Most of you know that I’m an Italian girl. I grew up around Italian foods and traditions my entire life. My grandfather had a commercial-grade deli slicer in his basement and would buy a whole prosciutto leg and slice it thinly as needed. We do the fish tradition on Christmas Eve. Our cookie jars were filled with homemade biscotti instead of Oreos or chocolate chip cookies.
Pittsburgh is a pretty ethnic city with lots of Italians, so it’s not hard to find traditional ingredients at regular grocery stores or little Italian groceries sprinkled throughout the city and suburbs. One of my favorite brands is one from right here in Pittsburgh – DeLallo. They make pastas, sauces, spreads, marinated artichokes and olives, olive oils, vinegars, and much more. I actually just used a jar of their crushed tomatoes to make pizza sauce last night! Their products are phenomenal and I want to share a huge basket of them with you!
As I mentioned in the Sarris Candies giveaway, this year I am foregoing the big holiday giveaways and focusing on just a couple of local Pittsburgh businesses that I genuinely love and want to share with you. DeLallo is definitely one of them! So, I am giving away this DeLallo Italian Feast gift basket to one lucky reader:
This amazing gift basket includes all of the following items:
- Artichoke bruschetta
- 2 packages of traditional breadsticks
- Extra virgin olive oil
- Pesto sauce in olive oil
- Blue cheese stuffed olives
- Potato gnocchi
- Marinara sauce
- Vodka sauce
- Roasted red peppers
- Organic whole wheat penne rigate
- Organic whole wheat fettuccine
- Penne rigate
- Linguine
- Whole grain cinnamon, almond, and oats biscotti
- Lasagna
- Sun-dried tomatoes
- Balsamic vinegar spray
- Full-length white DeLallo apron
- DeLallo recipe book
An Italian feast for sure!!
After you enter to win, I also encourage you to check out DeLallo’s website – they have a blog, kitchen tips and techniques, and tons of recipes. A great foodie resource (and not required to enter, I just think it’s a great site!).
How to Enter
To enter to win the DeLallo Italian Feast gift basket above, simply leave a comment and answer the question; “What’s your favorite Italian food?” It could be anything – an appetizer, an ingredient, a cookie, dessert, whatever your favorite is!
You can receive up to four additional entries to win by doing the following:
1. Subscribe to Brown Eyed Baker by either RSS or email. Come back and let me know you’ve subscribed in an additional comment.
2. Follow @browneyedbaker on Twitter. Come back and let me know you’ve followed in an additional comment.
3. Tweet the following about the giveaway: “RT @browneyedbaker: DeLallo Foods Giveaway! Enter to win a massive Italian Feast gift basket: http://ow.ly/3nM6j”. Come back and let me know you’ve Tweeted in an additional comment.
4. Become a fan of Brown Eyed Baker on Facebook. Come back and let me know you became a fan in an additional comment.
Deadline: Thursday, December 16, 2010 at 11:59pm EST
Winner: The winner will be chosen at random using and emailed. If the winner does not respond within 24 hours, another winner will be selected.
Disclaimer: The gift basket above is provided by DeLallo Foods. This post, however, is not sponsored and all that was written about DeLallo is my own sentiment.
This giveaway is now CLOSED. Congratulations to commenter #347, Jessica!
Mariah won the Italian Feast gift basket by following Tweeting about the contest!
Enjoy all of the Italian goodies Jessica!
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Definitely gelato! But I also really enjoy some homemade ravioli!
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Mmmmmm bruschetta!
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Definitely alot of choices but I think my favorite is lasagna.
Currently, pasta with Vodka sauce. YUM!
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I was ready to say lemon knot cookies, then I read Becky’s answer and I LOVE bruschetta!
Gosh, we are avid Italian food addicts! Veal Parmesan…or Chicken. Ditto Scallopini. Spaghetti and Meatballs.. Lemon Chicken al a Rao’s. This basket will be enjoyed; a mega Italian meal coming right up! Thanks and Happy Holidays. I read your blog via RSS.
Too hard to narrow down, I love foods from every course – stracciatella, antipasto, veal piccata, eggplant parmigiana, cuccidati.
Alfredo sauce, but I don’t have it very often for (probably) obvious reasons.
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Gnocchi! Toasted gnocchi, especially.
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Hm, it looks like my original post messed up, but I’m a huge fan of gnocchi. Especially toasted gnocchi.
Mmmm, gelato. The best!
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What a lovely spread! It’s so hard for me to choose ONE thing, but I’d have to say classic lasagna with extra mozzarella…mmm…
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Tiramisu…NO CONTEST!
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My favorite Italian dish is Pasta alla Carbonara. The ultimate comfort food!
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I love cannoli of any type! Funny that you are having this giveaway exactly 4 days before I catch a flight to Italy!
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Ohh I think I will have to go with lasagna.
This basket makes me drool; it all sounds so scrumptious! My favorite is anything in a lemony piccata sauce with capers.
I love pasta carbonara.
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I love Cerignola olives. Just love them- will eat them morning, noon and night.
Thanks for the contest.
cannoli. mmmm…
or a good risotto.
or creamy polenta with sausages.
I’m an Italian girl and I love it all. Salami, cheeses, mortadella, pasta, my Dad’s red sauce, risotto….and the list goes on and on!
Lasagna..so hard to pick one
Eggplant Parmesan
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I love gnocchi with pesto
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My favorite Italian Food is Gnocchi.
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I know it is cliche but I love lasagna
My favorite Italian food has got to be gnocchi!
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I love pasta, pretty much any type. I love traditional sauces, vodka sauce, Alfredo, etc
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I love pasta of any kind.
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My favorite italian food has to be biscotti… I love biscotti. I bake alll kinds, right now loving almond and lemon biscotti. What a wonderful time of the year to bake some and give away as Christmas gifts. What a lovely bundle of Delallo Foods. Yum….What an Italian feast can be made from that
Gelato! Hands down.
Pasta, pasta, pasta!
my favorite italian food is anything eaten IN italy:-)
I wouldn’t eat it by itselt, but my favorite I talian food to use in recipes is definately mascarpone!
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I love all kinds of Italian food, but lasagna is one of my favorites, it just says comfort.
love chicken picatta and tiramisu!
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My favorite Italian food is homemade tortellini. The dough is so thin and the filling so yummy!
I love all things pasta–any way, shape or form!
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Whine, whine………choosing a favorite is always hard. When I was in Italy my favorite was a pizza…..different from what we have here. And wonderful. But I adore pasta in almost any incarnation. Spaghetti with pink sauce. Stuffed shells.
This looks a fun prize for sure!
Thanks for including me!
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Wow! This giveaway rocks! I was in Italy this summer and my favorite Italian food is pesto (right from the Mediterranean region).
Because it is winter here in quite cold here in the Northeast, I would have to say Pasta e Fagioli soup. It is such a comfort food. Paired with a great piece of Italian bread and grated cheese…Mmmmmm!
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My favorite Italian food is spaghetti and meatballs. Mary
Italian (or Greek) olives. The stuffed ones are amazing. For cooking, favorite ingredient ever is extra virgin olive oil.
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Lasagna or gnocchi
Olive oil has to be my favorite….it’s indispensable. Also……insanely in love with Asiago cheese….close to parma…..but cheaper!
i grew up with a lot of Italian-American families and always loved eating at their houses. My favorites.. anything with fresh pasta. also, gelato & biscotti.
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Completely unoriginal, but my favorite italian food will always be a classic lasagna. There is just something comforting and delicious about lasagna!
I love lasagna!!!!!
I am partial to plain old spaghetti and meatballs if they are cooked right. One of my best friends is Italian and her grandma makes the best spaghetti and meatballs.
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My favorite Italian food is anything grandma makes! I especially love anything stuffed with cheese.
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Anything made with bucatini. Maybe a little cinghiale for a ragu!
Cheers,
*Heather*
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My favorite Italian food is Gelato. Wish I had some right now.
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