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Buckwheat kasha is everyday comfort food across Russia, served at breakfast with butter and milk or as the side to cutlets and stroganoff. This is ...

German canneries have long sold herring fillets 'Balkan Art', a nod to the pepper-and-tomato relishes of southeastern Europe, and the tin is a fami...

In Croatian and Bosnian kitchens a small pack of Kandit kakao is a pantry staple, stirred into warm milk for children and sifted into cake batters ...

Seashell-shaped pralines in a gift box are a fixture of European holiday tables, a style made famous by the chocolatiers of the Belgian coast. Thes...

Sugar-dusted fruit jellies are a fixture of Central European sweet counters, the kind of mixed-flavor tray set out for guests at name days and Chri...

Soft glazed honey cookies, known across the Baltics and Eastern Europe as prianiki, are the everyday tea-table sweet of Lithuanian and Russian kitc...

In Romanian kitchens a jar of sliced red beet in vinegar is the standard winter side, set on the table next to roasts, schnitzel and Sunday stews w...

In Poland a boxed Torcik Wedlowski has long been the cake guests bring to a name-day or holiday visit, instantly recognisable by its hand-piped cho...

Goldbears go back to 1922, when Hans Riegel in Bonn created the little gummy bear that still carries the Haribo name around the world. This is the ...

Tinned herring fillets in a flavoured cream are a staple of German supermarket shelves and the quick cold supper of Abendbrot, and Appel's newer fl...

In northern Germany a tin of herring fillets in tomato sauce, forked straight onto buttered rye bread, is a fixture of the evening Abendbrot table....

In Sweden knäckebröd has sat on the breakfast table for generations, and Wasa has been baking it since 1919. This is Wasa Sourdough, a whole-grain ...

Across Europe the Lion bar is the chunky kiosk bar grabbed at petrol stations and school tuck shops when a small chocolate will not do. This is Nes...

Pergalė, the Vilnius confectioner whose name means victory, makes the chocolate bars Lithuanians bring to name-day visits and set out with coffee f...

In Serbia Nectar juice is a standard on the family breakfast table, poured for the children while the adults take their coffee. This is Nectar Life...

Ricola, the herb-drop maker from Laufen in Switzerland, also sells its herb blend as an instant tea that Swiss and German households keep in the cu...

Crunchips with their thick ridged cut are one of the most familiar chip bags on Polish supermarket shelves, a regular at house parties and in front...

Jeżyki, the little chocolate-covered 'hedgehogs' with bumpy tops, have been a fixture of Polish kiosks, school lunchboxes and name-day coffee table...

Gatorade is the sideline drink of American sport, the cooler poured over winning coaches and the bottle in every gym bag from high school practice ...

In Germany the Ritter Sport Haselnuss square, milk chocolate studded with chopped hazelnuts, is one of the classic flavours that fills the colourfu...

Across Europe a big sharing bag of Mars minis is the standard office-desk and family-gathering bowl-filler, with everyone hunting for their favouri...

Travarica, grape rakija steeped with herbs, is the small glass a Croatian host pours to welcome guests, above all along the Dalmatian coast. This i...

In Sweden, knäckebröd sits on nearly every breakfast table, snapped by hand and topped with butter, cheese or cucumber. This is Wasa Light Rye Cris...

The little glass bottle of Starbucks Frappuccino has been an American gas-station and grocery-cooler fixture since the 1990s, the grab-and-go versi...