Jar Heads!
Two producers have thrilled the Insider this year: Basia Basia, whose natural jarred goodies focus on peanut butter with varying wacky slants (banana; white chocolate; hazelnut, etc.), and Concept Stu Mostów who, aside from brewing exciting rebel beers, have turned their hand to craft preserves such as beetroot ketchup; pear horseradish; hop-flavored mayo; and, gosh, you get the idea. Google ’em both!
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Three Questions
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Caviar
A Class Act Though they’ve been producing it for years, 2018 felt like a breakthrough year for Antonius (antoniuscaviar.com), a Polish caviar brand that suddenly found itself being served up on the tables of Warsaw’s flashiest addresses: the Raffles Europejski, for instance. Farming Siberian and Russian sturgeon in ponds of crystal clear water from the
Hip Hops
Made by Toruń’s Olbracht brewery, Pan Jałowiec is the non-alcoholic drink that’s got Warsaw talking. Produced using hops and juniper berries, the thirst quencher is mixed to a secret recipe coined in 1958 and is believed to be the only drink of its kind in Europe.