My friends wonder why I am so addicted to The Real Housewives..(New Jersey being my absolute all-time-can’t-miss-favorite) and here is why. Not only did RHONJ Teresa Giudice dress her 8 month old baby girl Audriana in little baby leopard-print heels for her InTouch feature….she is about to release a cookbook but has no idea what cumin is.

All this while this chick and her four daughters live in this Jersey mansion and dress like tacky beauty pageant contestants. I.LOVE. THIS. GIRL.

When not filming Bravo’s hit reality show The Real Housewives of New Jersey, life’s still pretty busy for Teresa Giudice: She cooks, she cleans, and she takes care of her husband and her kids.

“I’m really a housewife!” she laughs. But the mom of four is now letting America in on a little secret in her brand-new cookbook, Skinny Italian, where she reveals that you can eat the foods you love and stay in shape.

“I’m hoping that people will see that Italian food is not fattening and that it actually can be healthy and nutritious,” Teresa tells In Touch while dishing out the pasta she made herself. “I want to keep the old traditions and incorporate them into modern-day dishes.”

Teresa says that she first learned to cook from watching her mom, and that the first recipe she perfected was a classic homemade Italian tomato sauce.

“My favorite recipe, though, is tagliatelle with peas and ham!” And that dish — along with other favorites like bruschetta — are easy to make, she insists.

“I used to buy cookbooks because I wanted to try all gourmet foods, but there were so many weird ingredients, like cumin. Spices I’ve never heard of,” she explains. “And then it tasted gross. It really did. My recipes are easy and simple and good for you!”

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In a little over a month, the best (in my opinion) housewives of the franchise return to tv. You would think that the Jersey girls would be the most annoying of the group..but no. That distinction goes to the original O.C. ladies. With the Atlanta ladies pulling in a close second because, to be honest, they are just boring.

But my Jersey gals…they are real. Almost too real. Sometimes hard to watch but at least they aren’t getting evicted, raising completely rotten children and stabbing each other in the back every episode. This new short preview of season 2 shows us clips of a Teresa’s fourth baby being born, more drama with Danielle and even a trip to Italy.

“This season is exceptional,” Caroline Manzo told People recently. “I think it touches on so many different things. It will make you laugh. It will make you cry. It will make you go crazy. It definitely tops the last season’s table flip.”

The season of Real Housewives of New Jersey premieres on Bravo on May 3rd.

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Now it all makes sense!!! I’ve been wondering why in the hell Bravo chose Danielle Staub as one of The Real Housewives of New Jersey. I mean really..you can’t really have a show about Jersey housewives with money without the gratuitous mafia connection.

Shame on you Bravo!!!  These chicks are interesting and crazy enough with the Soprano’s tie in.

In the preview of next week’s episode Bravo revealed that Danielle’s shady past could be found in an out-of-print book called  “Cop Without A Badge”. The book is about Kevin Maher , a criminal turned informant for the New York Police Department and the FBI. Back then, Danielle apparently went by the name of Beverly Merrill. Beverly was a coke addict and a stripper and all around bad gal.

According to the book, Beverly was arrested for extortion, kidnapping and possession. She also got caught up in the kidnapping of some rich kid who owed a drug dealer a bunch of cash. (See attached mug shot which looks ALOT like our Danielle)

Eventually, Kevin left his wife and stepson for Beverly.When Kevin told Beverly he wanted a family, she told him she wasn’t the mother type. They broke up. Kevin last saw her in 1992 when she was stipping  at a club named Shakers in Carlstadt, NJ.

Didn’t Danielle say in the first epi that she used to work through Ford Models? Did Ford do grainy mugshots back in the 80s?

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I’ve only seen two episodes of the The Real Housewives of New Jersey and already I can tell that Danielle Staub is NEVAH gonna get clearance to be part of that family. Yeah, I know it’s mostly her fault but Dina and Carolina are such hardasses they never really gave her a chance. Anyhoo..this season’s filming is long since over and they are still dissing her and not inviting her to “Housewives” events.

“THE Real Housewives of New York City” taught their New Jersey counterparts some les sons in “fame” recently — including how to grab as much graft as you can. Jill Zarin and Ramona Singer came to the Lia Sofia gifting suite for TV Upfronts at the London NYC hotel and got to grabbing. Zarin took a bunch of Michael Stars tops, explaining, “I just got my breasts redone and need these to fit my new figure.” Zarin then swapped plastic-surgery advice with the Jersey women — Dina Manzo, Jacqueline Laurita, Teresa GiudiceCarolina Manzo — while Singer told them that the gifting suites are “the fringe benefits of being a star.” The ladies also got Lancaster bronzing lotions and “a lot” of Habitual jeans. The only Jersey housewife not there was Danielle Staub, who was told by the others not to come because “if she came, there would be drama.”

If you don’t watch the show…you should. It’s the most entertaining Housewives to date. And Danielle is the freaky-looking-over-botoxed-chick in the middle.

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If you like big hair, long nails and nasal-y accents Bravo has got you covered. The first season of The Real Housewives of New Jersey is currently filming and Urbanite.com has confirmed that this lovely group of ladies is the cast.

You may also recognize Alex McCord from the RH of New York and her in-denial-gay husband Simon. This picture was taken at a party for National Underwear Day (yep..that’s right) and although they wouldn’t confirm they are the new cast a camera crew followed this group around all night.

Word on the street is that these chicks all live in McMansions in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey and they are going to be exactly what you’d expect upper-middle class Jersey wives to be. Think Carmen Soprano minus the mob stuff. Bring on the big hair Bravo..we are ready after that snooze-fest in Atlanta.

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