Pantry

The smell of ground cumin in the spice rack is the smell of a stew simmering, or the seasoning worked into meat before it hits the grill. This Grou...

Every home baker back home keeps a block of biljni mrs on the shelf for pastry dough and holiday cakes. Zvijezda makes this vegetable fat in Croati...

Lightly salted herring roe — a classic Belarusian zakuska. Belvneshrybtorg packs small, tender roe pearls in light brine — spreadable straight from...

Santa Bremor Maties — Belarusian lightly-salted herring, Dutch tradition. Young-herring fillets cured in light salt and oil — the matjes-style Dutc...

Krinos Taramosalata is an 8oz (227g) jar of taramosalata from Krinos — the Greek-American specialty food brand — the classic Greek fish roe spread ...

Bandi Scandinavian Herring Fillet — Lithuanian seafood, Nordic-style. Bandi Foods (1996 Lithuanian-to-US exporter) carries the Scandinavian-cure he...

Bismarck herring on rye bread at a Sunday zakąska spread is a taste that says 'home' for Polish diaspora. Lowell Foods' marinated Bismarck herring ...

Wild Pacific salmon roe, lightly salted in the Russian tradition. Medium-sized eggs with a soft shell and a clean, subtle brine — spoon over blini ...

Malossol Black Caviar — Russian-tradition imitation sturgeon roe. Glossy black beads in light salt cure, the Russian-diaspora luxury jar at househo...

Canned salmon on buttered bread was the quick spread laid out when guests dropped by unannounced. Vici's lightly salted salmon fillets, a Lithuania...

No ćevapi platter back home is complete without a scoop of mayo next to the ajvar. Balkan Farms makes this gourmet real mayonnaise smooth and cream...

Delikates Majoneza on the table was the deli mayo of home, the one without a long chemical list. This is Zvijezda's Delikates Majoneza mayonnaise, ...

Thomy Delikatess Mayonnaise — the Yugoslav-era Sunday-lunch icon. Thomy's Delikatess pour from the German house that became the mayonnaise of the Y...

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

The zakuska table always has a small jar of hot mustard next to the cured meats and pickles. Zakuson makes this gourmet hot mustard and jars it at ...

Quick sandwiches before school always meant a thick spread of mayo on bread, no fuss, just enough to hold the rest together. This jar is Thomy Mayo...

Dadu Poppy Seed Breakfast Cereal — Lithuanian-pantry small-format. Dadu's poppy-seed breakfast cereal in the Lithuanian-pantry register — small sta...

The smell of cinnamon dusted over warm baklava, or stirred right into the coffee grounds, means home to a lot of us. This is Adonis Spices' Ground ...

A quick couscous side pulled together on a busy weeknight was dinner sorted in minutes. Dari's Couscous is a medium grain, packed 1kg (2.2lb) to a ...

The smell of cinnamon meant holiday baking was underway, dusted over pastries cooling on the counter. This is Magiya Vostoka Ground Cinnamon, a Rus...

Berliner Geschichte — German specialty condiment sauce. Berliner Geschichte's specialty sauce in the German Brotzeit register — savory-deep, ready-...

Zhmenka Rice Cakes are a 100g pack of rice cakes from Zhmenka — a Ukrainian grain and food producer — in the puffed-rice cake format: the light, ai...

Nestlé's diaspora seasoning, Serbian-market formula. Dehydrated vegetable + savory salt blend in the Vegeta tradition, calibrated for the Belgrade ...

The smaller container of the same seasoning that lives in the kitchen cabinet, refilled again and again. Vegeta all-purpose seasoning comes in a 17...