Pantry

Pistachio cream spread on fresh bread felt like a small treat saved for someone visiting. Kim's Farsitura Pistachio spread comes in a 500g (1.1lb) ...

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...

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 mushroom pâté — Aneta's vegetarian spread. Cooked mushrooms blended with sunflower oil into an earthy, umami-rich pâté in the southern ...

Macedonia's olive spread — Aneta's pantry size. Black olives blended with sunflower oil for a smooth, briny pâté in the southern Macedonian Mediter...

Macedonia's olive spread — Aneta's recipe. Black olives blended with sunflower oil into a smooth, briny pâté in the southern Macedonia Mediterranea...

Macedonia's Luna pistachio cream spread from Vitaminka — Skopje-pantry pistachio crema, sweet and richly nutty. Pale green, silky, the diaspora-Mac...

Va-Va Sarma Posna Vegan Cabbage Rolls are a jar of plant-based stuffed cabbage rolls in tomato sauce from Va-Va Premium Foods — a Macedonian preser...

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 ...

Apricot jam spread thick on morning bread was a fixture of Macedonian breakfast tables. Vitaminka, founded in North Macedonia in 1956, makes this K...

A small jar of whole black peppercorns kept next to the stove is a staple in nearly every Balkan kitchen, ready for the grinder before dinner. Alka...

Krupchitsa Margarine — Eastern European baking-and-spread workhorse. The plant-based margarine the Slavic kitchen pulls for the budget bake and the...

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

Macedonian kapija, ground to powder. Alpojo's red pepper — Skopje-area dried sweet pepper, ground to deep crimson. Dust over ajvar before the spoon...

Pelafino Tri-Color Noodles — Macedonian home-style pasta with vegetable dough. Spinach-green, tomato-red, and plain wheat noodles in one pack — the...

Biljana Shopska Pindjur is a jar of Macedonian roasted vegetable relish from Biljana — a Macedonian food brand — in the pindjur format: the chunky,...

Va-Va Tomato Peppers Stuffed with Cabbage are a jar of peppers stuffed with fermented cabbage in brine from Va-Va Premium Foods — a Macedonian pres...

Va-Va Mild Ajvar is a 2.35kg catering-size jar of mild roasted red pepper relish from Va-Va Premium Foods — a Macedonian preserved-food brand — del...

A jar of pickled cauliflower and carrots on the table beside sarma, sharp with vinegar, is how winter preserves always looked growing up. This is V...

A big jar of pickled green tomatoes is the kind of thing that gets passed around a Macedonian family table until it's gone. These Va-Va Green Tomat...

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 Roasted Pepper Macedonian Ajvar Spread is a jar of roasted red pepper relish from Va-Va Premium Foods — a Macedonian specialty food brand — i...

A bowl of red cabbage salad next to the meat platter was the tangy cut-through every big family gathering needed. Va-Va Premium Foods makes this Me...

Tangy rosehip marmalade in the pantry was grandmother's traditional recipe, spooned onto morning bread. Vitaminka 1947 makes this Šipak (rosehip) m...