At one point I became obsessed with teaching a class (or classes) on the Italian pantry. When we first started traveling to Italy and staying in farmhouse apartments called an Agritourismo and later going to friends parents houses or vacation places, I got interested in the staples that you find in most Italian houses. There was something satisfying about knowing if you showed up late at night at a rental apartment somewhere remote I could often count on finding a box of dried pasta and some tomato sauce or anchovy paste.
- Coffee
- Olive Oil
- Dried Pasta (maybe polenta or rice)
- Tomato Sauce
- Bottled water
- biscuit
- marmellata
- aceto / vinegar
- flour
- sugar
- Herbs/spices/salt/pepper/peperoncino
Things you bring with you:
- Chocolate
- Milk (maybe a room temperature sealed box
- good olive oil because what is there might be old
- cheese
- bread
- salami
- eggs
- wine
Maybe:
- Honey
- wine
- anchovy paste
- can of tuna
- Olives