04 August 201712 July 2019 PEOPLE, PLACESVegan summer Monika Brzywczy Marysia Przybyszewska, our regular contributor, worshipper of plant-based cuisine, famous for her excellent breakfasts and tales from her internship at Noma has just taken over Youmiko, Warsaw's vegan sushi restaurant. USTA magazine interviewed her about the novelties she plans to introduce in Youmiko's menu.
31 July 201712 July 2019 EVENTSHUNGER IS NO FICTION Monika Brzywczy Food is usually associated with positive things: friends and family, travels, discovering new flavours. But what if the food is not available? Or when we start denying ourselves food for various reasons? You will find these questions discussed in a new quarterly “Non/fiction”. It is yet in the making and it will need your support to be released.
27 July 201712 July 2019 PLACESDancing anchor Monika Brzywczy There is a new restaurant in Gdańsk! Dancing Anchor is a spacious place, beautifully designed by London’s DeSallesFlint studio, which has just opened in Granary Island.
21 July 2017 EVENTSWILD FEAST Monika Brzywczy Go on a few-kilometre mountain hike, jump over a stream, stop for a while to take a breath and watch a white-tailed eagle flying in circles above your head. Just for a moment, because at the end of the trip set tables are waiting.
17 July 2017 PLACESUDON WITH COLD BREW Monika Brzywczy Springy, Japanese home-made noodles bathing in aromatic, vegan broth, which sits overnight with cold brew coffee, crispy, light tempura served on ceramics from Lanckorona made by Piotr Piaskowski and a special sake from a collection created by Joseph di Blasi from Naturaliści (The Naturalists) are all waiting for you in a newly opened Ka Udon Bar in Krakow.
01 July 201712 July 2019 RECIPESRhubarb Orangeade Monika Brzywczy For hot days and warm nights, for summer picnics and parties – the orangeade. With sweet orange and sour rhubarb, aromatic mint and verbena and, obviously, the sparkles, which you can have either from water or water mixed with prosecco or cava. Recommended by Magadalena Święciaszek.
20 June 201712 July 2019 EVENTSA formula for flavour Monika Brzywczy In early April we held a premiere of a new cookbook, prepared and published by the Usta Magazine team. This time our book concetrates on the flavours: why sweet goes well with sour and why sour is a perfect match for salty. We explain the meaning of umami and the role of structure and colours. We suggest what goes well with eggplant, strawberries and fish. "Wzór na smak" (Eng. A Formula for Flavour") was written by Grzegorz Łapanowski, the photos were taken by Krzysztof Kozanowski and the beautiful layout was designed by Joanna Skiba.
20 June 201712 July 2019 PEOPLE, PLACESPlates with memory Monika Brzywczy Food is served on their plates in many restaurants in Copenhagen, including the very famous ones, such as Relae or 108. Coffee is served in their mugs at Koppi, The Barn and The Coffee Collective. We pay a visit to Mk-Studio, a beautiful workshop of Magdalena Kałużna in Copenhagen.
06 June 201717 July 2019 EVENTSPolish wines in Poznań Monika Brzywczy Culinary Academy invite for the fourth time on 24 June 2017 for a full Day series of events devoted to Polish wines, ciders, and regional products from Wielkopolska. You will be able to get to know them better, taste and – most importantly – buy.
01 June 201712 July 2019 PLACESVive Nanan! Monika Brzywczy In Wrocław’s Kotlarska street you can eat traditional éclairs made of choux pastry and crème pâtissière. What makes them special, though, are the various flavours of the icing, caramelised toppings and intricate decorations. - Éclair is a pastry everyone knows well, but we try to give it a slightly more modern look, while respecting the classic form. We constantly invent new flavour variations to whet the appetites of the visiting gourmands, the owner Justyna Kawiak tells.
