Pantry

Va-Va Gravče na Tavče — the Macedonian national-dish baked beans in the ready jar. Tetovo-style white beans slow-baked with paprika, onion, and oil...

Macedonia's long red pepper fillets from Va-Va — kapija peppers cut into ribbons, garlic-and-oil bathed, ready to layer. Smoke-soft, glossy red, ga...

Va-Va Eggplant Salad is a Macedonian-style roasted eggplant spread — the pljuvano meso or mashed eggplant preparation that appears across the Balka...

Macedonia's somborka banana pepper, Va-Va's family-size jar — long yellow peppers, brined sharp and hot, the kind that disappears at every Slava. S...

Macedonia's hot green feferoni — Va-Va's standard pour, slender peppers brined bright with a building heat. Crisp snap, vinegar-tangy bite, a finis...

Macedonia's yellow feferoni in Va-Va's family-size pour — long pale-yellow peppers, brined hot, sun-bright in the jar. Crisp snap, vinegar-sharp, a...

Macedonia's somborka peppers stuffed with cabbage from Va-Va — long red somborka cabbage-filled tight, brined sharp. Snap-firm, sweet-pepper undern...

A jar of pickled winter vegetables next to the Sunday roast is a familiar sight on Balkan and Macedonian tables. Va-Va's Mixed Vegetable Salad — ca...

Va-Va's somborka pepper in the spicy pour — Macedonia's long red pepper, brined with the fire dialed up. Sharp brine, building heat, sweet-pepper f...

Macedonia's spicy fermented cabbage from Va-Va in the starter pour — the Balkan-style kimchi for the kitchen testing the heat first. Tangy-fermente...

Macedonia's whole tomato peppers from Va-Va — round sweet-red paradajz paprika in vinegar-clean brine, snap-firm and bright. Sweet-pepper flesh, no...

The starter shake for the small kitchen. Vegeta in the apartment-size jar — Croatian Koprivnica original recipe since 1959. The format the diaspora...

The classic tin — Vegeta's heirloom format. The metal canister the Croatian grandmother kept on the shelf for years before the plastic jar took ove...

Lino Medolino — the honey-cereal the Croatian household pours for the morning bowl. Instant honey-flavored cereal flakes in the Podravka Lino baby-...

Refill bag — Vegeta for the counter jar. The pouch format that keeps the kitchen shaker topped up without committing to the kilo bag. 1959 Koprivni...

The mid-size pour, weeknight pantry standard. Vegeta in the format that lasts a Croatian household a month of regular cooking. Salty-savory granule...

Every Croatian and Balkan kitchen keeps a container of Vegeta on the counter, the seasoning that goes into the soup pot before anything else. Podra...

Podravka Spring Vegetable Soup — the Croatian household's proljetna juha. Podravka's Koprivnica 1947 line in the proljeće register — clear vegetabl...

Podravka Red Beets — Croatian pickled-beet slices, family jar. Sliced beets in light vinegar brine, Koprivnica's 1947 recipe in the household pour....

The standard household pour, original recipe. Podravka Vegeta in the standard jar — the size that lives on every Croatian kitchen counter, refilled...

No MSG Vegeta, family-size pour. The family-size format of the clean-label reformulation — same dehydrated vegetable shake the Balkans built every ...

Yumis Mushroom Cream Soup — the Serbian household's krem juha od pečuraka. The Yumis Belgrade-pantry instant-soup line in the cream-of-mushroom reg...

Yumis School Soup Chicken Noodle — Serbian pileća juha for the kid's lunch bowl. The Yumis Belgrade-pantry instant pileća juha calibrated as the sc...

Yumis Ground Cinnamon — Serbian-pantry baking spice. The small Yumis jar the Belgrade household keeps next to the vanilla sugar for štrudla, pita s...