Savory Staples

Alphabet noodles bobbing in chicken soup were the reason lunch was fun instead of a chore, spelling out letters with your spoon between bites. Bend...

Tinned sardines like these were the fast dinner after a long day, straight from the tin with bread. Eva packs these Adriatic sardines in vegetable ...

Threeline Egg Noodles 500g (17.6oz) — German egg noodles from Threeline in the 500g pack, the everyday medium-cut egg ribbon. Golden egg-rich noodl...

A packet of egg vermicelli was what went into the soup pot on a cold day. Black Forest Girl makes these egg vermicelli soup noodles, 397g (14oz). B...

Birkel Schwäbische Spätzle Egg Noodles 500g — German Spätzle from Birkel, the Swabian soft egg-noodle dumpling in the dried 500g pack. Short, irreg...

Köstlich Egg Soup Noodles 500g (17.6oz) — German egg soup noodles from Köstlich, the fine thin-cut noodle in the 500g pack. Delicate egg-rich noodl...

Köstlich Egg Noodles Tagliatelle 4mm 500g (17.6oz) — German egg noodles from Köstlich in the 4mm tagliatelle cut, 500g pack. Golden egg-rich ribbon...

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-...

Zvijezda Suncokretovo Ulje is a 1-litre bottle of refined sunflower oil from Zvijezda — the Croatian edible oils and condiments brand that is one o...

Krinos Taramosalata is a 397g jar of Greek-style fish roe spread — blended carp or cod roe with olive oil, lemon, and bread, the Levantine-Greek me...

Basil and good olive oil is the smell of a proper Italian kitchen before dinner's even started. This one comes from Fratelli Mantova, an Italian ol...

Podravka Bogata Juha — the Croatian hearty winter bowl since Koprivnica 1947. Podravka's flagship Bogata Juha line in the porcini-and-buckwheat reg...

Podravka Bogata Juha — the Croatian hearty winter bowl, lentil-thickened register. The Koprivnica 1947 house's Bogata Juha flagship in the lentil-a...

Yumis Posna Juha — Serbian Orthodox Lenten vegetable-and-pasta soup mix. The Yumis Belgrade pantry posna line — animal-free vegetable broth with th...

Podravka Vegetable Soup with Red Quinoa — the Koprivnica 1947 modern-pantry register. Podravka's contemporary Bogata Juha extension with red quinoa...