Savory Staples

A tin of tuna in olive oil was the quick coastal lunch, opened straight onto bread with nothing else needed. Adriatic Queen makes these Tuna Fillet...

Podravka Chicken Noodle Soup — Croatian instant pileća juha, Koprivnica 1947 classic. Podravka's chicken-broth-and-noodle line in the household pac...

Klara Marić Istarski Fuži — the Croatian Istrian rolled-quill pasta. The hand-rolled diagonal quill shape that defines the Istrian table — Klara Ma...

Slovenia's everyday tuna pâté. Smooth and spreadable, built on cooked light tuna with a clean, mild profile — no preservatives, gluten-free. Spread...

Knorr Frühlings Suppe — German spring-vegetable noodle soup, Heilbronn 1838 line. The Knorr Suppenliebe Frühlings register — clear spring-vegetable...

Šurle are the twisted little pasta shapes rolled by hand in Istrian kitchens, the kind that shows up in a big pot on a Sunday when the family's coo...

Podravka Beef Noodle Soup — Croatian instant goveđa juha, Koprivnica 1947 standard. Podravka's beef-broth-and-noodle classic in the household packe...

Vinagro Vinegar Essence — Ukrainian concentrated pickling vinegar. Ukrainian-tradition concentrated vinegar essence at preserving strength — built ...

Zvijezda Alcohol Vinegar — Croatian household pickling vinegar. The Zagreb-house spirit vinegar for the home-preserving operation — distilled-grain...

Riga Gold Délicatesse Grilled Brisling Sardines in Olive Oil — premium Latvian tin. Brisling sardines (the small premium-grade sprat) grilled befor...

Adriatic Queen Sardines in Spring Water — Croatian Dalmatian clean cure. Whole Adriatic sardines packed in spring water — the lean cure for the dia...

Pure Alaska Salmon Co. Redhead Wild Sockeye — Zuanich-family Alaskan tin. Wild-caught Alaskan sockeye salmon canned within hours of the catch by th...

Every Balkan kitchen has a bottle of sunflower oil within reach of the stove, ready for the pan that starts the burek, the fritters or the Sunday l...

Grechka simmering on a weeknight stove is the plainest and most Russian smell there is, the side dish that was always there. Uvelka Buckwheat Groat...

Herring in a rich tomato cream is a German lunch-break classic, opened with a hunk of dark bread. Appel Heringsfilets in Tomaten-Creme are herring ...

In Lithuanian kitchens a bowl of warm semolina porridge with jam is a childhood breakfast. AmbeRye Semolina is wheat semolina for porridge and baki...

Latvia's Baltic coast has smoked sprats for generations, and a tin on rye bread is a party table must. Riga Gold Smoked Sprats in olive oil with sp...

Żurek, the tangy soured-rye soup, is the dish Polish families put on the table at Easter, often ladled over sliced white sausage and a halved boile...

Smoked Baltic sprats in oil are a fixture of Latvian and wider Baltic tables, where the golden, wood-smoked little fish turn up on dark rye bread a...

Buckwheat kasha is everyday comfort food across Russia, served at breakfast with butter and milk or as the side to cutlets and stroganoff. This is ...

German canneries have long sold herring fillets 'Balkan Art', a nod to the pepper-and-tomato relishes of southeastern Europe, and the tin is a fami...

Tinned herring fillets in a flavoured cream are a staple of German supermarket shelves and the quick cold supper of Abendbrot, and Appel's newer fl...

In northern Germany a tin of herring fillets in tomato sauce, forked straight onto buttered rye bread, is a fixture of the evening Abendbrot table....

Maggi's Guten Appetit packet soups are a fixture of German pantries, the quick bowl of shell-pasta broth many families reach for on a cold weekday ...