Savory Staples

Krinós Dolmadakia are a jar of stuffed vine leaves in olive oil from Krinós — the Greek olive and Mediterranean food brand — in the ready-to-eat ri...

Rejemen Broad Large Square Egg Noodles — Hungarian nagykocka pasta tradition. The wide-square Magyar egg pasta — toasted in pork fat or folded into...

Bende Lebbencs No. 8 — Hungarian shepherd's-soup flat noodle. The puszta-tradition flat egg-noodle that anchors lebbencsleves — Hungary's bacon-pap...

Tarhana soup was the thing that showed up on cold winter mornings, the dried crumbles kept in a jar all year for exactly this kind of day. This is ...

Maltagliati Fusilli — Italian-American family-kitchen corkscrew pasta. The corkscrew shape calibrated to grab thick sauce and stay in the bite — th...

Sunday pasta on the table is a ritual that crossed borders long ago, from Italian kitchens to Balkan ones just the same. Maltagliati's Organic Farf...

Schneckli German Egg Noodles — Bavarian-tradition snail-shape pasta. The small snail-curl egg-noodle shape from the Schneckli German pantry line — ...

A big pot of pasta on the stove is what dinner looks like after a long day, no matter which kitchen you grew up in. This is Maltagliati's Organic F...

Fant Spaghetti Bolognese Mix — the standby Podravka pasta-sauce packet. The Koprivnica 1947 house's dish-mix line for the spaghetti-night meat sauc...

Dinosaur-shaped macaroni was the pasta that got kids excited for dinner without a fight, a little bit of fun on a weeknight plate in Germany. Mühle...

Sunday lunch back home always had a pot of pasta going before the meat hit the grill. Misko, the Greek pasta maker, makes this Spaghettini No.10, 5...

Orzo simmered slowly in a tomato and lamb broth is a dish every Greek household knows by heart. This is Melissa's Orzo, a pasta made from 100% duru...

Radi German Egg Noodles — pantry-standard short egg pasta. The standard German short-cut egg-noodle from the Radi household line — soft-cooked, but...

These golden turmeric noodles are the ones that turn up in a simple soup on a weeknight, the smell filling the kitchen while dinner cooks. Makaron ...

Karla Maric Rechteckige Fleckerl — Austro-German square-flake egg pasta. The rectangular Fleckerl pasta — small egg-noodle squares from the Austria...

Bucati noodles like these were the shortcut dinner on busy weeknights, ready in minutes with whatever sauce was on hand. Pelafino makes these bucat...

Homestyle shell noodles like these turned into Sunday lunch, tossed simple with butter or a light sauce. Pelafino makes these shell noodles in Mace...

In many Balkan households with German ties, egg noodles like this went straight into the pot for a fast weeknight dinner, soaking up whatever sauce...

Threeline Imports Cod Liver in Own Oil is a 190g jar of Icelandic wild-caught cod liver preserved in its own rendered oil — the traditional North A...

Natural Farmer Tetovac White Beans are large white beans from the Tetovo region of North Macedonia — the Tetovac bean, prized across the Western Ba...

Pasta Quick Comfort Dinosaur Shapes — kids' fun-shape pasta for the family plate. Dinosaur-shaped short pasta from the Pasta Quick Comfort kid-line...

Tress Original Hausmacher Bandnudeln 4mm — narrow Swabian egg-noodle. The narrow-ribbon Hausmacher cut from the Tress Original German house — the l...

Tress Original Hausmacher Bandnudeln 8mm — broad Swabian egg-noodle. The wide-ribbon Hausmacher cut from Tress Original — the heavier Bandnudeln ga...

Kelemen Letter Noodles — Hungarian alphabet pasta for the kids' soup. The letter-shape pasta from Kelemen's Hungarian egg-pasta line — alphabet noo...