Panforte from Siena made with dried fig, walnuts, honey and holiday spices. Our favorite! (Toscana, Central Italy)

Truffle sauce – “salsa del tartufaio” – made of truffles, Champignon mushrooms, olives, capers. (Toscana)

Onion confit from 200-year-old producer of gourmet spreads. Great on sandwiches. (Emilia-Romagna, N. Italy)

Wild spice mix of dried garlic, oregano, basil, hot pepper flakes, parsley and salt. Add to olive oil for a bread dip. Or mix with cannellini beans and olive oil for appetizer. (Calabria, Southern Italy)

Limonata, or Italian soda, made with organic Sicilian lemons. Cut strong flavor by adding to carbonated water. (Sicilia, Italy’s biggest island)

Hand-cut biscotti made with bits of candied orange peel and chunks of chocolate. No instructions needed! (Toscana)