Macedonia

Macedonia's baby gherkins in Va-Va's holiday-host jar — the largest pour for the family dinner that draws cousins. Small whole cucumbers, snap-firm...

At a Macedonian family barbecue, a bowl of giardiniera always sat next to the grill, sharp and cooling against the smoke. Va-Va Premium Foods (made...

A cup of nettle tea was every grandmother's answer to a cold day back home, brewed strong and sipped slow. This is Koans Organic Nettle Tea, a Mace...

A jar of stuffed peppers opened for a light lunch is a common sight on Macedonian tables. Gurmano makes these green peppers stuffed with cheese, a ...

Every mezze table back home has a jar of grilled peppers cracked open next to the bread. Va-Va Premium Foods grills these Mediterranean cherry pepp...

Someone always warns the kids which jar is the hot one before the peppers hit the table. Va-Va Premium Foods marinates these hot and sweet red cher...

This is the mixed vegetable jar that sits on every Macedonian table, cauliflower and carrot and pepper pickled together the way it's done back home...

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

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

Layered hazelnut wafers are the kind of shelf-stable treat that sits in the cupboard for whenever guests drop by unannounced. Vincinni's Napolitan ...

Donia Belani Strudel Jam Cookies are rolled strudla-style cookies with a fruit jam filling from the Macedonian Donia brand — a cookie in the spiral...

Donia Belani Strudel Jam Cocoa Cookies are rolled strudla-style cookies with a combined jam and cocoa filling from the Macedonian Donia brand — a c...

After Night Hard Filled Candies are hard-shell candies with a flavoured filling — the format where a crispy hard candy exterior holds a soft, flavo...

Griski Peanut Filled Pretzel Sticks are crunchy pretzel sticks filled with a smooth peanut cream — a snack that combines the salt-and-crunch of the...

Fig-filled strudla cookies are the kind of treat that shows up on the table the moment tea is poured. Vincinni makes these, eight cookies filled wi...

Growing up, a plate of filled cookies always meant someone was visiting, or that it was time to slow down over coffee. Vincinni, the flagship brand...

Donia Risolinni Rice Flour Biscuits are rice-flour-based biscuits from the Macedonian Donia brand — a light, airy biscuit made from rice flour rath...

Natural Farmer Tetovac White Beans are large white beans from the Tetovo region of North Macedonia — the Tetovac bean, prized across the Western Ba...

A box of Rocky crackers on the table meant snack time was about to get social — crunch, dip, repeat. Made by Makprogres in Vinica, North Macedonia,...

Tikveš T'ga Za Jug — a Macedonian semi-dry red built on Vranec, the country's signature indigenous grape, named after a famous Macedonian poem. Rob...

A bottle of Macedonian red on the table meant the good dishes were coming out. Stobi Winery makes this Merlot, vintage 2019, 750ml (25.4fl oz). Ser...

A bottle of Macedonian red wine opened for a family gathering carries the same warmth as the toast that follows. Stobi Winery blends this Cabernet ...

A bottle of red wine opened for Sunday family dinner is a small ceremony repeated across Macedonian households. Stobi Winery makes this Cabernet Sa...

Macedonia's red pepper fillets from Natural Farmer in the family-host jar — long kapija strips packed brine-bright, snap-firm, ready to layer. Vine...