14 November 2023 PEOPLE, PLACESOn stinky cheese, dinosaurs and what an orgasm has to do with fish sauce ustamagazyn_admin David Zilber, head of the fermentation laboratory at Copenhagen's Noma, tells USTOM about fermentation, its importance for our civilisation, its early beginnings and current developments.
31 December 2014 PEOPLE, PLACESARIGATO NOMA! Monika Brzywczy At the end of my internship I had the pleasure to finally sit as a guest at one of the tables and try Noma’s menu consisting of 25 items. A blackcurrant ball stuffed with yoghurt, kombucha and flower pollen, dried cabbage leaves sandwiches with a paste of watercress and salicornia with squid garum or pumpkin with white sturgeon caviar, beech nuts and kelp in and koji and butter emulsion. Everything was perfect!
14 December 201412 July 2019 PEOPLE, PLACESNOMA: ALMOST THE END! Monika Brzywczy There are three days left. So today I can say I did it! I took three and a half month internship in the best restaurant in the world! It was the best time of my culinary life and I have to say with a clear conscience that I have never worked so hard and so well.
10 December 201417 July 2019 EVENTSUSTA 4 ARE READY! Monika Brzywczy Smelling of Christmas and winter, fourth issue of the USTA Magazine just goes on sale.
25 November 2014 PEOPLE, PLACESNOMA AND THE GIRLS Monika Brzywczy People say that cooking is a male subject, and that the best chefs are men. Each of the girls working in Noma is simply amazing and doesn’t let others push her around. Apparently we women are weaker, but it turns out we can be pretty tough.
23 November 2014 PEOPLE, PLACESNOMA: FROM THE BASEMENT TO THE ROOF Monika Brzywczy Not so long ago I had the pleasure to guide my friends through Noma. I thought that if it went so well, I'll also give you a virtual tour.
16 October 201412 July 2019 PEOPLE, PLACES, EVENTSTEAM, PLATING, FORAGING – I ACCUSTOM MYSELF! Monika Brzywczy I am more self-confident, still very calm, I rediscover myself and my possibilities, I become more open-minded. I am already anxious about the return, what next? I have a few ideas, I want to develop and learn. But I don't plan too much. I simply try to catch every moment.
09 October 201412 July 2019 PEOPLE, PLACESMEATBALLS FOR THE BOSS’S DAUTHERS Monika Brzywczy It was one of the most intense weeks I have experienced here so far. Five days of cooking for almost eighty hungry members of the Noma team.
20 September 201412 July 2019 PEOPLEA STATE OF UNREST AND POLISH COMPLEXES Monika Brzywczy I’m slowly getting used to with the fact that I’m doing the internship in Noma. It took me some time because - contrary to appearances – I’m quite shy and not entirely self-confirmed about my abilities. Probably the reason might be our common Polish complexes, the fear we might turn out to be too transparent in comparison with other countries.
10 September 201412 July 2019 PEOPLECopenhagen!! Here I come!! Monika Brzywczy Maria Przybyszewska, our collaborator, is about to begin an internship in Noma, the best restaurant in the world, that is located in Copenhagen. We are very proud of her. In fact, every week we will report her relations from Noma. Today we present the first episode where Rene Redzepi invites Maria into his world.