1000 ulitmate culinary sights

28-9-2011

The company “Lonely Planet” has named the 1,000 most exceptional culinary food “must-see” locations. These spots are placed in their new guide ‘Lonely Planet’s 1000 Ultimate Sights’. In this guide, special locations like the Tokyo fish market, Donghuamen night market in Beijing, Roquefort caves in France or chocolate stores in Belgium are recommended.

DIY chocolate

28-9-2011

Attention to all chocolate lovers! Chocstar makes it possible for everyone to create your own chocolate. First you choose a basic taste (pure, milk chocolate or white chocolate). Afterwards, you can choose the most extravagant combinations, like chilli peppers, jellybeans, herbs or any other combination you like. Are you not that creative, there are also some pre-selected combinations like “heartbreak” or “Chocoscope”

Enjoying late summer with Aperol Spritz

27-9-2011

Although the summer is slowly leaving us, you still can enjoy the Italian summer with this drink Aperol Spritz. For decades, this is a well-known drink in Italy, but is conquering the rest of Europe. Aperol Spritz consists of Aperol, prosecco and soda. The taste is sweet with a hint of bitterness of oranges and herbs, perfectly finished by adding ice cubes and a slice of orange. Available at the Dutch supermarket Albert Heijn and Mitra.

Poster made of waste

27-9-2011

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The American Barefoot Wine produced a movie which should creates the feeling of positivism, creativity and optimism which associate with the American beaches. To promote the launch of their movie, they created a poster made from waste collected on the beaches. The movie will be posted on Facebook.

Disaronno Lipgloss

27-9-2011

Disaronno developed a special lipgloss with the flavor of their amaretto-liqeur. The aroma of the lipgloss is created by caramelised sugar and almond extract, the lipgloss is alcohol free. Preliminary, the lipgloss will be used as a promotion tool.

Portable Mini microwave

26-9-2011

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Electrolux Design Lab 2011 is a design competition, where industrial design students from all over the world can compete against each other, in the theme ‘Intelligent Mobility’. They received over 1,300 entries, but the mini microwave was proclaimed to be the winner. This mini device can be slided on a specially developed food package, to heat your meal anytime and any moment you want.

Window shopping 2.0

26-9-2011

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We saw this before in South Korea, where the supermarket chain Tesco developed a virtual shop at a subway station. The British online supermarket ‘Ocado’ created a shopping wall in a mall in the centre of London, where people can select their groceries by using their smarthphone and QR scanner. The groceries are directly ordered online and by the time they arrive at home, the groceries are delivered.

Restaurant meals home delivered in London

22-9-2011

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Housebites, a company based in Londen is making it possible to get meals from restaurant quality home delivered. On the website of Housebites people will enter there zip code and Housebites will show the chefs which are working in the neighborhood. The chefs which are a member of Housebites are either working in restaurants or in education. Before becomming a member of Housebites the skills of the chefs are screened. Gobble in San Francisco is a simular system and Chef Frank Hannon started his Friday Nigth Take Out from his home in Londen.

Column in Dutch about new concepts

22-9-2011

Christel Hendriks recently published an interesting column. She describes in her column what kind of changes are happening in the domestic and international café market. It is published in the Dutch Magazine ‘Barlife’, for Dutch eyes only.

Peruvian pop-up restaurant Ceviche London

21-9-2011

Martin Morales will open a pop-up cevicheria in Londen, named Ceviche, which stands for a Peruvian fish dish. Their website provides an interesting peek into the Peruvian kitchen. It contains a blog from the people behind this initiative, various Peruvian recipes and more information about the typical cuisine.

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