When traveling in Italy, we routinely visit markets and specialty food shops, delighting in Italian gourmet foods. If the culinary treasures we discover in different towns and regions are small, non-perishable, and tickle our taste buds, we find a way to tuck them in our suitcase to take home.

But when we aren’t able to travel (as, in a pandemic), the next best thing we can do is to stock our pantry with a supply of imported Italian specialty foods, condiments, and sweets that evoke the tastes of il Bel Paese.