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...

A pot of buttered egg noodles on the stove is a simple, familiar sight in German and Central European kitchens alike. Mühlen's Original German Home...

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...

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

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...

Grah is the pot that was always simmering on a Sunday in Bosnia, the smell of beans and smoked meat filling the whole building before anyone sat do...

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

Grude Red Wine Vinegar — a Croatian red wine vinegar in the larger family-kitchen format, suitable for everyday dressings, marinades, and preserves...

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, ...

A spread of caviar cream on fresh bread marks a special breakfast, the kind saved for holidays and guests. Veladis makes this caviar cream from cap...

Herring on dark bread was the after-school snack in half the households across the old country, straight from a tin kept in the fridge door. This i...

A jar of caviar cream on the table meant the holiday spread was complete back home. Veladis blends capelin caviar with shrimp into this cream, 180g...

Red lentil soup simmering on the stove is the smell that means dinner's almost ready on a cold night. This is Krinos's Split Red Lentils, 1kg (2.2l...

Webka Wheat Groats is a package of whole or coarsely ground wheat groats from Webka — a Central/Eastern European grain and cereal brand — providing...

Wild Pacific salmon roe, lightly salted in the Russian tradition. Medium-sized eggs with a soft shell and a clean, subtle brine — spoon over blini ...

Lightly salted herring roe — a classic Belarusian zakuska. Belvneshrybtorg packs small, tender roe pearls in light brine — spreadable straight from...

Santa Bremor Salmon Caviar Imitation Bursting Eggs are a 230g jar of tobiko-style bursting pearls flavoured to mimic salmon roe — the Belarusian sp...

A tin of sardines and a loaf of bread was lunch on the Adriatic coast more days than not. Eva packs these sardines with vegetables in tomato sauce,...

Zvijezda Sunflower Oil is a 1-litre bottle of refined sunflower oil from Zvijezda — the Croatian food company's neutral cooking oil, the household-...