Eat2Gather CuliGay nights

4-5-2012

Culinairy event agency Eat2Gather starts 24 May with CulyGay workshops & dine experiences. The workshops provide a relaxed environment for gays to meet other like minded people.

Living room restaurant week

4-5-2012

In the Netherlands are approximately a hundred living room restaurants. Therefore Paul ten Have, initiator of huiskamermenu.nl, organizes the living room restaurant week from 19 to 27 May. A three course dinner at someone’s living room for a fixed price. An example of peer-to-peer developments in the hospitality industry.

The Dutch most famous Burger

3-5-2012

McDonald’s started a co-creation campaign in the Netherlands. Consumers can create their own burger on the website. Website visitors can vote for this burger, and the burger with the most votes will become the Dutch most famous Burger. This hamburger will be sold in all Dutch locations under the name of the winner. On September the 17th the winner will be announced, the winning burger is available from 18 September.

Snail Caviar

2-5-2012

Dominique Pierru spent three years perfecting the Snail Caviar. Once a year each snail lays a few hundred eggs of about 4 grams in total. To produce a kilogram of snail caviar, one needs about 260 carefully selected layings.

Sergiology

2-5-2012

In May the book Sergiology is published. It is the gastronomical art-object-book of Michelin star chef Sergio Herman. The limited available book shows the sources of inspiration and creations of this Oud Sluis’ chef.

Lady Bug appetizer

2-5-2012

Not ready for a real insect snack? Try these lady bugs as appetizer!

Clever cutting board

1-5-2012

Very clever cutting board! Scaling your food whilst cutting. This cutting board features a scale.

Sandwiches and cakes on two weels

1-5-2012

The owner of the French company Tifamade combined her two passions, good food and biking. She delivers home-made sandwiches and cake by bike. A nice idea for a summer afternoon pick nick or a party.

Queen’s Day inspiration: orange sushi

27-4-2012

In Rotterdam (The Netherlands) the Iizo sushi café prepares a robot to make only orange sushi for Queen’s Day. The sushi will be in orange shells made of soy or have a layer of orange fish eggs.

Hoppit, a new dining-out search engine

26-4-2012

Hoppit is the first site which provides a dining-out search engine which filters its results based on the ambience of restaurants. Based in Manhattan and currently available in 25 cities in the US, each restaurant in the Hoppit database is tagged with one of ten “vibes” or types of atmosphere. These include ‘classy & upscale’, ‘hipster’, ‘romantic’ and ‘cozy & quaint’, among others.

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