A JAR OF XO SAUCE

When Marvin Flores Palomo isn’t making wood-fired pies and mushroom-truffle cannelloni at Oakville’s 7 Enoteca, you’ll find the chef de cuisine working on his passion project: XOXO sauce. The jammy, funky, spicy, sweet and sour condiment adds a whomp of umami to fried rice, dumplings, tacos, scrambled eggs, or really just about anything. Bonus: Palomo donates up to 15 per cent of his proceeds to charity every other month. $20. Xoxosauce.ca