Our Story

On a Mission from Italy to New York

Brooklyn, NY based Gourmet Cooking & Living is a boutique, online specialty food company on a mission to bring exceptional Italian olive oil and curated pantry-staples to the food obsessed home cook.

What Sets Us Apart

Each of our products has a special story – where it originated, the production process, and its flavor profile – which we share with full transparency. We love foraging new and interesting products and we hand select every olive oil, passata, vinegar, pasta, honey, and more. We are proud to have the first and longest running Italian Olive Oil of the Month Club.

We partner directly with farmers of single estate extra virgin olive oils who govern the entire production process – they grow, harvest, bottle their oils, and share with us to distribute to customers in the US. We are unlike larger companies that have multiple middlemen and weak quality control. When you purchase from us, you are receiving oils cold pressed from olives indigenous to the region they were grown in, with flavors informed by their specific geographic terroir. Harvests are accomplished with the perfect balance of tradition and modern techniques, by the very farmers who grew the seedlings into mature trees. Our oils are not just pretty bottles – they meet the highest quality parameters with maximum nutrient density. Many are organic, biodynamic, and award winning.

Gourmet Cooking & Living was founded in 2009 by Jennifer and Nazzareno Callipo. Nazzareno was born and raised in Calabria, Italy and spent his childhood in his family’s olive groves. Jennifer and Nazzareno share a passion for food, travel, and family traditions. Their home kitchen is always bustling with activity, from cooking with their three sons, to experimenting with new products, to hosting friends and family.

Our Signature Subscription

We are incredibly passionate about olive oil. If you are too, you’ll love our Olive Oil of the Month Club. We select an extra virgin olive oil from a new region of Italy every month and ship it directly to your door. Customers also have the option of bundling their olive oil with a monthly gourmet pantry product. Subscriptions make thoughtful gifts for your friends, family, and clients.

Our Founders