Giovanni Rocchio for Venice magazine, which wound up taking us to Harpke Family Farm in Dania Beach. A farm? In east Broward County? By the airport? Yup, it's the ultimate urban farm. Rocchio was in a chef's paradise, wading through the rows of greenery and digging his … Continue reading Yoga on the Farm
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Bon Appetit
What Chef Giovanni Rocchio of Valentino Cucina Italiana once considered his job has become his obsession Just south of downtown Fort Lauderdale is an unassuming white building with a metal sign out front announcing "Valentino." Once inside, it's like falling into a rabbit hole. In the middle of this Italian restaurant is an open kitchen … Continue reading Bon Appetit