The previous issue of Route No.1 dealt with new faces of Mykolaiv, which is today, in fact, a front-line region. It was significantly affected by the Soviet regime’s legacy, but is now rethinking itself as a land rich in treasures and history. This time, Den’s glossy supplement’s creative team is revealing and exploring the unexpected facets of Odesa, which are often invisible behind the city’s better-known cultural phenomena, like the song “Scows Full of Mullet,” but are nonetheless inherent and organic for it. Without them, Odesa would be just “the city of permanent laughter,” but it actually has a great story to show and tell. This matter is covered in Den’s editor-in-chief Larysa Ivshyna’s column for this issue of Route No.1, called Odesa: Polyphony. “‘Scows Full of Mullet’ and ‘A Seaside Pearl’ usually come together, but they must not be allowed to dominate the image of Odesa. This year has shown us a lot. For example, concert of the Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Hobart Earle and held at the Pryvoz market was a landmark event that combined two images – one of everyday noise and bustle and another of all things high, sublime, and symphonic, and the city ‘has started to breathe with two lungs.’ We saw extremely high levels of public activity in Odesa, and the dramatic events allowed a true independent nature of Odesa to reveal itself. We have seen courageous, bright, unbowed, and proud city!”
Whoever wants to learn more about Hobart Earle would do well to read an interview with him in the new Route No. 1. He is not the only interesting person, ready to tell readers about their particular vision of Odesa. Den’s journalists also talked to Odesa sculptor Mykhailo Reva, while Odesa’s fashion industry was covered in interviews with Kostiantyn Leontiev, the organizer of Odesa Fashion Day, and designer Masha Reva.
A renowned Odesa restaurateur Savelii Libkin discusses the local cuisine and shares recipes of three iconic ways to cook rabbit, especially for readers of Route No. 1. The recipes will have even experienced food connoisseurs and gourmet discovering new tastes.
For those who cannot cook or do not like to do it, the best advice is to go and visit the proper Odesa citizens. The supplement’s traditional Culinary Guide section, this time covering Odesa’s establishments, will be the best guide on this quest.
Route No. 1 includes also Top 5 iconic places of the seaside city, Odesa of legendary Ukrainian footballer Leonid Buriak’s childhood years, stories of Odesa’s eight athletes and the first victories of the Southern Palmyra’s soccer teams. The dessert dish includes “music of flavors and rhythms of the ages” by popular blogger Iryna Medushevska, and then some more…
To buy the 23rd issue of Den’s glossy monthly supplement Route No.1, Odesa: Polyphony, please inquire at newsagents from August 29 or place online orders at Den’s website (www.day.kiev.ua).
