17 May 201412 July 2019 PEOPLENoughts and crosses Monika Brzywczy At once one can notice, that these kitchen boards are designed by architects. A square, a triangle, a wheel and a cross constitute the entire series that is available in the wooden version (of the beech wood) and stone one (of marble), of granite or of travertine.
25 March 201412 July 2019 PEOPLE, RECIPESSWEET RETRO Monika Brzywczy Michelle Polzine looks like alive taken out of a fashion magazine from 1950s. Cat's glasses, intensively red lipstick and retro style dress. In 20th Century Cafe that she is leading in San Francisco, the time goes backwards.
04 March 201412 July 2019 PEOPLELent: Between the hell and the heaven Monika Brzywczy In times of the rule of Bolesław I “the Brave” for the Lent non-compliance it was possible to loose teeth, and in times of the Counter Reformation one could be suspected for dealings with the devil. Strict dietary principles frightened the foreigners off, but Polish courtiers knew how to console themselves at the times of lent with sugar suppers and the culinary illusion. Who had a permanent dispensation from fasting, and who should be a saint of Polish slow food? About all this we are talking with the professor Jarosław Dumanowski.
03 March 201412 July 2019 PEOPLE, RECIPESDUCK ON THE CABBAGE AND THE LEON TARSEWICZ CAKE Monika Brzywczy Preparing the interview and the photo session with Leon Tarasewicz we invited ourselves to have a dinner with him. The house is incredible (photos are available in the printed version of Lips), located Podlasie area of Poland, right next to the Polish Belarussian border. The sister of the painter, Mrs Eugenia, regaled us with mushroom borscht, duck on the cabbage with marinated pears and plums. And Leon regaled us with stories about forgotten tastes.
27 February 2014 PEOPLEPobudzacze ust Monika Brzywczy Jinhyun Jeon, the South Korean designer living in Netherlands, decided to shift into a design language a banal truth: a taste is an experience, on which all our senses are working.
05 February 2014 PEOPLEToilet Paper w kuchni Monika Brzywczy Fngers cut or bitten soap are one of the most recognizable photographs of the artistic magazine Toilet Paper which in 2010 the artist Maurizio Cattelan and the photographer Pierpaolo Ferrari established.
03 February 2014 PEOPLEKrople herbaty Monika Brzywczy Nothing big. A kitchen cloth was with the nice overprint. A few drops of tea. Scandinavian design convinces us even in this edition.
31 January 2014 PEOPLE, PLACESMorze w gębie Monika Brzywczy One star Riff is a one of the best restaurants in Valency. Its boss Bernd Koller specializes in creative interpretation of the seafood and traditional Spanish cuisine.
18 January 2014 PEOPLE, PLACESSerwus i zapiekanka Magazyn Usta About SERWUS, a small bar in the center of Warsaw which serves casseroles, probably wrote all prestigious architectural – designer portals. In the opener of Lips we talk with the founders, a fertile duet Moko Architects/ M.F.R.M.G.R.
02 January 2014 PEOPLE, PLACESCztery dania na kozie Monika Brzywczy We were invited to the Sunday dinner for the new Warsaw restoration: kuchnia Funkcjonalna. Before official opening we seated beneath the sloping roof, fitted with glass of the modernist villa, and Bartek Polak, the owner and the head chef, especially for us prepared four exceptional dishes.
