Romania

Livada Zacuscă Țărănească — Romanian peasant-style register. The Țărănească variant carries the rustic country cut — chunkier gogoșari and eggplant...

Livada Salata de Vinete — Romanian eggplant-salad register. Pure roasted-eggplant Romanian classic — fire-charred, mashed smooth, finished with oil...

Răureni Dulceata de Visine is a Romanian-style sour cherry preserve — whole morello cherries cooked in thick sugar syrup until glossy and dark — th...

The Rom bar is a Romanian childhood fixture, the dark chocolate everyone in Bucharest can name on sight. This is Rom Autentic 70% cacao dark chocol...

Romanian corner shops keep bags of pizza-flavored crisps by the register for kids grabbing an after-school snack. This is Viva Pizza Chips, pizza-s...

A tin of vegetable pate is a fixture on Balkan and Romanian pantry shelves, spread thick on bread for a quick lunch. This is a vegetable pate with ...

A jar of vegetable spread makes for an easy start to a Romanian breakfast table, spread thick on fresh bread. This is Mandy's Mediterranean vegetab...

This U-shape phyllo pie offers a uniquely savory cabbage filling, a beloved regional specialty. Bake it until golden and enjoy it as a hearty break...

This U-shape phyllo pie features a delightful, savory feta cheese filling encased in crispy pastry. It's perfect for a quick and satisfying breakfa...

Boromir Malai Extra — Romanian fine-ground cornmeal for mămăligă and bread. Fine-ground yellow cornmeal in the Boromir Romanian-pantry pour — the C...

Zacuscă is what a Romanian family cans in October, in a yard full of blistered peppers and roasted eggplant, to be opened one jar at a time all win...

Dulceață de fructe de pădure is the jar Romanians reach for at papanași time, thick with blackcurrant, blackberry and raspberry off the hills. This...

Dulceață de nuci verzi is the jar a Romanian host brings out on a small saucer with a glass of cold water, one dark walnut per guest. This is Raure...

Coacăze negre grow in Romanian kitchen gardens, and the jam gets spooned onto plain buttered bread by the grandmother who boiled it. This is Rauren...

Ask any Romanian about Eugenia and watch them smile — the cocoa-cream biscuit that lived in every school bag and every grandmother's cupboard. Roma...

Romania's everyday chicken frank. Lean chicken sausage in natural casing, gently seasoned and smoked for the home-kitchen frankfurter that anchors ...

The jar of sweet chestnut puree that turns into a Mont Blanc dessert or a cake filling every winter, the same flavor as roasted chestnuts from a st...

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 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 bowl of red cabbage salad next to the roast is what a Romanian holiday table looks like, tart and crunchy against everything rich on the plate. T...

Viva Cocoa Cream Pillows — Romanian-pantry pillow-cereal register. Viva's cocoa cream filled cereal pillows in the Romanian breakfast-pantry tradit...

Green peas cooked soft in tomato sauce were the everyday side dish on the table growing up, spooned next to meat straight from the pot. This 300g (...

Sunday dessert at grandma's table was often just a bowl of canned peaches, syrup and all, no fuss needed. Livada packs these peaches in light syrup...

Mandy Vegetable Pâté with Olives is a 120g Bosnian spreadable pâté — a smooth, plant-based spread made with vegetables and whole olive pieces, the ...