Bees on the Waldorf Astoria Hotel
3-7-2012
Since this spring, the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York, houses around 250,000 bees. Not only supply these bees honey in a sustainable way to the restaurant, but also aims to help provide pollination to support the city’s recent campaign to plant a million trees over the next decade. Hotel guests can also book a tour on the roof.
Special Japanese restaurant
3-7-2012
At the end of 2011, this Japanse Tori Tori restaurant and lounge opened its doors in Mexico City. Watch the website for more pictures.
Lunch Hour NYC
2-7-2012
From the 29th of June, the New York Public Library opened the exhibition Lunch Hour NYC. This exhibition features all the lunch trends of over the past century. Find out how the pizza became popular in New York City, and when the first Chinese restaurants opened their doors. Did you know that the foodtrucks were already popular about a century ago…?
Sneak peeking at the neighbors
2-7-2012
Everybody does is secretly, but now you can undisturbed sneak peeking at the neighbors. Artist Mike Hewson created an artwork of a destroyed building in Christchurch in New Zealand. Several photo’s and multi-media installations are mounted on the outside of the building, where life of the former residents are shown.
How to use Pinterest in hospitality industry
29-6-2012
Social Media KnowHow is a free digital magazine for entrepreneurs in the hospitality industry. The magazine is written in Dutch.
Bowser beer for dogs
29-6-2012
Bowser makes special dog beer in the USA. The beer is non-alcoholic, non-carbonated and available in beef and checken flavor. It’s possible to customize the bottle with a picture of your own dog.
The Sycamore Kitchen Los Angeles
29-6-2012
Recently The Sycamore Kitchen opened on the Highland Boulevard in Los Angeles. Karen and Quinn Hatfield have realized their dream with this pastry that applies French technique to seasonal California produce.
Behind the scenes McDonald’s hamburger photo shoot
29-6-2012
Ever wondered why hamburgers look different in advertisements? Check this video for a view behind the scenes of a professional food photo shoot by McDonald’s Canada.
Butcher Shop Lindy & Grundy
28-6-2012
Butcher Shop Lindy & Grundy recently opened in Los Angeles, an old fashion butcher shop. The sold meat comes from sustainable farms, no further than 150 miles in the vicinity of the shop. Local farmers will be supported in this way. They also support the nose-to-tail theory to reduce the waste as much as possible. This butcher shop is already very popular.
Solar BBQ
28-6-2012
Barbecuing with the SOLGRILL solar bbq is very sustainable, very fast, you don’t have any pre-heating time and it includes a built-in sun view finder. The only thing you need is the sun…