Hungary

The smell of Barack Lekvár spread thick on fresh bread is the taste of a Hungarian grandmother's kitchen. Bende has made this apricot spread since ...

A spoonful of garlic cream in the soup pot or on a slice of bread is the shortcut a Hungarian kitchen reaches for when the fresh garlic is not peel...

In Hungarian kitchens, a jar of marinated peppers waits on the counter next to fresh bread and a slab of cheese for any impromptu spread of a meal....

Teli winter salami — Hungarian-Romanian style. Pork dry-cured with sweet paprika, garlic, and white pepper in the téliszalámi tradition that crosse...

Teli paprika salami — Hungarian-Romanian style. Pork dry-cured with extra sweet paprika for a deep crimson slice and a peppery, slightly smoky fini...

Teli salami — the Romanian winter classic. Pork dry-cured with garlic, paprika, and black pepper in the Romanian salam de iarnă tradition, aged fir...

Alphabet noodles bobbing in chicken soup were the reason lunch was fun instead of a chore, spelling out letters with your spoon between bites. Bend...

Univer Piros Arany Csemege Sweet Paprika Paste — Hungarian sweet paprika paste from Univer, the iconic Piros Arany (Red Gold) in the csemege (mild/...

Bende Hungarian Style Pickles are cucumbers pickled in the Hungarian-tradition brine from Bende — a Hungarian-American food company — in the charac...

Szaloncukor hanging on the Christmas tree, wrapped in foil, is a memory a lot of Hungarian families carry with them. Bende's Caramel Szaloncukor is...

Bende Lebbencs — Hungarian flat-noodle for the gulyás bowl. The thin Hungarian flat egg-noodle the Magyar kitchen toasts in lard and stirs into leb...

Szeged sweet — the Hungarian paprika capital, ground fine. Pride of Szeged's classic édesnemes — crimson, sweet, blooming-rich. Bloom in lard befor...

Rejemen Broad Large Square Egg Noodles — Hungarian nagykocka pasta tradition. The wide-square Magyar egg pasta — toasted in pork fat or folded into...

Bende Lebbencs No. 8 — Hungarian shepherd's-soup flat noodle. The puszta-tradition flat egg-noodle that anchors lebbencsleves — Hungary's bacon-pap...

The smell of paprika going into the pot is the smell of Sunday lunch cooking for hours. Bende Hungarian Hot Paprika comes in a 6oz (170g) tin. Stir...

A jar of sour cherries steeped in rum is the dessert topping that shows up at Hungarian and Balkan holiday tables, spooned over cake or eaten strai...

A jar of plum butter like this sat on the breakfast table every morning, spread thick on bread before school. Bende has made this Szilva Lekvár plu...

Yellow peppers straight from the jar beside a plate of goulash are a Hungarian table staple. This is Bende Yellow Peppers, Product of Hungary, 680g...

A jar of hot mixed pickled vegetables is the sharp, spicy side that lands next to every plate at a Hungarian family dinner. Bende packs this hot mi...

A bottle of Bull's Blood opened at the table meant dinner was going to run long, in the best way. St. Bull's Blood Egri Bikavér is a dry red wine o...

The tart cherry ones were always the first to disappear from the box of szaloncukor at Christmas. Bende's Tart Cherry Szaloncukor is a dark-chocola...

Wine Navigator Tokaji Late Harvest Cuvée — a Hungarian sweet white from the legendary Tokaj wine region. Honeyed, aromatic, and refined; an express...

Hungary's flower honey from Bende — wildflower nectar gathered from Hungarian apiaries, deep amber and slow-set. Multi-floral, herb-tinged, the Hun...

Bende's Hungarian acacia honey in the family-host jar — pale gold, clear, the Hungarian apiary specialty. Mild-floral, nectar-bright, slow-set. Sti...