Russia

The jar of Monarch on the kitchen counter meant the coffee was always ready before anyone else was awake. Monarch's instant coffee, Aromagia blend,...

A pyramid bag steeping in a glass cup was the afternoon ritual after school, cherry sweetness filling the kitchen. Greenfield's Cherry Amour is a b...

Kalinov Orange Carbonated Soft Drink brings a cheerful, familiar orange flavor that brightens any table. This vibrant soda is often found at family...

Yasnaya Polyana Children's Fun Russian Cookies are a 400g bag of small animal-shaped biscuits from Yasnaya Polyana — the Russian confectionery bran...

A small bottle of uksusnaya essence sat in every pantry, waiting for pickling season. This is Khimprodukt's Nevinskiye Uksusy acetic acid, a 70% co...

Korean-style carrot salad turns up on nearly every spread across the former Soviet countries, and this little packet is what makes it taste right. ...

A jar of real acacia honey is the kind of thing families keep for tea, sore throats, and Sunday breakfast, all at once. This is Natalie's Acacia Ho...

Imperiya Dzhemov cranberry varenye — Russia's whole-berry cranberry preserve in clear syrup, tart-bright and ruby-glossed. Berry-tender, syrup-clea...

Va-Va Fig Extra Jam is a 580g jar of Macedonian-style high-fruit-content fig preserve from Va-Va Premium Foods — the Extra designation indicating a...

A jar of whole tomatoes on the pantry shelf meant sauce, stew, or soup was coming, whatever the season. Kubanochka packs these tomatoes in their ow...

The corner shop fridge back home always had a few odd, bright cans like this — the kind you grabbed on a hot afternoon just to see what mojito soda...

Buratino soda, bright yellow and sweet, was the treat handed out at every kids' table at a family gathering. This is Chernogolovka Buratino soda, l...

Chernogolovka Caucasian Pomegranate is a 500ml Russian pomegranate-flavoured carbonated soft drink inspired by the Caucasian tradition of pomegrana...

This bright bottle is a familiar sight in the cooler at every corner shop back home, one more soda flavor to argue over on a hot day. Aqua Kristal'...

Rot Front Korovka Sponge Roll is a Russian rolled sponge cake with the baked-milk korovka flavour from Rot Front — a soft, cream-filled sponge roll...

A bag of semechki cracked open on a park bench, shells piling up while you talked with friends, is a childhood sound. Babkiny Semechki's classic ro...

Babkiny Semechki Sea Salt Sunflower Seeds are large roasted sunflower seeds with a sea salt seasoning — the Russian snack brand's sea-salt variant,...

Tambovskiy Volk Roasted Sunflower Seeds are large-format roasted sunflower seeds from the Tambov Wolf brand — a Russian and Eastern European snack ...

Stary Melnik was the everyday beer, the one always in the fridge, not the special-occasion bottle. Stary Melnik makes this Iz Bochonka, a Russian b...

Alenka Milk Chocolate Bar is the iconic Russian milk chocolate bar with the baby-face wrapper — a bar produced by Krasny Oktyabr (Red October), the...

Magiya Vostoka Ground Black Pepper — Russian-pantry small jar. The salt-and-pepper-shaker companion every Russian kitchen keeps next to the stove. ...

Green peas straight from the can went into every Olivier salad on the New Year's table. Kubanochka's canned green peas, from the marrowfat-style va...

Ultramarin Atlantic Cod Liver in Own Oil — Russian-pantry classic. Wild Atlantic cod liver in its rendered oil — Ultramarin's Russian-house version...

Tambovskiy Volk Roasted and Salted Sunflower Seeds 200g is the single-serving or personal-format bag of Russian whole sunflower seeds in the shell ...