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Grana cheese is actually Grana Padano cheese. "Grana" is an abbreviation of Grana Padano. This cheese is an Italian semi-fat, hard cheese with a finely grained texture.

Made from a combination of cow, goat, and sheep's milk, this cheese originated in Spain as a cheese considered to a Manchego-style cheese, but is actually different in several respects.

Long and conical in shape, the Italian Sweet Pepper is a popular variety of chile pepper commonly used in Italian cooking.

Originating in a region of central Italy from a town known as Amatrice located near the Adriatic Sea coast, this sauce is a type of pasta sauce known for its meaty contents.

Native to Australia, this fruit grows on bushes maturing from a pale green into a small yellow colored berry.

(Scientific Name: Hydnum repandum) Irregular in shape, the Hedgehog fungus has an indented or funnel-like cap that ranges in size from 1 inch to over 5 inches in diameter.

A Spanish cheese that is made from unpasteurized milk of Majorera goats on the island of Fuerteventura, which is one of the Canary Islands.

The aged variety of blue cheese made from cow's milk. Native to Italy, Gorgonzola is available as either a milder version known as "dolce" or the naturale version, which is the aged variety of Gorgonzola Blue.

Pronounced white zin-fan-dell. Contrary to what the name suggests, white zinfandel is a rosé (or blush), wine rather than a white wine.

Produced as a Italian farmhouse cheese from cow's milk, Bra Duro Cheese is a "sister" cheese to the Bra Tenero cheeses which differ only in the length of aging.

Small in size, this variety of olive is the main variety grown in the Ligurian region on the northwest coast of Italy.

A cheese produced in the Severn Valley region of the United Kingdom that is made from unpasteurized sheep's milk.

An Italian cheese traditionally produced as a farmhouse or creamery cheese, which was orignially made from sheep's milk.

A plant bearing seeds, which are not a true grain, but are used as one. Quinoa (pronounced “KEEN-wah”) is of the same botanical family as beets and produces clusters that contain thousands of tiny bead-shaped seeds that range in color from light beige to yellow to almost black.

Native to Europe, this old world variety of cheese comes from the Piedmont region of northern Italy and is not often found in stores.

Made from raw sheep's milk, this variety of cheese comes from the French island of Corsica in the Mediterranean.

An herb-based sauce originating in Italy that is typically made with basil, parsley, pine nuts, garlic, olive oil, and parmesan or romano cheese.

A variety of Italian dry sausage that is produced in the manner of artisan foods from the rural regions in and around the province of Napoli, Italy.

Pronounced Val-po-lee-chella. A renowned regional D.O.C. red wine produced in the western part of the Monti Lessini hillsides north of Verona in Italy’s Veneto region.

A cow's milk cheese that is made in the Piave River valley region of Belluno, Italy that is very similar to Montasio cheese.