11 Pantry Staples From the Country’s Best Restaurants

More and more restaurants around the country are producing consumer packaged goods (products like sauces, spices, and drinks) that are sold and shipped nationwide. Part souvenirs, part status symbols, these restaurant-made products are the secret ingredients to elevate weeknight recipes and dinner parties alike — and they make a much better host or housewarming gift than that ho-hum bouquet or bottle of wine you picked up on a whim.

Try our top picks, and enjoy some of the country’s best restaurants without leaving your house.

Kann Signature Blend Coffee

Made in collaboration with Portland, Oregon–based Deadstock Coffee, this dark roast from chef Gregory Gourdet’s Portland restaurant Kann is an homage to coffee’s key role in Haitian history. This ground blend, made from organically grown Haitian Blue Mountain beans and kissed with vanilla, star anise, and cinnamon, plays especially nice with creamy oat or whole milk. $36 for a 10-ounce bag

Via Carota Sparkling French 75

There’s no better place for people-watching in New York City than Via Carota, an iconic Italian restaurant. Now, you can experience the Via Carota bar nationwide with its line of bottled sparkling and classic cocktails. We particularly adore the single-serve French 75, a combination of sparkling wine, gin, and lemon, with a pleasantly yeasty finish and bright notes of elderflower. Plus, the etched glass bottles look gorgeous in an ice bucket. $69 for 10 [200-millileter] bottles

Flour + Water Organic Bronze Die Pasta

At San Francisco’s beloved Italian joint Flour + Water, no sauce gets left behind. That’s largely due to its bronze-die extruding process, which makes extra-porous, textured noodles. Luckily for pasta lovers across the country, the restaurant ships boxes of bronze die pasta nationwide. Choose from spaghetti, penne, elbow macaroni, and — our favorite — campanelle, which has ruffled edges that make it an ideal vessel for sauces. $24 for four one-pound boxes

Botanica Mushroom Magic Spice

No, it’s not that kind of magic mushroom — but this spice blend from Los Angeles-based Botanica will blow your mind. At the locally driven restaurant, this spice blend goes in the burger patty, but at home, you can use it to jazz up stir-fries or add earthy, umami dimension to avocado toast. Made with Himalayan pink salt from cult beauty brand Cap Beauty, this jar proves that good things come in small packages. $18 for a four-ounce jar

Roberta’s Famous Original Pizza

Founded by 2011 F&W Best New Chef Carlo Mirarchi, Roberta’s is a Brooklyn, New York staple that churns out wood-fired sourdough pies. It has since expanded, with restaurants and outposts in Los Angeles and Nashville, but no matter where you live, you can buy a frozen version of Roberta’s pizza online or at a grocery store near you. All three frozen pizzas come with a pre-baked crust — wood-fired, just like the restaurant’s — that is consistently fluffy and slightly charred. Try the Original Famous, topped with tomato sauce, Roberta’s house-made mozzarella, aged provolone, and a sprinkle of chile flakes. $89 for a four-pack

Dumpling Daughter Pork & Chive Dumplings

Second-generation restaurant owner Nadia Liu Spellman owns Dumpling Daughter, a small Chinese restaurant with three locations in the Boston area. The eponymous dumplings, inspired by her grandmother’s recipe, are also sold frozen, and are ready to steam or pan-fry at home. You can order a bundle box of all five dumpling and bun flavors, but the Pork & Chive, made with heritage Duroc pork and aromatic chives, is an absolute must. $12 for a box of 12 dumplings

Eleven Madison Home Non-Alcoholic Vermouth

At the three Michelin-starred Eleven Madison Park in New York City, every meal ends with the restaurant’s house-made vermouth. The non-alcoholic version, made from Niagara grape juice and aromatics like wormwood, angelica root, and gentian, is also bottled and sold through the restaurant’s CPG brand, Eleven Madison Home. Pour this semi-sweet aperitivo over ice, use it as the base for a spritz, or make your own non-alcoholic Negroni. $25 for a 14-ounce bottle

Nobu Dry Miso Seasoning

Get a taste of Nobu, the high-end Japanese restaurant group from 1989 F&W Best New Chef Nobu Matsuhisa, with its Dry Miso Seasoning. Made with a blend of dehydrated red and white miso, this seasoning is pleasantly salty and full of umami. Extremely versatile, it’ll boost the flavor of just about anything — add it to salad dressings, toss it with popcorn, or sprinkle it over fried chicken. $15 for a three-ounce container

Guelaguetza Mole Starter

Locals know that some of L.A.’s most authentic Oaxacan food can be found at Guelagetza. For the last 20 years, the Mexican restaurant has garnered a reputation for serving the city’s best mole, a Oaxacan staple. The sauce, made with a variety of chiles, spices, and fruits, can take hours to cook at home, but with Guelaguetza’s starter pack, you can make restaurant-quality mole in under 10 minutes. Try its Festival de Mole bundle, which comes with all three flavors: Mole Coradito, Mole Negro, and Mole Rojo. $42 for a three-pack

Cúrate Charcutería

2015 F&W Best New Chef Katie Button has expanded her Asheville, North Carolina tapas restaurant, Cúrate, into a full home brand. In addition to selling kitchenware, cocktail napkins, wine, Button’s signature knives, and pantry essentials, Cúrate at Home sells house-made charcuterie. Its Spanish-style sausages, made from whole hogs, include salami, chorizo, and sobrasada (a spreadable chorizo). Order the sampler pack to try all three. $45 

Frankies 457 Extra Virgin Olive Oil

While this extra virgin olive oil might not be new — it was launched in 2005 by chefs Frank Falcinelli and Frank Castronovo, the owners of Frankies 457 Spuntino in Brooklyn, New York — we’d be remiss not to mention it. Frankie’s extra virgin olive oil is made with fruity Nocellara del Belice olives from Selinunte, Sicily, and its extreme success has led to a full line of olives, dried pasta, and even a Calabrian chile-infused oil. $45 for a one-liter bottle