Dairy

The cheese board always came out once the coffee was poured, thin slices fanned out next to the bread. This is Svalya Gouda Cheese, a Lithuanian da...

Svalya Farmer's Cheese Lithuanian Classic — Lithuanian farmer cheese (varškė) in the 370g (13.1oz) family format from Svalya, the canonical Baltic ...

Bandi Sweetened Condensed Milk, Lithuanian Style — the 385g (13.6oz) can from the Lithuanian Bandi dairy, the Soviet-bloc sgushchyonka tradition tr...

NIDO is the tin of powdered milk trusted by families who wanted the taste of home while living far from a dairy they knew personally. This is Nestl...

Condensed milk drizzled over pancakes or stirred into a glass of tea is a sweet memory shared across many post-Soviet kitchens. This is Rogachev's ...

Poljorad Dimljeni Livadski Sir Smoked Pasture Cheese — Bosnian smoked pasture cheese in the 400g (14.1oz) format from Poljorad, the canonical livad...

Lurpak Unsalted Danish Butter — Denmark's iconic cultured butter in the 227g (8oz) foil wrap, the unsalted variant of the diaspora-baker pantry sta...

Isigny Ste-Mère Beurre d'Isigny AOP Unsalted Butter — the canonical Normandy AOP/PDO French butter in the 250g format, terroir-anchored to the Isig...

A block of Isigny butter on the table is the taste of Normandy, cultured and churned the traditional way. Isigny Ste-Mère Beurre d'Isigny AOP, unsa...

Finlandia Salted Butter — Finnish dairy in the 227g (8oz) foil wrap from the Finlandia brand, the salted variant in the Northern European cultured-...

Kashkaval sliced thin onto fresh bread was breakfast in a Carpathian village kitchen, the tang of goat's milk cutting through the crust. Made in Ro...

Bandi Cottage Cheese 9% — Lithuanian cottage cheese in the 300g (10.6oz) format from Bandi, the 9% milk-fat traditional register. Varškė (Lithuania...

Krinos Kashkaval Sheep's Milk Cheese — USA-imported sheep-milk Kashkaval in the 340g format from Krinos, the Greek-Mediterranean-brand Kashkaval po...

Jolly Rucar Cheese, Romanian Sheep's Milk — Romanian sheep-milk cheese in the 480g (16.9oz) format from Jolly, the Rucar regional variant of the Ro...

Jolly Dalia Romanian Cheese — Romanian telemea-class cheese in the 380g (13.4oz) format from Jolly, anchored in the Romanian brined-cheese traditio...

President Picok Dimsi Croatian Cheese Spread — Croatian smoked cheese spread in the 140g (4.9oz) format from the Président distribution, distinct i...

Fresh soft cheese spreads like this were breakfast staples, spread thick on bread alongside eggs and a bit of ajvar. Mlekara Šabac, milling since 1...

Ethnic Bakery Sirni Namaz Bosnian Cheese Spread — Bosnian cream-cheese spread in the 350g (12.3oz) family format from Ethnic Bakery. Sirni namaz in...

Ethnic Bakery Domaci Kajmak — Bosnian home-style kajmak in the 408g (14.4oz) tub, domaći meaning "homemade" in Bosnian, and the register here is ex...

ABC Vajkrem High Moisture Dairy Spread Substitute — Croatian dairy spread substitute in the 150g (5.3oz) format from the ABC (Belje) family, the va...

A tub of kajmak like this is the first thing on the table at a proper Serbian breakfast, spread thick and eaten right away. Balkan Farms makes this...

Ap Global Brânză Frământată de Capră Romanian Goat Cream Cheese — Romanian goat-milk cream cheese in the 400g (14.1oz) format from Ap Global. Brânz...

A tub of this in the fridge meant breakfast was spread on fresh bread before anyone left the house. ABC makes this Classic High Moisture Cream Chee...

A Turkish breakfast table isn't complete without a block of beyaz peynir sitting next to warm bread and olives, the salty tang waking you up before...