Many groceries today do sell imported tomatoes, but certainly if you can't find them in your local grocery,
an Italian specialty store will stock them.
You can find it at most
Italian specialty stores and in the bulk bin section of some Whole Foods locations.
I swapped out some of the flour for chestnut flour (which can be a bit tricky to find, but is often at
Italian specialty stores, some health food stores, and Amazon carries it as well), which adds an earthy, nutty richness to the dough that I increased further with the addition of toasted pecans.
In Italy, and maybe in
some Italian specialty stores in the U.S., the wild onions can be found in jars in oil.
Nduja is a spicy, spreadable, fully cooked sausage; you'll find it at
some Italian specialty stores.
Not exact matches
If you can find carnaroli rice at your grocery
store (I actually found mine in the bulk bins of my Whole Foods, but
specialty Italian stores should carry it), I highly recommend it over classic arborio rice.
Do look for orange flower water, which is sort of its trademark flavoring: It's widely available online, in Sephardi,
Italian and Indian grocery
stores, as well as Fairway, Zabar's and many other
specialty food
stores.
Based in Utica, N.Y., Casa Imports now supplies pizzerias,
Italian restaurants,
Italian - branded supermarkets and other
specialty stores with a variety of cheeses, meats, spices, vinegars and dressings, olives, beverages, desserts, sauces, seafood and soups.
For the proper texture, be sure to use fresh ricotta cheese; it's available at some supermarkets and at
specialty foods
stores and
Italian markets.
Look for bresaola (air - cured, thinly sliced beef) in the refrigerated section of some supermarkets and at
specialty foods
stores and
Italian markets.
Chestnut flour, which you can find at
Italian specialty or health food
stores.
Pizza dough can be found at some supermarkets and at
specialty foods
stores (such as Trader Joe's and Whole Foods markets) and
Italian delis.
Semolina flour is available at
Italian markets,
specialty foods
stores, and some supermarkets.
But of course it's not your only option: Fresh
store - bought: Available in the refrigerated section of
specialty stores and
Italian grocers.
* Available in the produce section of many supermarkets and at
specialty foods
stores and
Italian markets.
You could substitute sliced
Italian porcini, although their flavor is more pronounced, and they're more expensive, as is the shiitake or porcini powder you'll find in some
specialty grocery
stores.
In his inimitably self - effacing yet still detached style, Reeves recalled his adolescent jobs — which included paper routes, landscaping work, sharpening skates at a hockey rink and «an underground
Italian specialty food
store,» where he enjoyed a five - or six - month rise from «sandwich creator» to manager.