If you’ve ever wandered through a European market and thought ‘I wish I could recreate this at home,’ Gourmet World Foods is basically the answer to that daydream. As both a retailer and exclusive importer, they’ve spent years building relationships with producers across Italy, Spain, Greece and the wider Mediterranean, bringing back the kind of ingredients that transform Tuesday night pasta into something worth lingering over.

Their Italian section alone could keep you browsing for hours: bronze-die extruded pasta that grips sauce like it means it, San Marzano tomatoes that taste like summer in a tin, aged balsamic vinegars viscous enough to drizzle over strawberries, and olive oils so peppery and fresh they make you want to drink them straight (don’t, but the temptation is real).

The preserved goods are equally compelling—plump Kalamata olives, sun-dried tomatoes packed in herb-infused oil, jars of artichoke hearts and roasted peppers that make antipasto assembly suspiciously easy.

For the pantry purists, there are specialty flours, sea salts harvested from various coastlines, fragrant dried herbs that haven’t been sitting in a warehouse for three years, and honey varietals that actually taste different from one another. They also partner with Australian artisan producers, bridging Mediterranean tradition with local innovation in ways that make geographic sense.

Whether you’re stocking up for a long lunch with too much wine or just trying to make your weeknight cooking feel a little less routine, Gourmet World Foods provides the building blocks for meals that taste like you tried much harder than you actually did—and really, isn’t that the dream?