Pantry

The smell of eggplants roasting over an open flame drifts through backyard kitchens every autumn, turning into this smoky spread. This is Hana's Fi...

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...

Jars of roasted red pepper ajvar lined up on the balcony each autumn are a fixture of Balkan family kitchens. Jadranka's Hot roasted vegetable spre...

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...

Imam Bayeldi is the eggplant appetizer every Balkan and Turkish kitchen table has seen, the dish that shows up whenever there's a proper spread of ...

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...

Bulgaria's sliced cabbage from V&G in the family-host jar — fermented Sofia-grandmother sharp, ready to spoon. Crisp ribbons, tangy-bright fini...

A jar of tangy dill pickles is standard next to grilled meat on a Bulgarian table. These V&G Dill Pickles Gherkins are vegan and vegetarian, pa...

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...

The jar of hot fefferoni peppers set out next to the platter at a backyard roštilj cuts right through the smoke and grease of grilled meat. Marco P...

Zergüt's dill pickles — the brand's Balkan-recipe brine in the standard pour, snap-firm with dill-and-garlic depth. Vinegar-bright, no heat, clean ...

Zergüt's kosher dill in the single-serve pour — a sample-size jar of Balkan-recipe dill cucumber, snap-firm, vinegar-bright. The taste-it-first pou...

Grandmothers back home kept a jar like this on the counter all summer, sour and cold, torn apart between bites of bread. Armenium packs these marin...

Bulgaria's dill gherkins from V&G — Sofia-pantry standard in the family-size pour. Long firm cucumbers in vinegar-clean brine, dill-tinged, sna...

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

A jar of small pickled gherkins is always somewhere on a Romanian table, right next to the meat and the bread. These Răureni Castraveți în Oțet are...

A spear of kosher dill pickle on the side of a deli sandwich or a cold plate is a taste everyone recognizes, wherever they grew up. This is Indo-Eu...

The smell of peppers roasting on an open flame each autumn is one of the strongest memories of home, and this jar keeps that same smoky sweetness r...

Bulgaria's table-staple hot peppers, V&G's everyday jar — slim green peppers brined sharp, with a clean heat that cuts cleanly through rich 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...

Jars of grape leaves meant dolma season was coming — grandmothers rolling rice and meat into leaf after leaf at the kitchen table. Packed in Bulgar...

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...