Maggi is a yeast extract originally made in Switzerland; the Nestlé version manufactured for U.S. consumers is kind of like a bland soy sauce. But the European version is totally different: yeasty, mushroomy, truffly, dense, meaty, salty, it’s the liquid incarnation of umami. We could not make our Polish-Lithuanian dishes without it. We are fortunate enough to have stores nearby that carry imported groceries where … Continue reading our go-to ingredient, Maggi