If you are travelling to Poznań, don’t forget to pop in Concept 21 – a place with selected brands and intriguing, niche perfume. USTA paid a visit to this concept store in Wielka street to take a closer look at their offer.   (more…)

In the morning of the 15th of October we are going to wake up the sleepy Warsaw with the smell of brewed tea leaves and freshly roasted coffee beans. With the first autumn days the summer lemonades and ciders will be replaced by the two queens: the coffee and the tea. You will welcome your day with us with a Kenyan espresso or an aromatic drip. You will get to know the best baristas and the finest coffee roasters. (more…)

In our new cycle „OKO na…” (eng. „Focus on…”) we will present the initiatives and brands that shape the character of the Polish cities. It is the places, the people, and their projects  that make our stay in Wrocław, Poznań, Kraków or Gdańsk unforgettable.  When visiting the city we discover it through its artists, architects, food, design and art. All these elements combined together make the DNA of the city, its unique genotype. (more…)

The breakfast in Equatorial Guinea is very sweet. It is common knowledge that bananas and sugar give you lots of energy. What is more, sweet food cools  the body which is especially  important in this part of Africa. Simply pleasant and useful! For us this sweet and high caloric start of the day can be a memory of the summer, soon coming to an end. (more…)

Well, they must have guts to serve pig feet coated in spicy breadcrumbs and mussels in Polish sour rye soup in the Krakow’s bourgeois district of Kazimierz. (more…)

This is the end of your summer adventures, conquests of the world, travelling near and far. Here comes the autumn - the time of transformation. It is a time when you go deeper into your inner world. On this time of the year USTA Magazine invites you for a mushroom hunt. We learn about mushroom types, both the common and the new arrivals, we cook exotic mushrooms, we search for mushrooms in art. And for dessert we prepared a guide to San Francisco – we selected the best bars, restaurants and cafes. We talked to Nick Balla, the chef at Tartine Bar, we paid a visit to vineyards in Napa and Sonoma, we met with French physical chemist Hervé This, who created the notion of molecular gastronomy. (more…)

Planning a visit to New York? Then you have to check Café Henrie. We pop in for a lunch at Chloë Sevigny’s favourite restaurant where we discover the personal culinary approach of Camille Becerra. Far from the modern districts, located in an abandoned garage in Lower East Side, this place has a truly intriguing interior designed by the New York artists. (more…)

Udon, onigiri, tempura, panna cotta with matcha – the atmosphere of the genuine and tasteful Japan has settled in the district of Ochota in Warsaw. And it is thanks to a Japanese, Satoru Yaegashi, who moved to Poland three years ago and opened his own restaurant: Sato Gotuje (Sato Cooks). (more…)

As a child, I remember that every other kids were looking forward for the field trip. We went to see the park, palace and the zoo etc. It was always exciting to leave the classroom but the highlight was always the lunch time. because we got a very, very special lunch box only at field trip’s day. (more…)

The Eat Poland Project was established to promote the Polish cuisine, produce and culinary tradition. Within this project, we present the modern face of the Polish gastronomy, ambitious chefs and places that offer highest quality food. This September we will pay a visit to Germany, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia, we will invite 100 journalists and bloggers to taste and discover the flavour of the contemporary Poland. (more…)

What should we eat to improve our quality of life? Is there really such a thing as a longevity diet? Join us at the picnic and healthy food market, featuring meetings with diet and eating culture experts. Magazyn Usta invites you to join breakfast by the river. (more…)

The floret season is in full bloom and we don’t mean the fragrant roses but yet even prettier plants:  cauliflower and broccoli. Magdalena Święciaszek went into the field, cut them down and prepared her indulgent meal of the week. We suggest spending more time over them (ideally, invite kids or friends to join you in preparations), separate the florets from the white and green ‘trees’, then stew them in lightly burned butter with nutty aroma. When you try them together with creamy burrata and garlic you will understand that the process was worth it… Please summer, come back! We have excellent appetizer for you! (more…)