www.agferrari-foods.com  Italian wines, oils, most products. Bay area stores

www.chefshop.com  Seattle based. I use this site often; very sophisticated, with an emphasis on Italy and France

www.growitalian.com  The website of the U.S. distributor for Franchi Sementi of Bergamo, Italy, which has been selling seeds to Italians since 1783; a tremendous selection of vegetable seeds, volume discounts, and a money-back guarantee.

www.italcont.com/ingegnoli/firstcat.htm An Italian website with a vast assortment of Italian vegetable seeds. You will have to trust the Italian mail, so buyer beware.

www.italianmade.com  “The official site of the foods and wines of Italy.”

www.kingarthurflour.com I love King Arthur flour, ingredients, and equipment

www.ldei.org Les Dames d’Escoffier International. Women of Achievement.

www.Nancy Zaslavsky.com Author, Culinary Tour Leader and Cooking Teacher Specializing in the Foods of Mexico.

www.nimanranch.com  All pork products, including guanciale, lardo, casings for making sausage, great bacon, and suckling pigs

www.readerscircle.org  Reader’s Circle: Local Listings for Book Clubs and Author Events.

www.patconroy.com Pat Conroy is the author of many books, including The Great Santini, The Prince of Tides, The Lords of Discipline, and his latest, My Losing Season.

www.shepherdseeds.com, now combined with www.whiteflowerfarms.com. Most of my vegetables and fruits, including fragoline, basil, Rampicante, and tomatoes, are grown from these seeds. Very dependable, fresh seeds

www.surlatable.com I often teach at the sumptuous Santa Monica store. Enter at your own risk, with credit card handy.

www.vinegarman.com The guru of vinegar making.

Supermarkets in southern California: www.gelsons.com; www.bristolfarms.com.

Nationwide: www.wholefoods.com; www.wildoats.com; www.centralmarket.com.

www.writester.net  Writer Interviews. If you are an author and would like to be interviewed online and be part of a writer’s website, take a gander at www.writester.net and my interview at http://rome-at-home.com/   You may contact the person who will interview you at sfusiarski@earthlink.net

As always, a Google search (www.google.com) on “Italian specialty foods” will turn up hundreds of entries. Most or all offer web commerce, and some may have stores in your area.