Fresh eggs are a huge part of our household. My FIL raises chickens and supplies with dozens of fresh eggs so I can appreciate this episode.  I was wowed by the care he puts into caring for the chickens and it’s no wonder he’s called the Egg Man, and the best around at that. Enjoy the episode and if you missed the others, you can catch the other two webisodes of Into the Heart of Italy over at Yahoo Shine!

If you’ve been a reader of mine since 2008, then you’ll recall the time I hung out with Rocco Dispirito. It was glorious to watch him cook and charm us gals to no end.   Since then, I’ve had several encounters with various celebrities including the lovely Paula Deen but this time around, I’m getting to spend some time with the beautiful & sweet Marisa Tomei, very funny Dan Cortese and Mr. Charming himself–Rocco.

The proud sponsor, Bertolli, presents a new branded webisode series “Into the Heart of Italy” where these three fine people will be sharing their journey of finding the secrets of Italy’s best culinary recipes.  I get to be there for a NYC lunch & premiere and I’m so excited that I’m about to pee my pants.

If you haven’t seen a clip yet, check the video out below and stay tuned for updates and a recipe!

Disclosure:  The PR firm, Zocalo Group, is handling my all expense paid trip to the NYC event premiere of Into the Heart of Italy. As always, this doesn’t sway my opinions in any way. I freakin’ love these guys and Bertolli so it’s a match made in heaven.

First, lets give a hand to my fantastic guest poster, belhoste!! She did a wonderful job standing in for me with the posts and I hope you all are so kind as to visit her blog and say hello:)

If you recall, I went the Blogher conference in San Fransisco this past weekend and one of the exciting parts of it was getting to see Rocco DiSpirito!  Not only is he easy on the eyes, he’s also witty and down to earth!  He cooked up some pasta using the quick and easy Bertolli pouches.  Very simple to use and I loved watching him taste everything…he kept licking his fingers:)

I also loved that he walked the room so that we all got to see him instead of just staying in one place where the back people wouldn’t be able to see.

He told us his story on the turning point of becoming so interested in food and what drives him today.  When he’s home, he loves to eat soup!  He seems very genuine, down to earth, funny, and I adored how would reference his mother….he’s a good boy;)

It was definitely one of my highlights and I’m glad that he accepted the offer to participate in Blogher and I’m extremely grateful to be a part of it!

Here were are together…….

Ermmm, now onto the food!

I was able to attend Guy Kawasaki’s party on Thursday night and I must say, he had the most fantastic food!  The party was beautiful and the food was delicious:)  See all my photos from San Fransisco here including Guy’s party!

Anyways, the colors were vibrant, the variety of drinks rocked, and the combination of flavors were divine:)  Take a look at some of what he offered…………

First up is some good ol’ barbecue!  A little more fancy than what I prepare but just as good!

Wild Rice & Peppers anyone??

For you meat lovers, how about this with a side of asparagus??…YUMMY!

We attending a Macy’s party and enjoyed these cute little Chinese takeout boxes complete with chopsticks!

These were cute too, just a little bigger than a quarter:)  I did learn that I don’t like tofu….which is what these are :/

I had a blast and loved every single minute of it! I tried to bring a little of Blogher to you since I know that many of you can’t attend…I hope you enjoy these pictures as much as I loved taking them!

Yep, you heard me right.  I’m having lunch with Rocco DiSpirito while attending the Blogher conference in San Fransisco, CA!!!  Well, me and few other lovely ladies:)  I’m so excited to not only meet the foodilicous celebrity, but to also see him in action.  He’ll be demonstrating how to use the NEW Bertolli Premium Pasta Sauce in a Pouch and one of his new recipes!  WOOHOO:)  After that, we get to talk and take pictures with him!  I’m so excited.

Learn more and read Rocco’s bio at Food Network!

He has some wonderful cookbooks out that be of interest to you.  Some include:

• Rocco’s Real-Life Recipes
• Rocco’s Five Minute Flavor: Fabulous Meals with 5 Ingredients in 5 Minutes
• Rocco’s Italian-American
• Flavor
• Rocco Gets Real

I’m looking forward to this so much and can’t wait to update you on how it all went with photos!  If everything goes smoothly, I hope to have a surprise for you;)