Rocco DiSpirito broke up my relationship. To be fair, it was on the rocks already, but that lunch at Union Pacific in the summer of 2004 opened the cracks even wider. I spent the subway ride home ...

Healthy food means expensive food, right? Rocco DiSpirito says that’s a myth in need of busting. In an interview with CBS News, the celebrity chef and author of “The Pound A Day Diet,” argued that ...

There he is—the former executive chef of the revolutionary Union Pacific in New York, the cookbook writer, the TV star, and now a chef again for the first time in 15 years. Rocco DiSpirito is cooking ...

How does celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito enjoy classic mouthwatering Italian sweets without packing on the pounds? His secret is giving these beloved recipes a modern twist. “For Italian dishes that ...

Rocco DiSpirito used to be a fat guy. He was a chef at a three-star New York City restaurant -- one who "ate too much of his own merchandise," he recalls, ticking off dishes like foie gras and ...

The cookbook author and F&W Best New Chef opens up about anxiety, his dream restaurant, and what makes him stick with a food video for longer than three seconds. In 1999, when Food & Wine named Rocco ...

The Pound a Day Diet might be his fourth health-conscious cookbook (and tenth total), but Rocco DiSpirito, who used to be 30 pounds overweight himself, didn’t always tread so lightly in the kitchen.

NEW YORK – Celebrity chef Rocco DiSpirito (search) is in a legal food fight with the people who say they financed his television restaurant and who are accusing him of mismanaging the eatery, which ...

Chef Rocco DiSpirito’s Standard Grill comeback is over. The celeb chef has parted ways with the Meatpacking District eatery after he made a comeback last year following his 15-year hiatus from ...

The celebrity chef shares recipes from his latest cookbook. If the New Year has you searching for nutritious takes on classic recipes, Rocco DiSpirito is here to help. The celebrity chef appeared on ...

He was a star at Union Pacific before falling out of sight for 15 years. Then he was back — and gone again. Rocco DiSpirito broke up my relationship. To be fair, it was on the rocks already, but that ...