Macedonia

Vitalia is the Macedonian name behind the health-food shelf in Balkan supermarkets, and its soy pates are a plant-based stand-in for the meat paste...

Soy-based pates are a Balkan pantry fixture for meat-free days, spread thick on fresh bread. Vitalia makes this vegetarian pate from soy with a pap...

Kibela Vinobran — a potassium metabisulfite preparation used to preserve homemade wine and fruit preserves. A winemaking and home-preservation aid ...

No Macedonian barbecue table is complete without a squeeze of mayonnaise next to the ajvar and the grilled meat. This is Vitaminka Extra Mayonnaise...

Natural Farmer Sour Cabbage Leaves are a pack of whole fermented cabbage leaves from Natural Farmer — a Macedonian food producer — providing the in...

Va-Va Hard Filled Candies Lemon and Orange are a 200g bag of individually wrapped hard-boiled candies with soft citrus-flavoured fillings from Va-V...

Spicy ajvar simmered slowly at home is a taste that carries straight back to a Macedonian family kitchen. Va-Va's Hot Ajvar, a homemade-style spicy...

Koro Organic Rosehip Tea is a 40g German-packed Macedonian-sourced dried rosehip (Rosae pseudo-fructus, šipak) herbal tea — pure organic dried rose...

Vincinni Jumbo Roll Chocolate Cake Roll is a large-format soft sponge cake roll filled with chocolate cream from the Macedonian Vincinni brand — th...

Mama's Hot Ajvar — Macedonian home-recipe, chili register. The chili-warmed cousin to Mama's mild — same slow-roast kapija, same oil-glossed finish...

Mama's Mild Ajvar — Macedonian family-recipe register. Mama's leans the home-kitchen voice — slow-roasted kapija pepper, oil-finished, the texture ...

Macedonia's vegan soy pâté with olives — posno-friendly. A plant-based spread built on soy protein and black olives in the Macedonian fasting-food ...

Macedonia's vegan soy pâté with garlic — posno-friendly. A plant-based spread built on soy with crushed fresh garlic in the Macedonian fasting-food...

Evropa Krem Banana are banana-foam candies coated in dark chocolate — the Eastern European confectionery classic that pairs the light, airy banana-...

Strumka Pear Flavored Soda is a 1.5L Macedonian carbonated pear soft drink — sweetly fruited, lightly sparkling, and delivering the classic kruška ...

The smell of Becutan is the smell of childhood for plenty of us, a small cream from the bathroom shelf that every parent and grandparent trusted at...

A wedge of yellow kashkaval on the table, cut thick next to warm bread, is one of the plainest and best breakfasts from home, the kind that needs n...

When the whole family gathers for a grill day, the small bottle is never enough and the big Vitaminka comes out. Vitaminka Ketchup Hot in the 1000 ...

On a Macedonian table the ketchup bottle sits next to the grill plate, and more often than not it is Vitaminka from Prilep. Vitaminka Ketchup Mild ...

The hot version is the one the men of the family reach for when the pljeskavica comes off the grill. Vitaminka Ketchup Hot is a spicy tomato ketchu...

Across North Macedonia, a box of Vitaminka's Atlantis sea shells is a familiar gift to carry when visiting family for holidays and name days. This ...

The Jumbo bag of Stobi Flips is the one that goes to the party rather than into a lunchbox, landing on the table still sealed and going empty befor...

In North Macedonia a bag of Stobi Flips is the default thing torn open at a birthday table or on the bus home, and the peanut dust left on your fin...

Alexandria Cuvee is the red North Macedonian hosts pour when they want Tikves's valley wines shown at their boldest, brought out at a family Sunday...