Giveaway: DeLallo Foods

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.
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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!







Cannolli! Especially with ricotta filling =)
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Fan of Brown Eyed Baker of facebook!
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Following you on twitter!
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And lastly, following you on RSS
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My favorite Italian cook…would have to be Armandino Batali. I don’t know if you could call him a COOK, but he does things with a pig that are still illegal in 6 states! Man, what I wouldn’t give for a little salumi now!
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I subscribed for RSS feed. You are now part of my Yahoo welcome page!
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I like you on facebook. (That sounds so qualifying. I would probably like you other places as well…at the greengrocer, at a football game, etc.)
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Pasta Carbonara!
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Now following you on Twitter!
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Became a fan on Facebook!
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Wow! That is an amazing gift! I am an Italian girl at my very core, I grew up eating pretty much everything Italian with my grandfather’s family coming straight off a boat!
My favorite Italian food is good ole pasta sauce. You can make anything with a good pasta sauce. There are few out there that have great Italian flavor.
Thanks for offering such a wonderful giveaway!
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I subscribe to your RSS feed.
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Retweeted the giveaway!
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I “like” you on facebook!
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mmmmm…..I’d have to say my favorite is a good ‘ol classic spaghetti!
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I love gnocchi!
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I love gelato!
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I’m already subscribing to you via rss AND email. Does this count?
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Am now a fan of brown eyed baker on facebook.
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These Italian goodies sound delicious!
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Following Brown Eyed Baker on RSS
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I’m a fan on FB!
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Wow, what a basket! My vote is for chicken parm!
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A facebook fan.
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Anything and everything with fresh mozzarella!
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I love all Italian food in general but when I go out to an Italian restaurant I like to order linguini in white clam sauce.
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I’m a fan on Facebook.
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I follow you by email.
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I follow you on Twitter.
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As an fellow Italian girl, you know there is no way to pick just one item. I’m all about any pasta.
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I’m also an Italian girl and I love gnocchis!
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I tweeted!
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I’m asian, but I LOVE eggplant parmesan!
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can’t beat classic spaghetti and meatballs :]
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what’s not to love? i’ll pick lasagna, in any variation.
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I hate raw tomatoes but I LOVE bruschetta…so much that I think I’m going to go make some right now!
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My favorite Italian food is homemade ravioli. Or anything with pasta!
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I am following you on twitter @rusthawk.
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Your facebook fan.
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Subscribed to your RSS feed.
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Tweeted http://twitter.com/rusthawk/status/14213721777774592
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My favorite Italian food is “Linguini with red clam sauce”
BTW I’m already an email subscriber!
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spaghetti experimentations!
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My favorite is homemade lasagna, but I also love DeLallo’s Talanaca bread
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I’m a Facebook fan!
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I’m an email subscriber!
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Bruschetta with my fresh garden tomatoes and basil. Mmmm, on a crusty loaf of garlic rubbed ciabatta. That is my favorite italian dish!
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It’s hard to choose one favorite, especially since my father was Italian, so there are many family recipes that I love. We make something called Popat, which is a fried patty made from bread crumbs, eggs, and parmesan cheese that is a big favorite.
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I already follow you on twitter @amylou61
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tweeted
http://twitter.com/amylou61/status/14297318840860672
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Giardiniera!!! Hands down because then I can put it on all of my other favs, italian or non-italian. Speaking of I need to make some desperately!!!
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My parents’ red “gravy”. I guess it’s as much a memory as the taste…..waking
up on Sunday morning to the smell of garlic sauteing in olive oil…..couldn’t wait
to dip some bread……..and my father’s chicken cacciatore (white).
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Hard to choose just one as I love all Italian food!! Probably Pignoli!
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Oh my… my favorite Italian dish… that’s so hard. But I guess nothing really beats a classic marinara sauce in my book.
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Spaghetti without question!
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Gosh…to pick just one favorite italian dish!? eeeeek…. I would say my current favorite is chicken parm with a little fettuchini and alfredo sauce on the side! I try not to eat this too often for obvious reasons…it is not very waist friendly!!!
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My FAVORITE italian food is an italian hoagie with sharp provolone cheese, 2nd runner up is homemade ravioli in my mothers gravy, YUM! A chocolate chip canoli for dessert would be prefection
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Ohhh… that’s such a hard choice. I’d have to say that freshly made with all the right ingredients chicken parmesan with angel hair in a rich marinara is just about the most delicious thing ever.
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Also, I’ve been subscribed via RSS for quite a while. These are actually my first comments.
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I love nearly any type of pasta.
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Subscriber via RSS.
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Now I’ve followed you on Twitter!
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Annnnnnd I just tweeted the note about the giveaway.
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Caprese Salad… there is just something so delicious about fresh mozzarella.
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I am already a FB fan.
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I love a really fresh red sauce with a sprinkle of parm over pasta. YUM.
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love DeLallo the pasta sauce.
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I’m an RSS subscriber
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Just became a FB Fan too!
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homemade spaghetti sauce mmmm!
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Too many choices…but I love lasagna!
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Definitely chicken marsala or lobster ravioli in a white wine cream sauce! Yummm!!!
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Tania on December 13th, 2010 at 9:06 am
BTW, Delallo pepperoncini’s are a favorite in our home! They are the best of all the brands I’ve purchased.
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I Love love love DeLallos! My favorite is the Tomato Basil pasta sauce. I could drink it from the jar it’s so delicious!
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I looooooove gelato!!
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I am now a Facebook fan too!
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I subscribe to your RSS feed!
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My fave Italian food is my own homemade lasagna. Lots of cheeses, lots of sausage. So good!
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And a Twitter fan as well! Happy Holidays!!!
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I love manicotti!
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Just subscribed to the e-mail too!
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I follow you via RSS.
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Added you as a Like on Facebook now too!
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I Like you on FB.
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Really good marinara sauce, fresh mozzerella, basil and ziti. Simple, but oh so good.
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My favorite Italian food has to be marinara sauce. I love it with so many different things
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What a great giveaway! I love so many different Italian dishes but lately I’ve been craving manicotti in red sauce!
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I follow you on Twitter already (I’m @funfearlessbean)
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And I tweeted about your giveaway!
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Oh man! Tiramisu is the best. closely followed by parmesan anything (chicken, veal, eggplant).
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I LOVE traditional homemade lasagna! There’s something about it that just makes my mouth water and gives you that homey comortable feeling. Great for a holiday staple too
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I also am a facebook fan
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Oh my favorite is spaghetti and meatballs.
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I am now an email subscriber.
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I’m following you on twitter.
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…… pasta!!! with greens and hot peppers on top or pesto!
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now,i am a facebook fan too!
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I am a new facebook fan.
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I tweeted about the giveaway.Thanks!!!!
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My nana’s homemade sauce! But really the meat that’s left over after it’s flavored
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I love homemade ravioli!
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