Kibela

Soda bikarbona in a small paper sachet is how Balkan home bakers buy it, one packet per cake, kept in the drawer next to the vanilla sugar. This is...

Pasulj simmering on the back burner all afternoon is one of the most familiar smells from home, whatever you called it — pasulj, grav, or bathë dep...

Every autumn Balkan kitchens fill with jars of ajvar, pickles and jam for the winter, and the little sachet of konzervans is the last thing stirred...

Kibela Vinobran — a potassium metabisulfite preparation used to preserve homemade wine and fruit preserves. A winemaking and home-preservation aid ...