Chef Giovanni, of Uncle Giuseppe's Marketplace, shows News 12's Lily Stolzberg how to make Nonna’s Broccoli Rabe.

Unlike other bitter greens you might have cooked with, broccoli rabe has a dark secret. It tastes like crap unless you blanch it. Here's how to make the best broccoli rabe.

If the broccoli rabe you made at home was bitter garbage, you might have missed this simple step.