Germany

Dinosaur-shaped macaroni was the pasta that got kids excited for dinner without a fight, a little bit of fun on a weeknight plate in Germany. Mühle...

Germany's snap-skin pork wiener. Plump pork frankfurters in natural sheep casing finished for the signature Knack — that audible snap of true Meica...

A warm mug of fruit tea on a winter evening, plum and cinnamon scenting the whole kitchen, is a small comfort worth having on hand. This is Teekann...

Perwoll has been the trusted name for keeping good clothes looking new in laundry rooms across Europe for generations. Henkel makes this Perwoll Re...

The bottle of Persil by the washing machine was as familiar as the smell of clean laundry drying on the line back home. This is Persil Sensitive Ge...

A bowl of salty pastry sticks is what gets set out on the table for a card game or a football match on TV, the kind of German snack every household...

Schluckwerder Marzipan in Dark Chocolate is a 50g individual bar of Lübeck-tradition marzipan enrobed in dark chocolate — the classic German confec...

merci means "thank you" in French, and this Coffee & Cream variety is the bar reserved for the days someone really earned it. Made by Storck, t...

Ritter Sport squares on the shelf at the corner store were a small taste of Germany back home. This Nussklasse bar is filled with whole, sun-ripene...

A square of Ritter Sport marzipan chocolate was the treat tucked in the pantry, saved for later. Ritter Sport makes this Marzipan variety chocolate...

Haribo Air-Drops are hard shell fruit candies from Haribo — not gummies, but crisp-shelled hard candies with a soft fruit filling inside, in the Ha...

A bag of Chipsfrisch passed around after school was the snack that disappeared fastest, peperoni dust on everyone's fingers. Funny-Frisch fills thi...

Semolina dumpling soup on a cold day is simple, plain comfort. Knorr's Suppenliebe Griessklößchen is a German dry soup mix with semolina dumplings,...

Radi German Egg Noodles — pantry-standard short egg pasta. The standard German short-cut egg-noodle from the Radi household line — soft-cooked, but...

Knorr is a familiar name from home shelves, and this one wears a Frozen-themed label, Die Eiskönigin (Suppenliebe). It's from Knorr; the net weight...

Oro Di Parma Triple Concentrated Tomato Paste is an Italian triple-concentrate tomato paste — the most intensely reduced form of the tomato paste c...

The paprika-red jars at the fish counter always meant someone was setting out a spread for guests. This is Appel's herring fillets in paprika cream...

Opening a tin of smoked fish for a quick lunch, the smoky, briny smell filling the kitchen, is a taste a lot of European households know well. This...

Blackcurrant jam has that deep, almost wine-dark taste that turns up in Central European kitchens every autumn. This is Mühlhäuser blackcurrant jam...

Strawberry jam on fresh bread was the smell of the kitchen table before school, the jar always in the same spot. This is Mühlhäuser strawberry jam,...

Raspberry jam was the jar saved for Sunday breakfast, sweeter and a little more special than the everyday one. This is Mühlhäuser raspberry jam, a ...

Secco+ Coconut Sparkling Wine — a German flavored sparkling wine infused with coconut character. Tropical fruit lift on a sparkling-wine base; an u...

Wine+ Rosé Dornfelder 2017 — a German rosé built on Dornfelder, Germany's most widely planted modern red grape. Bright red-fruit aromatics with the...

A crisp glass of white wine on a warm evening is a simple pleasure that pairs with almost any gathering back home or abroad. This Wine+ Riesling co...