Vegetarian green dessert

11-11-2011

This Veggie Cake may inspire a few belovers of desserts. This dessert is created to extend the unilateral menu of a vegaterien. The center of the cake is filled with ranch dressing, but the surrounding veggies must be eaten to get to the creamy center. This dessert, with its colorful and innovative presentation will be a nice addition to the lovers of vegetarien dishes.

Helsinki filled with pop-up restaurants

10-11-2011

Helsinki is preparing for the successful event Restaurant Day on the 19th of November. The city will be filled with pop-up restaurants of non-professional chefs, with very various concepts. Sirén and his friends Antti Tuomola and Timo Santala came up with idea for this one-day pop-up catering event. The news was being spread through Facebook and the media picked it up, which enabled the first event to become a major success in which two hundred chefs served thousands of customers.

Hells Kitchen Farm serves first harvest in church

9-11-2011

The Hell’s Kitchen project is situated at the roof of the Metro Baptist Church in New York and served its first harvest that consists of fresh vegetables and fresh fruit. The project is meant to provide food to the busy food pantry within the church. The roof features 1000 square foot space that was previously unused and the entire project is done by volunteers. The many pigeons in New York initially became a problem, however this was solved by placing removable cages.

Daring dessert reinventions

9-11-2011

The Semi Sweet Bakery is a newly opened bakery in Los Angeles that sells tried and true desserts with a new flavor palette. The assortment consists of Ding Dongs and Pound Cakes with an unique twist, that will definitely will be a sensation for your taste buds. From 7-up Pound Cake to prosciutto and goat cheese pastries, it is a perfect location for everyone with a preference for daring flavors.

 

Surprising combination of coffee and cheese

8-11-2011

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A while ago we mentioned the surprising combination of tea and cheese (link). Meanwhile the development continued and this is how Betty Koster of l’Amuse and Mirjam Kooij of Simon Lévelt discovered the combination of coffee and cheese… Organizing a coffee-cheese tasting would be a nice idea!

London retail space becomes world’s first farm in a shop

7-11-2011

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The London FARM: shop project in Hackney is converting an empty retail unit into the world’s first farm in a shop. Their mission is to see how much food they can grow in an urban environment, and to educate and inspire the inhabitants. FARM: shop plans to have chicken coops on the roof, fish tanks outside the shopfront, and other live animals inside the shop. By employing a combination of new technologies and traditional methods, they will also grow fruit and vegetables inside the shop. Upstairs, a meeting room will be available to hire, and downstairs a cafe will serve up dishes using all the produce grown there. The whole space will be available to hire for events and parties, and all profits will go back into their farming outreach programme which teaches people how to grow food.

New catering concept for universities

3-11-2011

YES WE CANTEEN is a new catering concept for universities in Holland. Instead of one caterer, YES WE CANTEEN entails different stands, from soup to salad, from Dutch chocolate sprinkles to Surinamese sandwiches. YES WE CANTEEN stands for a tasty, cheap and varied offer. In the week of 14 to 18 November, YES WE CANTEEN organizes a trial week at the University of Amsterdam.

Menu for the future gourmets

2-11-2011

Grand Hotel Heiligendamm in Germany now provides a new menu for future gourmets; high quality baby menus. One can choose from a wide range of meat, vegetables, side dishes and sweet ingredients. All ingredients are organic and the menus can be ordered for free, as well in the restaurant, the bars as from the hotel rooms.

Vulkanspargel; forgotten vegetable

2-11-2011

Vulkanspargel is an old salad- and vegetable plant from Germany that got into oblivion. The plant is still grown in the south of Germany under the name “Catalogna puntarelle di galatina”. The taste is comparable to chicory, and the asparagus can be used as the basis of a salad. Moreover the plant has a high vitamin and mineral content in addition to its positive effect on digestive and blood circulatory.

Easy Butter

2-11-2011

The Easy Butter enables us to easily use and grate fresh and cold butter directly out of the fridge. The Easy Butter is a true butter rasp with which one obtains an easy spreadable butter. In addition it can be used as decoration.

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