In the latest episode of The Dig, CBS2’s Elle McLogan takes a culinary tour of “Little Italy” in the Bronx. Her guide is Italian-born cook Beatrice Tosti, owner of East Village restaurant Il Posto Accanto. Here are Tosti’s top shopping tips:

1. Know where your food comes from. Tosti entrusts Calabria Pork Store with the cheese for her restaurant. “How amazing is it that you know the person that made the cheese? I am so happy to sell it and say, ‘They made it in front of me,'” Tosti said. “Buying like this, there is some love. I believe in energy that goes in what we feed people. And I know that I love all the guys here. I know they’re going to pick the best piece for me. I know they’re not going to give me something that is not right.”