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Balkan Market

For New Jersey residents of Balkan heritage, the fundamentals of home-cooked meals often depend on procuring critical ingredients made in their homelands – ingredients that, fortunately, are imported and found in the Garden State at small, family-owned and independent groceries, such as this shop in Manalapan run by Timi Marke and his family.

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BALKAN MARKET, 345 Route 9 South, Manalapan. 848-863-6272. Website: https://balkanfoodmarket.com. Email: sptim@balkanfoodmarket.com. Follow on Instagram @balkanfoodmarket.

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ZORA LEVKOVSKI’s Little Balkan baked goods line is featured on her website: www.littlebalkan.com. Email: littlebalkanfood@gmail.com. Follow on Instagram @littlebalkan.

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