For the first time, an Italian market founded 98 years ago in San Francisco is expanding its line of specialty products nationwide, including the Dayton area. All three Dayton-area Dorothy Lane Market stores are now offering select AG Ferrari Foods products, including several jarred pestos; Taralli crackers, a traditional cracker from the Puglia region of Italy made with olive oil; Tuscan Almond Biscotti; and Italian whole-bean coffee.

Of the pestos, "Our favorite is the Red Bell Pepper — it is really amazing," said Calvin Mayne, Dorothy Lane Market's vice president. "I can eat practically a whole jar just dipping with crackers." AG Ferrari Foods operates five Italian market-cafés in the Bay area. The company works directly with Italian producers and imports their products. For example, AG Ferrari's web site says it imports its biscotti from Masini, a small family-run bakery in Florence, Italy that is still using its original recipe created in 1929.

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