Italy

Basil and good olive oil is the smell of a proper Italian kitchen before dinner's even started. This one comes from Fratelli Mantova, an Italian ol...

Loacker wafers filled with hazelnut cream were the treat waiting in the pantry after school across Italy and the Balkans alike. A. Loacker of Bolza...

The plain Loacker wafer stacked with chocolate cream was the reliable snack from every corner store back home. A. Loacker of Bolzano, Italy (founde...

Puff pastry like this is the kind you'd grab from the pekara case for a quick breakfast on the way to school. Forno Bonomi has baked in Italy's Les...

Ferrero Rocher Fine Hazelnut Chocolates is a 300g box of 24 individually gold-foil-wrapped pralines from Ferrero Rocher — the Italian confectionery...

Kinder Bueno is the treat kids begged for at the kiosk on the way home from school. This wafer bar layers milk chocolate over a hazelnut filling, m...

Caffe Vergnano 1882 Decaffeinato Fine Grind Coffee is a 250g Italian finely ground decaffeinated espresso — a smooth, balanced, aromatic decaffeina...

The smell of coffee roasting is one of the first things you remember about mornings back home, before the first cup was even poured. Caffè Vergnano...

An afternoon coffee break always seems to call for something crisp to go with it, and a wafer square breaking cleanly between your fingers is part ...

The little tin of Nutella Biscuits disappearing from your school bag before the bell even rang is a shared diaspora memory across Italy and the Bal...

Coffee like this filled the kitchen on weekend mornings before anyone else in the house woke up. Caffè Vergnano 1882 roasts and blends this Ottocen...

A gold box of Ferrero chocolates showing up at a family visit back home always meant someone was celebrating something. These are Ferrero Rocher Da...

Kinder Bueno — Ferrero's crisp wafer rolls filled with hazelnut cream and wrapped in milk chocolate. The two-bar pack that has lived in Balkan scho...

The cutting board with sliced salami and cheese was always the first thing set out when family came to visit. This is Fratello e Sorella Finocchion...

Little tubs like this were the treat you picked out yourself at the corner store, the lid peeled back before you'd even gotten home. Ferrero's Raff...

Ferrero Rondnoir Ice Cream — the 70ml (2.4fl oz) Italian Ferrero Rondnoir bonbon-format ice cream, distributed through Bulgarian dairy channels and...

Duplo bars were the two-piece treat you split with someone, one wafer stick each. Ferrero makes this Duplo chocolate bar, 26g (0.9oz). Unwrap and e...

Spuma Alpina Spuma Bionda is a 750ml Italian elderflower carbonated soda — a classic Italian Alpine soft drink, pale golden, gently sweet, and deli...

A big pot of pasta on the stove is what dinner looks like after a long day, no matter which kitchen you grew up in. This is Maltagliati's Organic F...

Balconi Rollino Nocciola is an Italian individually wrapped hazelnut cream sponge roll — a small, soft sponge cake rolled around a hazelnut cream f...

A slice of strawberry sponge cake next to the coffee pot is a familiar afternoon ritual in any European kitchen, and Balconi's version brings that ...

After-school pantry raids often ended with a stack of coconut wafers disappearing before dinner, the white chocolate coating melting a little in wa...

Glacia Mint Hard Candies are classic mint-flavoured hard candies — the clean, cooling confection in the transparent hard-candy format where pure pe...

Forno Bonomi Savoiardi are Italian ladyfinger biscuits from Forno Bonomi, one of the historic Veneto bakers that has produced the canonical Savoiar...