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Macedonia's cherry pepper in Va-Va's family-size pour — small round red peppers, brined sweet-hot, jewel-bright in the jar. Crisp skin, juicy flesh...

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...

Truffle sauce stirred into pasta on a special family dinner night turns an ordinary meal into an occasion. Chef K's Tartufata, a Mediterranean truf...

Macedonia's somborka-and-carrots from Va-Va — long red somborka peppers with carrot batons in a sharp vinegar brine. Snap-firm, sweet-pepper, brine...

Macedonia's tomato peppers stuffed with cabbage from Va-Va in the family-host jar — the sarma-cousin pour for the Christmas Eve table. Round sweet-...

Ajvar on the table means home — the home-style jar your baba made every autumn, spread thick on warm bread. Biljana has made ajvar in North Macedon...

Beetroot pickled deep red, sharp and sweet, is the color of every winter salad from home. This is Natural Farmer Pickled Beetroot, 1500ml (1.5L). S...

This is the jar of roasted garlic that sits by the stove in Macedonian kitchens, ready to spoon straight into whatever's cooking. Va-Va Premium Foo...

Va-Va Cannellini White Kidney Beans — Macedonian-sourced dried beans in the household sack. Plump white kidney beans in the Va-Va Premium Foods pan...

Macedonia's cherry peppers stuffed with cheese from Natural Farmer — pop-in-the-mouth mezze in the holiday-host pour. Small red cherry peppers, che...

Natural Farmer's cherry peppers stuffed with cheese in the everyday pour — Macedonia's bite-sized mezze for the small-plate kitchen. Sweet-red cher...

Gazda Cabbage Leaves for Sarma are brined whole cabbage leaves preserved in sour brine and ready to be filled and rolled — the essential ingredient...

Bucati noodles like these were the shortcut dinner on busy weeknights, ready in minutes with whatever sauce was on hand. Pelafino makes these bucat...

Homestyle shell noodles like these turned into Sunday lunch, tossed simple with butter or a light sauce. Pelafino makes these shell noodles in Mace...

Fig jam like this brings back the smell of the kitchen in late summer, figs simmering down into something sweet enough to spread thick on bread. Va...

Fig preserve like this is what grandmothers make every fall when the fig tree is finally ready, cooked down into a spread thick enough to hold a sp...

Plum jam was the taste of late-summer harvest, spread thick on morning bread. Vitaminka 1947 makes this Šljiva Džem (plum jam) po tradicionalnoj re...

Mixed fruit marmalade on morning toast was a taste straight from grandmother's pantry shelf. Vitaminka 1947 makes this Miješana Marmelada (mixed ma...

Jars of homemade jam lined grandmother's pantry shelf every autumn, drenjak (cornelian cherry) among the tartest and most prized. This is Vitaminka...

Va-Va's green cocktail — Macedonia's gherkin-forward mixed pickle, all green peppers and small cucumbers in a sharp vinegar brine. Snap-firm, brine...

Chef K Artisan Spicy — Macedonian small-jar heat register. The Artisan line of Chef K — kapija-pepper roast with chili-warmth in the starter format...

Chef K Macedonian Ajvar — small-format mild register. Chef K's mild kapija-pepper Macedonian recipe in the starter pour — oil-finished, sweet-smoky...

Va-Va Malijano — Macedonia's eggplant-forward spread. Roasted eggplant carries the body, kapija pepper rides minority, oil finishes the gloss. Ajva...

Ajvar spread thick on fresh bread is the taste of Balkan autumns, when the peppers came in and every family made a batch. This is Va-Va's Mild Ajva...