Play with food

6-6-2012

Play with your food! A nice and simple idea. There are drawings of trains, boats, cranes and people on the plate. The plates encourages people to play with their food. The Play with food, Sport plates are designed by the Polish Boguslaw Sliwinski.

Urban farming dak

6-6-2012

Starting today a 3000 square meter urban farm on top of the office complex Zuiderpark opened in the Netherlands. This scale of rooftop urban farming is the largest in Europe.

Together dinner via video link

6-6-2012

The Sichuan restaurant chain Hai Di Lao and electronics manufacturer Huawei are working together since September 2011. In the restaurant are interactive screens that enable guests to make contact via a video link with their friends or family in any of the other chains elsewhere in the country.

Mayonaise recipes on the receipt

4-6-2012

As part of a recent ad campaign for Hellmann’s mayonaise in Brazil, recipes created to the just purchased ingredients were printed out on the store receipt. This action increased the sale of the mayonnaise to 44%.

Aircraft carriers Kiev

4-6-2012

The aircraft carrier Kiev dates from the Soviet Union and is now renovated to a luxury hotel by the new Chinese owners. Watch the movie for more information about Kiev.

An allergen-free restaurant in Lyon

31-5-2012

French restaurant ‘Mon Histoire dans l’assiette’ has created a menu that is entirely free of 11 of the most common allergens (gluten, eggs, lactose, peanuts, tree nuts, soy, mustard, shellfish, celery, sesame and lupine). The name of the restaurant translates in English for ‘My story on a plate’. There is a different menu each season. As we see a lot of discussion between the chefs on, for example Twitter, about what to cook for those with a food allergy, maybe they can visit the restaurant in Lyon this summer for inspiration.

French fries cutter

31-5-2012

Restaurant-quality French fries at home without all the slicing and dicing.

Veggie Challenge

30-5-2012

Four girls of the youth foundation Viva Las Vega’s initiated a challenge to stimulate people to eat less meat and fish for 30 days. The challenge starts at  June first and the website is only available in Dutch.

Taste of Amsterdam

30-5-2012

From May 31 till June 6 you can enjoy culinary delights at the Amstelpark in Amsterdam. Twelve of the best restaurants in Amsterdam will pamper your taste buds with their food; Blauw, Bolenius, Bridges, De Kersentuin, Fifteen, Lute, Momo, Sucre, The Butcher, The Harbour Club, Sushi time and Toscanini.

Taste seaweed

30-5-2012

On Saturday, June 9 you can try seaweed dishes in Scheveningen (The Netherlands). This at the official herring introduction of the new season ‘Hollandse Nieuwe’.

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