Pantry

Univer Vöröshagymakrém — Hungarian raw-onion cream paste. The Hungarian pantry paste built from raw onion mashed smooth with oil and salt — not a s...

Va-Va's spicy fermented cabbage in the holiday-host jar — Macedonia's chili-laced lacto cabbage scaled for the crowd. Tangy-sharp, fire-warm, snap-...

Kucharek White Borscht — Polish Żurek-tradition sour rye soup in the packet pour. The dried Polish sour-soup base the Kucharek pantry line keeps fo...

Bosnia's paprike kisele in fillet form — Zimnica's pickled pepper strips, brine-soaked and ready to plate. Soft-pliable skin, vinegar-tangy bite, n...

Macedonia's fire-roasted kapija from Va-Va in the unflavored pour — peppers charred over flame, peeled soft, packed clean for the cook who wants to...

Yumis Francuska — Serbian instant French-style chicken soup mix. The Yumis Belgrade-pantry instant-soup line in the cream-finished chicken register...

Magiya Vostoka Dried Garlic — Russian-pantry small jar. Granulated dried garlic for the household that needs garlic flavor without the head-clove-k...

Jadranka Sweet Paprika — Macedonian volume pour. Skopje-house ground sweet kapija in the kitchen-volume jar — the format the diaspora restaurant ki...

Magiya Vostoka Ground Turmeric — Russian-pantry yellow spice. Earthy-bitter ground root, the color-and-depth base every Russian-Caucasus plov leans...

A jar of tahini like this is what turns a simple lunch into something that tastes like the corner grocer back home. Krinos, an American importer fo...

Trapeza Ground Cinnamon — Russian-pantry sweet warm. The Trapeza line's small-format spice for the household that cooks Russian sweets from memory:...

Polinka Zucchini Ikra — household pour of the Soviet pantry classic. The everyday-format jar of the zucchini-ikra recipe — coarse texture, oil-rich...

Marco Polo's mild feferoni — the everyday jar the diaspora kitchen reaches for when the heat needs to stay gentle. Slender green peppers, vinegar-b...

Russkoe Pole Buckwheat Groats are the roasted whole buckwheat kernels (grechka, гречка) from Russkoe Pole, a Russian food brand — the roasted buckw...

Macedonia's fire-roasted kapija from Va-Va — peppers charred over open flame, peeled by hand, packed in garlic-warm oil. Smoke-deep, glossy red, me...

Alidoro Rice Bran Oil — neutral high-heat cooking oil from the Italian line. Refined rice bran oil from the Alidoro Italian household line — the hi...

Macedonia's standard miješana salata from Va-Va — cabbage, carrot, cauliflower, pepper, and cucumber in vinegar-clean brine. Multicolor mosaic in t...

Kosovo's pepper jar made for the burek-and-yogurt breakfast table — Ask Food's Somborka in oil, long red and slow-fire warm. The oil pack softens t...

Livada Apricots in Syrup — Romanian dessert-jar standard. Whole apricots in light syrup, the Romanian pantry's pâine-de-țară breakfast pour and the...

Yumis Tomato Soup — the Serbian household instant tomato bowl. The Yumis Belgrade-pantry tomato-soup packet the Serbian kitchen keeps for the after...

Va-Va Hummus with Curry is the curry-spiced chickpea spread from Va-Va Premium Foods, the Macedonian food brand whose preserved vegetables, pickled...

Svanetian salt — the herb-and-garlic salt of the Caucasus high country. Khomli's blend of coarse salt + dried garlic + blue fenugreek + coriander +...

Yumis Domaća Beef Noodle Soup — Serbian household-style instant beef broth. The Yumis Belgrade-pantry instant goveđa supa with thin noodles — what ...

Vita Pickled Cherry Tomatoes are a 680g jar of whole cherry tomatoes pickled in a vinegar brine — a preserved vegetable product from Vita, the Serb...