It happens when you’re back in those place where you have lived, and you find all those products that are so genuine, nothing but ‘bio’ or ‘organic’ or ‘eco-something’…just so natural
Let’s start from fried figs, they used to be one of the top dessert for our grandparents, and fortunately they’re still prepared and used by families:
Those are the popular red peppers: traditionally, they’re put at the sun because they need to get dry. Then, the dried peppers can be used to have a sort of peppers-powder to dress pasta or prepare fried peppers:
And here you are a typical kind of pear named ‘pera signora‘ (in English it would be Miss Pear 😁) that is becoming even more important for its uniqueness: 
Pera Signora is part of Slow Food project, see here for more details
And this is a very giant bread made in Calabria – I think a family of 4/5 people can survive for a month also if eating only it:
Finally, it is worth to mention pasta – more exactly it’s ‘rigatoni‘ with bacon and eggs, or white-Amatriciana, and a little dessert made of choco-profiterols: 
If these pictures male you drool and you got hungry, well… enjoy your meal 😁