Eat green
3-1-2012
Haiko Cornelissen Architects designed the picNYC table, which brings the nature into your interior. The table is build of aluminum with in the middle dirt and stones. Because of the presence of a drainage system it is possible to grow different kinds of grasses, vegetables and herbs on your breakfast table.
Adopt an olive tree
2-1-2012
In the Marche area in Italy it is possible to adopt your own olive tree. For $ 116 you receive a certificate, and two times a year a shipment of olive oil from your own olive tree. In the spring you will receive two liters of extra vergine olive oil and in the fall a trio of different flavors (lemon, chili and orange).
Cognac glasses by Normann Copenhagen
2-1-2012
On the website of Normann Copenhagen are these unusually designed glasses displayed. These glasses are designed to enhance the bouquet, temperature and volume of fine cognac.
Yoga cookies
30-12-2011
The website Baked Ideas by Patti Paige sells yoga cookie cutters for gingerbread. The cutters are available in ten different poses. Combine yoga with delicious home made cookies for a healthy 2012!

Ostrich dinner Food Forward
29-12-2011
How do we feed our cities in the future? That is a central question at the Food Forward exhibition in The Hague from the 15th of January till the 1st of April. This December Arne Hendriks and Harold de Bree cooked an ostrich as if it was a giant chicken. If humans would shrink to 50 centimeters, chickens would provide the same amount of meat in comparison. According to Arne Hendriks, the solution to food problems lies in shrinking people. This is one of the solutions shown at ‘Food Forward’, some solutions are more realistic than others.
QR game at Horecava
28-12-2011
An interactive QR game has been developed by the Dutch Hotel & Restaurant Association and Deli XL. The game shows visitors of the Dutch Horecava Fair different possibilities of mobile communication and creates a more intense experience of the fair.
Edible golden sparkles!
27-12-2011
Inspiration for a sparkling glass of champagne at New Year’s Eve.
Basque Culinary Center in San Sebastian
27-12-2011
Beautiful building for the Basque Culinary Center in San Sebastian, designed by Vaumm Arquitectos Donastia. Next to three 3-stars restaurants the city also houses this building where culinary eduction can be obtained. Watch the pictures at both websites.
Last minute inspiration for Christmas desserts
23-12-2011
Just a simple twist will turn your strawberries into a great addition to the grand dessert. Check the websites Cutest Food and Bakerella for more inpiration. Inspiring Holiday wishes from Van Spronsen and Partners Group.
Coca-Cola answers Santa Claus letters
23-12-2011
Coca-Cola answers letters written to Santa Claus. In the Santa Claus Museum, in Indiana you can find letters written in 1930. From the 60.000 letters Coca-Cola choose 75 of them to answer. The writers of the letters got tracked down and they got the present that they asked for years ago. Can you imagine that Santa Claus is knocking on your door to give you the present you asked for 40 years ago? Check this movie to see the reactions.