Happy Valentine’s Day! Hope you got the huge bouquet of five dozen roses, a box of chocolate truffles, and of course, a diamond tennis bracelet that we sent you! …
No? You didn’t get it?! Hm. We better look into that…
In the mean time, though, why don’t we give away something that’s actually better?
We’re giving you a Big Bowl of Love for Valentine’s Day, more specifically, the Big Bowl of Love cookbook by best-selling author and Christina Ferrare. The cookbook, which is also a show on the Oprah Winfrey Network, is full of fabulous recipes and family stories (as well as photography from TasteSpotting friends, Todd Porter and Diane Cu).
To Enter This Giveaway:
- Leave a comment on this post with a food that you absolutely LOVE. Don’t worry if you can’t think of anything specific. This is a random drawing so it doesn’t matter what you say. Just make something up. Us? Right now, we are head over heels for arugula.
- Make sure to enter your email address in the box provided so we can contact you.
- Share this giveaway post with your friends on facebook and twitter! (not required, but we’d love the help!)
You have until Thursday February 16, 2011 at 5 PM PST to comment. Everyone is welcome to comment to enter, but we can only ship this stuff in the U.S. (So if you’re outside the US and win, you just need to provide us with a US mailing address to send!)
Good luck!
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Quinoa!! Especially cooked into little cakes with parm cheese.
My grandmother’s homemade flour tortillas. I can eat them plain!
Mexican, and Spanish food of all kinds!!
It would either have to be sashimi or taiwanese pineapple cakes.
Roasted butternut squash with maple syrup and cranberries tossed in an arugula salad with a warm shallot dressing and toasted walnuts. Can’t get enough of it!!
Wild Mushroom Risotto with Shaved White Truffles!
Apple pie, I love it, I could eat every single day
potatoes … done every and any way!
i am head over heels for ravioli!
i love bread!
Pancaaaakes
Homemade Pasta and Sauce!!
I love anything with bananas, for any meal.
Right now I’m crazy about Pad Thai… homemade, take out, whatever it is… just in love!
Right now, I’m loving homemade mozzarella!
Right now,I’m in love with grilled chicken tacos !
Sushi. I can eat it everyday!
LOVE Yogurt. Plain, no fruit, thick and tart. mmmm
pear salad with cranberries, pecans:)
Arugula.
I love pinapple ice cream with banana springrolls & caramel sauce.
Olympic Provisions Salami
I absolutely love cheese!
Right now I am in a culinary lavender craze. Scones, soups, infused sugar for tea etc . Love it!!!
Brussels Sprouts!
COOKIES!!!
A food I love? Lasagna. Mmm!
I love homemade hummus!!
Peanut Butter. Not peanut butter something or other…although those are good too!
Cheese. Any and all. But specifically, going wild about goat cheese at the moment – in salads, in omelets, on pizzas, croquettes – yum!
Leeks!!! WHERE HAVE THEY BEEN ALL MY LIFE?????!!!!!!!!!
Peanut Butter Shake!
Wow, so many possibilities! I would have to say homemade bread.
Sweet-creme brulee! Savory-Kraft singles on Wonderbread grilled cheese sandwich!
oatmeal. so much oatmeal.
Kale! I can’t get enough of it!
Risotto. It’s my absolute favorite food of all time. Nothern italian style with butter or southern style with olive oil, it’s always awesome.
Italian food; pasta, bread and wine makes for a yummy night!
I love summer country vegetables- potatoes, corn, butterbeans, tomatoes, cucumbers, green beans, picked fresh from the garden.
Macaroni & cheese. Grilled cheese. Anything with cheese…
Gnocchi! So so so good.
I love pasta and could eat it every night. Cristina Ferrare’s TV show is one of my favorites and I know she loves lemons. Coincidentally, I had fettucine with shrimp in lemon garlic sauce tonight. Yum.
My favorite food is CHEESECAKE!
I absolutely LOVE French fries!
strawberry kefir!!!!
Love me a huge steak w/ baked potato and salad.
Homemade Kimchi yum
I just love food…in general haha :)
Favorite food is homemade bread, warm from the oven.
Sweetbreads!!!!
i love chili!
I love avacado so much!!
Barney Butter Almond Butter…Yum!!
I love frosted sugar cookies!1
I love everything
INDONESIAN NASI CAMPUR with TOFU and TEMPE
jalapeno macaroni and cheese!
I love peanut butter!
Indian food, especially Saag Paneer. YUM!
israeli couscous.
I absolutely love duck rillette ever since I first ate it with my boyfriend!
Pickles – I just bought two quarts over the weekend, and they’re almost gone!
chocolate chip and walnut cookies
Mac N Cheese!!!!!
Right now I’m loving hummus pitas with cucumber, tomato, and red onion!
I love a good grilled cheese sandwich. For me it’s the ultimately comfort food. Easy to make and so tasty!
Indian!
Polenta with spinach and Parmesan cheese was a comfort food my Italian grandmother use to make. Creamy, warming, filling and made with love. Who could ask for a more perfect food?
I really love flaky buttermilk biscuits.
Kimchi!
Lately I’ve been loving a lot of avocado!
artichokes…any which way!
Oyako! Japanese chicken/egg soupy deliciousness- I could eat it forever!
kumquats, dark chocolate, and Greek yogurt
Mushrooms!
cream of mushroom soup? perhaps
Chocolate!
Chicken.
Lately, I am into meat; a flat iron steak or pulled pork. The other night I “schnitzeled” some chicken breasts. I love “Tastespotting” – I visit it before I even go to Facebook!!
Asparagus – in any form from raw to cooked!
Sweet potatoes!
<3 Indian food!
salmon – from raw to fully cooked
I love love love guacamole ! mmmmm
Salmon!!
Perogies!
I love apples, red , green , yellow..any shape or kind
Lately, I have been in LOVE with radishes. So delicious.
Avocados! Love them!
I love TIRAMISU – the dessert of Gods :)
I’ve love soup, any kind, any flavor. Give me a bowl of soup and I’m a happy person!
I LOVE Fish Tacos
Green onion pancakes. Hands down favorite!
I absolutely love pizza! I’d eat it for every meal if I could!
ooo, my favorite is anything with cheese :)))
Baked Bean and Sharp cheddar jaffle made in my Jaffle Maker that I had for 15 years.
I miss my jaffle maker, it burnt out 2 weeks ago and no one has the parts to fix it. RIP buddy, RIP.
I absolutely love french fries!
creme brulee, gelato, and cannoli…..loveeee them……
I love anything Mexican ! With lots of cheese and salsa. Yum
French cheese! Forever!
I’m madly in love with tofu <3
chocolate
Tom Yum Goong, especially eaten at this awesome Thai restaurant in Memphis. It appears on the menu as “Thai Gumbo” !!!!! I’ve been trying to recreate their dish for a year…
chocolate!!
i love, love, love cherry tomatoes, fresh from the garden on a hot summer afternoon. add some basil, mozz, and deliciously rich olive oil and i’m in HEAVEN! xx
Soup, sandwiches…everything!
Lasagna!
Cheese!
Cacao nibs…love ’em…so addictive!!
haha peanut butter
Cookies! I could live on milk and cookies!
I am in love with the kalamata rye sourdough I’ve been baking..
I absolutely LOVE cinnamon rolls!! Ooey and gooey and loaded with cream cheese frosting, I could eat them every day!
Mac and Cheese – baked with cheesy, garlicy, buttery fresh bread crumb topping! YUMMERS!
I used to roll my eyes when I was younger and other kids would say that pizza was their favorite food. But you know what, I think pizza may now be my favorite food. I am not talking about Pizza Hut, or Jets (though I love those as well), but I have been making my own pizza at least once a week for a while now. There are so many different toppings that can be used, it can be healthy or not, and it always ends up amazing! It took me a while to get good at making homemade pizza, but now it is probably my favorite thing to eat!
Chia! Chocolate Chia pudding is my favorite. I also put them it in my green smoothies.
an apple pie simply makes my day
I’m just going to say it. I want the cookbook :)
I love pasta. :)
Hmmm… I absolutely can’t resist a good cheese (:
Risotto! Add some mushrooms, spinach, asparagus & a little wine/broth – delicious!
I love me some huevos rancheros!
Falafel! With harissa and lots of veggies!
Any fresh cooked or raw food except lima beans. Sorry, they just won’t make past my mouth :)
I am in LOVE with Shrimp Po’Boys!
I live for pasta and sauce!
I’m IN LOVE with kettle corn!
oranges! I can’t get enough of them.
Anything lemon, savory or sweet.
Pork Belly I’m obsessed!
Sourdough bread! Love the basics!
Sushi! Just got back the taxes, so I can go out for the good stuff, instead of the usual go round stuff. Yay!
I just love eating grapes
I love real maple syrup – on almost everything. Pancakes, waffles, plain yogurt, smoothies, and then just a little to flavor custards, pies, cakes – it’s amazing.
I love a really good salad. My favorite is at a local restaurant and has rosemary chicken, apples, blue cheese and walnuts!
Kale & Quinoa Salad with Miso-Ginger Dressing… the BEST!!
Osso Buco… Rich, decadent, and amazing!
Spring rolls! Always and forever.
Brown pinto beans with cornbread!
Carbonara is my guilty pleasure. If done right, there is nothing better!
Mushrooms, of all varieties.
Homemade pasta! Every type…I can’t make enough of it!
Chocolate Chocolate Chocolate!
LOVE love love chocolate souffle. Never gets old!
homemade tomato basil soup with a slice of fresh from the oven bread
The Sunday gravy we make every week, the varieties of meat, and that slow simmered sauce what’s not to love!!
KALE!!! I know it’s annoyingly trendy right now. But that’s because it’s the best vegetable ever. So versatile, so delicious, so healthy!
Right now, I am absolutely in love with black beans!
Pomegranates in savoury dishes!!! Love it!!
Kimchi fried rice! yumm
Anything involving basil, tomato, and cheese!
Polenta.
oatmeal! (I eat it every day. Sometimes twice.)
I am loving brussels sprouts right now!
Sushi.
Sweet potatoes!
After my month long stint in South America, I am completely obsessed with morcilla (blood sausage). I wish people in the Pacific Northwest ate it… I can never find it around here!
I am loving pasta right now!
Right now because it’s winter – CHILI!!! Any and all types of chili, but most especially a hearty beefy one with lots and lots of cheese!
Sushi!
PIZZA!!
Ravioli filled with ricotta, parmesan cheese, garlic and olives.
I love mac and cheese!
Springfield style cashew chicken….I can never get enough!
Spinach!
omg I love love love chocolate peanut butter. I am eating it as I type this!
Artichokes!!
Cheesecake with fresh strawberries on top!!!!
Asparagus!! My all time fave :)
chocolate pot de creme!!!!
Squash ravioli. Preferably with a browned butter sage sauce…
Anything
Oatmeal with yoghurt :-)
cilantro!!
I LOVE a good mashed potato!
Anything Thai! delish.
Figs!
My favorite food of all time is surely mac and cheese. Any kind.
Pomegranate, pomegranate, pomegranate!
Popcorn and hot chocolate.
chicken!
buttermilk biscuits with butter and apple butter
I LOVE mac and cheese. It’s my ultimate comfort / hangover / really anytime food. Nomz!
Ice cream – any kind except with nuts (they get yucky)!
my mother’s kuskus!
Watermelon! It was the first thing I ever tasted. My Granny let me suck on some when I was only a few days old. I’ve loved it ever since.
Anything with pasta!
Asparagus! :)
PEANUT BUTTER, in any form on anything!
Nothing better than a delicious chocolate cake on a cold winter day…
Sushi… as long as it’s not a California Roll
I love oatmeal! I could eat it every day with different toppings.
kale pesto pasta
Chocolate!
Lobster Roll Sandwich!
YUMMY!!!
MAC AND CHEESE PLEASE!
love chocolate!
Fresh blackberries with real whipped cream!
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I am all about chicken satay and orange chicken right now…yum!!!
All the little side dishes at korean bbq restaurants. Yum!
I’ve been loving brussel sprouts!
Indian food! its always a treat :)
Peanut butter!!!
I see I’m not alone with the brussel sprouts. I traveled to the mountains last month and almost every restaurant had some sort of brussel sprout dish on the menu. Of course I tried them often. Some were/not as good as my own recipe.
Have to admit chocolate in all forms but strawberries dipped in chocolate has to be my favorite simple classic.
I love love love ground sausage
Right now I have a hankering for conch!
I LOVE porridge, cooked in rice milk, with pear, mango, blueberries and/or almonds on top.
I love pretzel rolls!
I have the jones for a muffaletta from Central Grocery in New Orleans
I so love to try NEW and REFRESHING recipes. Desserts are my favorite thing to make.
Gnocchi with creamy blue cheese and sauteed onion, spinach and mushroom. So what I’m into right now.
dark chocolate
Pizza with lots of sausage and veggies!
Avocado!
I LOVE warm roasted beets w/horseradish creme fraiche. Mmmm. add arugula & it’s even better!
I absolutely love hummus!!
I love roasted vegetables!
Avocados! They are healthy and delicious grilled, smashed, chopped or eaten straight from spoon to mouth….mmmm.
deep fried pickles and pulled pork sandwiches!
I am a maniac over mussels!
I am loving feta and basil together.
Love Tastespotting, hope I can get the book!
I love gummy bears!!
chocolate strawberries!
Lay’s potato chips…I can’t buy them because I eat the whole bag.
Sweet Potatoes!!! So delicious, comforting, and good for you!
Love love love a rare kobe beef steak with a side of duck fat potatoes. Holy yummy overload. Eat it at my favorite restaurant whenever I get the chance to travel to PDX.
Beans. I love beans.
Sushi!
right now kale chips! but I still love my buffalo chicken mac and cheese!
Don’t have to think twice…..Krispy Kreme doughnuts!
AVACADO!!!!
I love garlic, on everything.
I love buffalo wings… with beer!
CHEESE!!
liver pate! just rediscovered from my German childhood. Just as delicious as I remembered it.
Anything swapped!
Tamales!
PUMPKIN RISOTTO. It exists and it’s amazing! :)
steamed artichokes dipped in garlic aioli
Polish pierogi! Yum! :)
LOVE anything spicy!
Just made the herb crusted salmon. It was just the taste I’ve found at a local restaurant! Delicious. Also made the rice which was great. Thanks
I love butternut squash.