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A spoon of acacia honey stirred into tea, or drizzled over warm bread, is a small ritual carried straight from home. This is Woodland Acacia Honey,...

Marco Polo has been on diaspora shelves since around 1980, a jar of preserve made in America but built for a kitchen that never stopped cooking lik...

Caniel Aunt Sonya's Marinated Cucumbers are a jar of Russian-style marinated cucumber pickles from Caniel — a Russian-heritage preserved-food brand...

A big bowl of chips on the coffee table always means it's movie night. Kettle Brand's Air Fried Potato Chips come in a Himalayan Salt flavor, in a ...

Marco Polo Oblatne Wafer Sheets are the foundation for countless cherished layered cakes and tortes. These thin, crisp wafers are perfect for creat...

Seeing the purple Cadbury wrapper on a corner-shop shelf back home always meant a proper English import had made it in. This is Cadbury Dairy Milk ...

A bowl of sour gummies at the table always gets grabbed twice -- once for you, and once for the kid sitting next to you. This bag is Jolly Rancher ...

White chocolate always felt like the fancier cousin of the everyday chocolate bar, saved for a special treat from the European shop. This Lindt whi...

A Lindt bar tucked in the suitcase from a European trip always felt like a small piece of home away from home. This Lindt Excellence dark chocolate...

This is the spicy snack that ended up in the cart for movie night, the kind of American treat that becomes its own tradition once you're raising ki...

A single-serve bag like this rode along in the school bag for the days you wanted something crunchy and familiar to American classmates. Ruffles ma...

The crunch of an onion-flavored ring shared at a house party is a snack-aisle favorite for the American side of the family. Funyuns are an onion-fl...

Werther's gold-wrapped candies were the ones grandpa always had a spare of in his coat pocket, ready to be unwrapped on any walk. This sugar-free W...

The bottle of olive oil never left the kitchen counter back home, poured generously over salads, bread, and whatever else needed a finishing touch....

A good bottle of oil earns its place on the counter, the one you reach for every night making dinner. This is Massimo Gusto Avocado Oil, bottled in...

Royal Basmati Rice — long-grain Indian-grown basmati in the family-size sack. Aged long-grain basmati from the Royal kitchen line — the aromatic, s...

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, ...

Poland's village pâté — the Cracovia line. Creamy pork-and-liver pâté in the wiejski tradition, made in the Polish-American smokehouse for the dias...

NIDO is the tin of powdered milk trusted by families who wanted the taste of home while living far from a dairy they knew personally. This is Nestl...

A bottle of date molasses on the table meant dessert was close, drizzled thick and dark over whatever was in front of you. This is Moomtaz Date Mol...

A big bag of flour in the pantry means baking day is coming — bread, pita, or pastry rolled out on the kitchen counter. This is Five Roses All Purp...

A tin of this tea is what comes out for afternoon tea in a Russian or Eastern European household, steeped strong and sipped slow. This Renaissance ...

Zergüt's dill pickles — the brand's Balkan-recipe brine in the standard pour, snap-firm with dill-and-garlic depth. Vinegar-bright, no heat, clean ...

Zergüt's kosher dill in the single-serve pour — a sample-size jar of Balkan-recipe dill cucumber, snap-firm, vinegar-bright. The taste-it-first pou...