Savory Staples

Bread rubbed with lard and a pinch of salt was the after-school snack in a lot of Polish and Central European households. This fully cooked, USA-ma...

Pasulj Tetovac was the pot simmering on the stove all Sunday, filling the kitchen with the smell of home. Va-Va Premium Foods packs these Tetovac h...

Bende Extra Fine — Hungarian thin egg-noodle for soup. The extra-fine cut from Bende's Hungarian egg-pasta line — thread-thin noodles designed to f...

National Whole Calibrated Buckwheat Groats — Russian-tradition grechka in the household sack. Whole-calibrated buckwheat groats in the National Rus...

Bende Tarhonya — Hungarian toasted egg-drop pasta. The tarhonya pellet — small toasted Hungarian egg-pasta drops, oven-baked into pörkölt accompani...

Kelemen Grated Noodles — Hungarian reszelt tészta for soup. The grated egg-noodle reszelt tészta from Kelemen's Hungarian line — small irregular bi...

Black-eyed peas showed up in the pantry for the slow-cooked stews that filled the house with the smell of home. Hana's Black Eyed Peas come packed ...

Hana Red Kidney Beans — Turkish-pantry dried legume in the standard pour. Deep-red kidney-shaped beans in the Hana Turkish-kitchen line — the slow-...

Hana White Beans — Turkish-pantry dried legume in the kitchen-size pour. Plump white beans in the Hana Turkish-line — the foundational legume the A...

Kelemen Csiga — Hungarian snail-spiral egg-noodle for paprikash. The csiga hand-pressed snail-spiral from Kelemen's Hungarian pasta line — small cu...

Shell pasta cupping a thick tomato sauce is a Sunday table memory shared well beyond Italy. This is Maltagliati's Organic Conchiglie #364, an organ...

Riscossa Lasagna Riccia — Italian Piedmont curly-edge lasagna sheet. Riscossa's Piedmont pasta house presses the curly-edge lasagna riccia — the wa...

Pelafino Jungle Noodles — Macedonian fun-shape pasta for the kids' plate. Animal and tree-shaped pasta from the Pelafino Skopje home-line — the chi...

Canned salmon on buttered bread was the quick spread laid out when guests dropped by unannounced. Vici's lightly salted salmon fillets, a Lithuania...

See Can Cod Liver in Own Oil — Norwegian Atlantic-cure pantry staple. Wild Atlantic cod liver packed in its own rendered oil, the Slavic-and-Baltic...

Patelina Tuna with Vegetables — Serbian pâté starter jar. Tuna paste folded with diced vegetables into a smooth pâté for the bread plate — the Serb...

Ortiz Borrelblikje — small-format Spanish-tradition canned tuna. Ortiz's signature line in the borrelblikje (Dutch "apéritif-tin") format — premium...

A tin of cod liver opened onto the table meant the appetizer spread had started, mashed onto bread with a slice of raw onion the way it's done acro...

Tinned fish in oil is the pantry staple that turns into a quick lunch when there's nothing else in the fridge, the can everyone keeps a few of on h...

Patelina Tuna Lenten Spread — Serbian Posno pâté. Smooth tuna pâté formulated Posno-compliant for Orthodox Lenten weeks — no dairy, no animal fat, ...

Neavyr Light Meat Solid Tuna in Vegetable Oil — Thai-caught, diaspora-pantry format. Solid-pack light tuna in neutral oil — the everyday weeknight ...

The paprika-red jars at the fish counter always meant someone was setting out a spread for guests. This is Appel's herring fillets in paprika cream...

Moja Neoplanta Fish Pâté with Vegetables — Serbian smooth spread. Smooth fish pâté folded with diced vegetables — the Belgrade-tradition pantry for...

A tin of smoked fish opened over dark bread is a familiar taste of the Baltic table. This is Bandi Smoked Baltic Sardines in Oil, a Lithuanian prod...