France

You shake the bottle before you open it, watching the orange pulp swirl, the way Orangina's always been opened at a French café table. This Rouge i...

A citrus soda poured over ice on a warm afternoon is a familiar small pleasure across Southern Europe. This is Schweppes Gusto Agrumi, a citrus sod...

Schweppes Bitter Lemon offers a distinctive, zesty citrus taste with a pleasant bitterness. Serve it ice-cold, perhaps with a fresh lemon wedge, fo...

Orangina brings a sparkling, tangy orange and citrus blend with a unique pulp texture. Give it a gentle shake to awaken the natural fruit notes bef...

Orangina's stubby bottle and shake-the-pulp reminder was a taste of French cafés, familiar across the Balkans too. Orangina bottles this Original s...

Suchard Express is the instant cocoa many German households keep by the breakfast table, stirred into milk for children before school. Suchard Expr...

In France these Milka wafers are a goûter staple, the packet opened after school alongside a glass of milk. This is Milka Choco Wafer, a 180 g (6.3...

In the Charente countryside a bottle of XO waits in the sideboard for the guest who deserves the good pour. This is Cognac XO from Maison A. de Vac...

In the salt-marsh pastures around Isigny-sur-Mer in Normandy, dairy farmers have churned butter valued enough to become one of France's first AOP-p...

Perrier Citron Sparkling Mineral Water is a 750ml French naturally sparkling mineral water with natural lemon essence — the globally iconic green b...

Amelies Beet Juice is a 750ml French premium cold-pressed or extracted beet (beetroot) juice — a deeply coloured, earthy-sweet, naturally concentra...

Galil Chestnut Sweet Smooth Spread is a 325g jar of smooth, sweetened chestnut puree from Galil — a specialty food producer in the Mediterranean, F...

A hard peanut bar like this is the kind of treat kids used to unwrap on a school break back home, all crunch and caramel. Galil packs peanuts and c...

A bottle of brandy kept for special occasions and quiet evenings is a familiar sight in a lot of European homes. This is Bosolac Brandy Extra Old X...

Savoiardi ladyfingers were what layered into every homemade tiramisu at a family celebration, soaking up coffee and cream at the table. Marini bake...

Les Prés Salés Camargue Sea Salt Butter — French sea-salt-crystal AOP butter in the 250g (8.8oz) format from the Provence Camargue salt-marsh regio...

Président Unsalted Butter — France's premium 82% European-style butter in the 198g (7oz) format, made with traditional French churning method, the ...

A wedge of soft sheep's milk cheese in brine on the table is straight out of a French countryside pantry, briny and rich. Valbreso's Original soft ...

Cadbury Flake is the original crumbly milk chocolate bar — a folded ribbon of thin chocolate layers that shatters and flakes the moment you bite, m...

A small glass of cognac poured after a long family dinner marks the end of the evening the same way in a lot of European households. This is Mon-Ro...

Crunchy sesame crackers next to a wedge of cheese and a small glass of something strong is a familiar sight on any European coffee table, and this ...

Sfogliatine glassate are the glazed puff pastries that sat in the case of every Italian pasticceria, sold a couple at a time in a paper sleeve. Mar...

A tin of Cadbury drinking chocolate on the shelf is the kind of coveted British import many in the Balkan diaspora remember spotting in local shops...

White chocolate pralines with a pistachio heart are the kind of Italian sweet you'd find in a gift box on a special visit back home. Vergani's Whit...