A new Poland In Your Pocket series that started during the pandemic lockdown, What’s Cookin´? asks the top chefs from the best restaurants around Poland to share recipes to cook while we #stayathome. Like the majority, we’ve started baking bread, cakes and other delightful treats to keep us entertained. Inadvertently rediscovering a suppressed talent and love for cooking, we found a therapeutic activity to pass the time and/or keep healthy by eating what we cook. We will be adding new recipes and restaurants periodically. So, bookmark this link and keep tabs with our blog to know wha ..read more

How many restaurants will reopen and what impact will the lockdown have on the Polish gastronomy market? The National Crisis Conference for Gastronomy gave some answers. (May 12, 2020) On Monday, May the 18th, the lockdown restrictions put on restaurants at the beginning of the COVID19 pandemic in Poland were finally lifted. According to the survey conducted during the MADE FOR Restaurants 2020 online Conference: 64% of restaurants plans to reopen this week and 34% will remain closed for a longer time 72% of restaurant owners want to make their menus shorter and simpler but at the same time ..read more

How many real Cracovians live in Kraków? That is, people actually born in the cultural capital of Poland. The population is around 760,000 and it the last 20 years it has seen a considerable influx of internationals who have decided to live here. Being a “student city” with one of the oldest universities in Central & Eastern Europe, it also attracts a lot of Polish and international students. So, how long have you been living here? How much do you know about the city? Some times foreigners know more than other Polish nationals. Take a quick test and find out! Loading… SAVE Poland I ..read more

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic and strict prohibitions on public gatherings put in place by the government, Easter festivities in Poland this year have taken on a very different complexion. These restrictions wisely extend to the Catholic Church, which is an important meeting place for Poles throughout the Holy Week. The usual church blessings of traditional Easter palms and food baskets will be difficult (not to mention inadvisable) with a limit of 5 people allowed inside churches at any given time. Annual Easter markets have been cancelled, and the government has also asked citizens to not get ..read more

Featured photo: Whiskey in the Jar Warsaw donates food to doctors in the frontlines of the pandemic The gastro-business was hit hard in the coronavirus pandemic. Albeit itself in need, the industry supports those in need by feeding medical personnel and the elderly who have been left without help. A Partner of Poland In Your Pocketby Małgorzata Minta (mintaeats.com) Food and travel reporter, book author and trend expert. Contributor for Gazeta Wyborcza , leading Polish dail and its magazine Wysokie Obcasy, Vogue Poland and various food and lifestyle magazines. Usually on the m ..read more