Pantry

A jar of zacusca opened at breakfast meant vegetables slow-cooked down into something rich enough to spread on bread. Răureni's Spicy Zacuscă is pr...

Podravka Ajvar Mild is a 100g single-serve jar of roasted red pepper and eggplant relish from Podravka — the Croatian food company from Koprivnica ...

Răureni Zacuscă cu Ciuperci (Zacuscă with Mushrooms) is a jar of Romanian vegetable spread enriched with mushrooms from Răureni — the Romanian pres...

Va-Va Tomato Peppers Stuffed with Cabbage are a jar of peppers stuffed with fermented cabbage in brine from Va-Va Premium Foods — a Macedonian pres...

A jar of ajvar spread on warm bread is the taste of late-summer pepper roasting that every Bosnian kitchen remembers. Zimnica's Premium Ajvar is a ...

A jar of deep red pickled beets next to the ćevapi platter is a common sight at any Croatian Sunday lunch. This 2.55kg (5.6lb) jar of Pasteurized R...

Caniel Aunt Sonya's Marinated Cucumbers are a jar of Russian-style marinated cucumber pickles from Caniel — a Russian-heritage preserved-food brand...

Gut & Günstig Delikatess Red Cabbage is a jar of sweet-and-sour braised red cabbage from Gut & Günstig — the Edeka supermarket chain privat...

A bowl of red cabbage salad next to the meat platter was the tangy cut-through every big family gathering needed. Va-Va Premium Foods makes this Me...

A jar of sour cabbage on the counter is a fixture in a Polish kitchen the same way pickled vegetables are back in the Balkans, something sharp to c...

Indo-European Pomegranate Molasses — Levantine sweet-tart reduction. Indo-European's pomegranate molasses in the Levantine tradition — thick, dark,...

Podravka Vegetable Soup with Semolina Dumplings — Croatian juha s griz knedlama. The Koprivnica 1947 house's vegetable-broth-and-dumpling packet — ...

Livada Lovage — Serbian-pantry čorba secret. Dried selen leaves, the herb every Serbian grandmother adds to soup that the recipe never mentions and...

Magiya Vostoka Oregano — Russian-pantry dried herb. The small-jar oregano the Russian-diaspora kitchen keeps for the recipes the family has borrowe...

A bottle of bulgogi marinade like this is what turns a simple family grill night into something new, poured over meat before it hits the fire. CJ F...

Răureni Cauliflower in Vinegar is a 700g jar of pickled cauliflower florets from Răureni — the Romanian preserved-vegetable brand — in the muraturi...

Zergüt Red Cabbage Salad is a 680g jar of prepared red cabbage salad from Zergüt — in the Bulgarian-style pickled cabbage format — providing the ta...

Vegeta Gourmet, the soup-mix variant. Heavier on dehydrated vegetables than the classic shake — built to dissolve into water and become broth in on...

Vegeta Natur's salad shake — clean-label salata sprinkle. Sea salt + dehydrated tomato + onion + parsley + bell pepper, no MSG. Dust over sliced to...

The herbal vinegar bottle on the shelf, splashed over a fresh salad at Sunday lunch, is a small kitchen ritual passed down at home. Dr. Andra apple...

A bottle of apple cider vinegar in the pantry was there for every salad and marinade at home. This is Koro Apple Cider Vinegar, a German product in...

Cosmin's sausage blend — the cârnați seasoning. Romanian-tradition spice mix for fresh sausages: black pepper + garlic + paprika + savory + the sal...

A bowl of Frutolino cereal flakes with warm milk is the breakfast that got Croatian kids out the door to school on time. Podravka's Lino Frutolino ...

Russian marmalade like this was the after-dinner sweet that turned up in every candy dish, with blackcurrant one of the most familiar flavors from ...