Swampy's Florida

This recipe is from a once-popular restaurant that has had a 3 chapter story.
The first, was The Dove in Satellite Beach. Started by John Mattiello from Italy who landed in New York City as a teen. Eventually he wound up in Florida and started The Dove, wanting to provide a full service Italian restaurant with top notch food and the best that could be provided. Unfortunately, he had a young son who derailed things with drug use and abuse.

Soon John was back in New York state and Starting Dove II with a daughter.
It was years later, and a son who had tried to clean up his addiction, that The Dove III opened in Downtown Melbourne.
The Father and son were back in action.
Until April 24th of this year, when this location closed as well due to structural and food complaints.

The father had the right idea. Sad that others couldn’t support the dream.
Maybe Dove II will reopen or there will be a Dove IV.
Considering the state of local restaurant operations, and the large chains that want them closed, it’s unlikely.

This recipe that was contributed by the original The Dove to ‘Off the Menu – Central Florida’s Top 100 Restaurants’ Recipes’.
This book is from 1997 and you can purchase a copy here:
https://amzn.to/4bn8tpc
This book is in the Swampy’s Florida library.
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