A week's vacation with friends. Splendid. Their house, their food, their bath towels. You want to send a "thank you" that's not cliche. Solution: dinner on you.

We’ll send a simple, romantic, rustic Italian dinner for two that will seal your status as an exemplary house guest. This gift boxed set includes Italian Pasta and fabulous Il Mongetto Tomato Sauce, our hearth baked Paesano Bread, Zingerman's Travel Oil and two Magic Brownies.

The ingredients are simple, but each is the best I've tasted of its kind. They highlight why pasta with tomato sauce is such a big deal in Italy and why people there return to it again and again for regular meals. It doesn't take a lot of kitchen skill to put this dinner together but it's guaranteed to taste amazing.