Food Bloggers Cooking: David Rocco

By: Mark Levine

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David Rocco takes a break as food bloggers have at it

No Roman holiday in the cards for your summer? How about a quick weekend staycation with three tribute recipes that are about as irresistible as Mr. Rocco himself...

If you've never had Spaghetti All'Ubriaco -- or drunken spaghetti -- the time is now. Full-bodied red wine, pasta, garlic -- an entire Italian love affair in a bowl. Give it a twirl.

Get The Little Teochew take on David's Drunken Spaghetti.

Get David Rocco's original Drunken Spaghetti recipe.

Drunken Pasta cooked up by The Little Teochew

Next up is a simple, sensational nod to panzanella. The Italian bread salad is flipped in favor of a visit to North Africa with a cous cous swap out. The photo on Nooschi - A Food Diary felt like a pure bite of summer. Better yet, it's a no-cook recipe that should charm the vegetarians in your life.

Get David Rocco's original Cous Cous Alla Panzanella recipe.

Cous Cous Alla Panzanella from Nooschi - A Food Diary

Food blog, Moonshine and Piffle experimented with David's Nutella and Mascarpone Calzone.

Nutella and Mascarpone from Moonshine and Piffle

Food porn aside, we're partial to the simplicity of his walnuts, cheese and honey snack. Three natural ingredients that can be assembled in about a minute flat. Date night, anyone?

David Rocco's Honey and Cheese Recipe: