Is That Olive Oil Really Extra Virgin? Lawsuit Alleges Otherwise.

August 31, 2010 By 4 Comments

I am one that believes in cred­i­bil­ity – and if you are a trusted brand and say that your olive oil is extra vir­gin, well then, I tend to believe you.  Espe­cially when we are pay­ing top dol­lar, right?   How upset­ting it was to learn that con­sumers have been duped, as dis­cussed in a law­suit filed by var­i­ous restau­ra­teurs and promi­nent chefs against some lead­ing olive oil brands.  Allegedly, many well known brands includ­ing Bertolli, Fil­lipo Bario, Colavita and Pom­peian have been sell­ing olive oil branded as extra vir­gin but, accord­ing to the law­suit, they were any­thing but.  Even Rachael Ray’s beloved brand has been named as one of the olive oil offenders.

Cur­rently filed in Cal­i­for­nia and seek­ing class action sta­tus, this law­suit is in response to a UC Davis study which showed that many olive oils that sought “extra vir­gin” sta­tus for mark-up pur­poses, clearly were not.   It really has to make you think about what and where your ingre­di­ents come from and if they are, indeed, what they allege to be.

You can read more on the law­suit HERE.  After all this hoopla, I think that I will be pur­chas­ing my extra vir­gin olive oil from the Ital­ian Mar­ket in Philadel­phia.  At least there I know they sell the gen­uine product.

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And The Winner Is…

June 6, 2010 By Leave a Comment

Many Con­grats to the Bertolli “Into The Heart of Italy” win­ner – KAREN!

Karen – make sure to email me your address and you will have to tell us what slow roasted din­ner you made with this fab­u­lous “Into The Heart Of Italy” prize pack!

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Go Into The Heart of Italy One Last Time

June 1, 2010 By 5 Comments
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Have you been watch­ing the Bertolli “Into The Heart of Italy” series that fea­tures Rocco DiSpir­ito, Marisa Tomei and Dan Cortese?  For the webisode finale, they encounter a knife wield­ing butcher, “to beef or not to beef” and Tus­can Cow­boys.  Yes, you heard me right – COWBOYS – IN ITALY – who knew?

Bertolli and IntoTheHeartOfItaly.com reached out to Cook­ing In Stilet­tos to give the read­ers the chance to win a prize pack* total­ing $125 and let me tell you what a gor­geous prize pack this is.  Check out the pick of the good­ies that you will be using in your own kitchen to recre­ate some amaz­ing Ital­ian meals.

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The prize pack contains:

  • 5.5 Quart Enamel Cast Iron Dutch Oven
  • A Crate & Bar­rel cut­ting board
  • Crate & Bar­rel organic bam­boo uten­sil pack
  • Crate & Bar­rel pasta bowls
  • Coupons for free Bertolli frozen meals
  • Bertolli wine pair­ing guide

Here’s the fun stuff – how to win:

You have to watch the Into The Heart of Italy episode posted here and let me know what your favorite scene was.  

Want addi­tional entries? 

  1. Tweet this post (and leave me a com­ment know­ing you did so)
  2. Post this webisode on your blog with a link to Cook­ing In Stilet­tos and IntoTheHeartOfItaly.com (and leave an addi­tional com­ment with the link to your blog post)
  3. Fol­low @Bertolli on twit­ter (and leave yet another comment).

Seri­ously – that’s 4 chances to win this prize pack – how cool is that.  Con­test closes Sat­ur­day, June 5, 2010 and a win­ner will be picked at ran­dom.  Make sure to leave your email for me and the win­ner will have this huge prize pack deliv­ered to them cour­tesy of the great peo­ple at Bertolli.

Many thanks to Bertolli, Rocco DiSpir­ito, Marisa Tomei and Dan Cortese for tak­ing us Into The Heart Of Italy.

 

*Dis­clo­sure:  Bertolli was kind enough to pro­vide a prize pack for Cook­ing In Stilet­tos to pho­to­graph and “test drive.” 

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