Croatia

Badel 1862 Pelješac Plavac Mali — Croatia's iconic Dalmatian red, bottled by the country's flagship spirits-and-wine house. Robust cherry and plum ...

Štampar Graševina — a Croatian dry white from the Štampar winery, built on Croatia's most-planted indigenous grape, Graševina. Bright, food-friendl...

A bottle of Graševina like this is what shows up when family gathers around a Sunday roast. Krauthaker bottles this dry white Graševina from the Ku...

Bottles like this lined the good glass cabinet in your grandmother's dining room, saved for when guests came over. Darna's Bacio d'Amore is a raspb...

A small glass of walnut liqueur poured after a big Sunday meal is the closing ritual at every Croatian table. Darna's Orahovac is a walnut liqueur,...

Darna Teranino — a Croatian sweet liqueur built around the indigenous Istrian Teran grape. Rich, fruity, and spiced; a uniquely Istrian alternative...

Zvečevo Milk Chocolate Strawberry is a 100g milk chocolate bar from Zvečevo — the Požega-based Croatian confectionery company — combining the brand...

Baking with mom always meant melting a bar of cooking chocolate for whatever torte was next on the list. Kandit, the Croatian confectioner founded ...

Fant Spaghetti Bolognese — Podravka's Koprivnica 1947 sauce-packet shortcut. Podravka's Fant dish-mix line carries the Bolognese seasoning blend th...

The smaller container of the same seasoning that lives in the kitchen cabinet, refilled again and again. Vegeta all-purpose seasoning comes in a 17...

Podravka Slavonian Shepherd's Stew — Croatian Pannonian ready-meal čobanac. Podravka's Koprivnica 1947 heat-and-serve čobanac slavonski — multi-mea...

Klara Marić Asparagus Pasta — Istrian Croatian wild-asparagus dough. Dried pasta enriched with wild Istrian asparagus — the green-flecked specialty...

Podravka Forest Fruit Tea is a 50g Croatian herbal forest berry tea — a sweetly aromatic blend of dried forest fruits including rosehip, hibiscus, ...

Celina Twisted Noodles — Croatian everyday-pantry egg pasta. The short twisted egg-noodle shape the former-Yugoslav household kept stocked for the ...

A tin of sardines and a loaf of bread was lunch on the Adriatic coast more days than not. Eva packs these sardines with vegetables in tomato sauce,...

Višnja in a jar. Podravka's sour cherry extra carries the tart-sweet bite the Balkans build whole desserts around. Fold into krempita, swirl throug...

Sunday-morning staple. Podravka's strawberry extra carries high fruit-load and smooth set — the breakfast jam from the 1947 Koprivnica kitchen that...

Podravka Ajvar Mild is a 100g single-serve jar of roasted red pepper and eggplant relish from Podravka — the Croatian food company from Koprivnica ...

A jar of deep red pickled beets next to the ćevapi platter is a common sight at any Croatian Sunday lunch. This 2.55kg (5.6lb) jar of Pasteurized R...

Podravka Pečena Paprika — Croatia's whole-pepper jar from Koprivnica, the roasted-pepper preserve that lives one shelf over from ajvar. Capia peppe...

Podravka Vegetable Soup with Semolina Dumplings — Croatian juha s griz knedlama. The Koprivnica 1947 house's vegetable-broth-and-dumpling packet — ...

Naturavita Marshmallow Root is a 60g Croatian dried althea root (Althaea officinalis, bijeli sljez) herbal tea — pure, gently sweet dried marshmall...

Ki-Ki candies came from the corner shop, traded flavor for flavor in the schoolyard on the walk home. Kraš makes this strawberry-flavored chewy can...

A plate of tea rings next to grandma's coffee was the ritual every afternoon visit started with. These are Kraš Tea Rings (Čajni Kolutu0107i), a Cr...