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...

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

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

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...

Bavarian Hof Fadennudeln — German thin-thread egg pasta for the soup pot. The thread-fine egg-noodle Fadennudeln cut — designed to float in a clear...

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...

In Russian and Eastern European kitchens, a bag of buckwheat groats sits in nearly every pantry as the default weeknight side. This is Russkoe Pole...

On the German and Baltic coast, jarred herring in a creamy mustard sauce is classic cold-table fare, spooned onto dark rye at breakfast or a cold b...

Baltic tinned fish has fed Latvian pantries for generations, and Riga Gold's mackerel carries that tradition to grocery shelves far from home. This...

In Balkan kitchens, a big bottle of sunflower oil sits by the stove for everyday frying and salad dressing alike. This is a 3-liter (about 101 fl o...

Smoked sprats are a Baltic pantry staple, the kind of tin fishermen's families kept stocked through the long northern winters. Made by Gamma-A in L...

A Sunday roast in southern Germany means Knodel beside it, and the boil-in-bag box is what a household reaches for when nobody has time to grate po...

Premium Bonito del Norte white tuna from Conservas Ortiz of the Basque coast, hand-packed in olive oil with a touch of Basque Espelette pepper. The...

Bechtle Farmer Style Spaetzle are traditional German egg noodles made with fresh eggs in the classic farmhouse style. These short, rustic noodles c...

Vispak Tarhana Čorba is a traditional Bosnian tarhana soup mix — a fermented grain-and-vegetable base that cooks quickly into a warming, tangy soup...

In many Balkan kitchens, a pot of bulgur simmers on the back burner every Sunday, waiting to be spooned next to whatever comes off the grill. This ...

Ortiz White Tuna in Water is a can of premium bonito del Norte (white tuna) in water from Ortiz — the Basque canning company from Ondarroa — provid...

The Balkan sarma — ready to warm. Pickled cabbage leaves wrapped around a beef-and-rice filling, simmered slowly in a paprika-tomato sauce in the B...

Slovenia's premium salmon pâté. Cooked Atlantic salmon whipped with milk proteins and smoked paprika into a clean, spreadable finish — no preservat...

Klas Gersla Pearl Barley is an 850g bag of polished pearl barley from Klas — a Bosnian specialty food producer in the grain and pantry category — p...

Every household that puts up its own pickles for winter keeps a big jug of vinegar on hand come pepper season. This is MidEast White Wine Vinegar, ...

Rainbow Trout in Own Juice is a 240g tin of rainbow trout fillets packed in their own natural juices — a format that preserves the clean, delicate ...