Restaurant The Cowfish
12-10-2011
Restaurant The Cowfish is all about ‘East meets West’. It serves both of best worlds; the American hamburger and the popular Japanese sushi. You can find dishes on the menu like the real American hamburgers, Japanese sushi, as well ass a combination of both in fusion dishes.
Create your own chocolate
11-10-2011
Elsa Lambinet, a French designer, created these chocolates which can be composed to your own favorite taste. This is possible by combine the three basic elements; a base of white, milk or dark chocolate, a filling, and a topping. See the chocolates here.
On the hunt for wild mushrooms
10-10-2011
Interested in wild mushrooms? Expert Maurice van der Molen takes a group to the Gaasperplas (Amsterdam) and explanes how to recognize edible mushrooms and how to harvest them. It’s not possible to subscibe anymore, there are new workshops in November.
From head to tail evening at De Bloemkool
10-10-2011
Restaurant ‘De Bloemkool’ (The Netherlands) organizes a slow food evening on the 11th of October in collaboration with Knooopjelos.nl. The wine & food evening is all about calf ‘from head to tail’. A limited amount of 40 people can eat and drink for a special all-in prize.
Brown Beans Gang
7-10-2011
“We want the beans back on the table” says food critic Lizet Kruyf. Together with food journalist Onno Kleyn and nutrition expert Yneke Vocking they’ve created the “Bruine Bonenbende”(brown beans gang). The bean gang exists for almost a year, but is recently gaining momentum due to their new website. Their goal is to create more popularity around the beans as food choice in the culinary world.
Non fish dishes
7-10-2011
A new cookbook is published for the conscience eater of today. It is called Non-fish-a-licious, and contains forty non-fish recipes. The idea for this book was initiated by the “Dos Winkel”of the Sea First Foundation. The book is created to make the consumer more aware of polluted oceans and the consequences for the fish we eat.
‘Knoopjelos’ menu
6-10-2011
Since this week guests can enjoy the ‘Knoopjelos Menu’ at restaurant Le Marron in Malden and restaurant Jerome in Valkenburg (both in the Netherlands). This menu consists of the best signature dishes and several wine-food combinations, and a couple of surprises supplemented. Unlike most discount weeks, you can order this menu anytime you like, even for lunch.
The supermarket of the future
6-10-2011
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“Park Supermarket” is an idea to create landscape supermarkets which are situated in the ‘city parks’ of the Netherlands. The polder was once intended to feed the Dutch consumer, but is becoming outdated and no longer meet the needs of the 170 nationalities in the Netherlands. The idea and concept is designed by the Van Bergen Kolpa Architect firm and Alterra Wageningen. The goal of the “Park Supermarket” is to provide and sell food, which can be found in the contemporary supermarket. Watch the movie for an explanation.
Insect snacks
5-10-2011
Edible is a company which focuses on the production of edible insect snacks. The company was created in the year 2000 to stimulate the concept of eating insects and has already produced dozens of products on the market like BBQ worm crisps, Thai green curry crickets and Toffee scorpion candy. Eating insects is still exclusive but the goal of Edible is to make the products more accessible for the consumer market.
Cartridge Grill
5-10-2011
Barbequing can be as much fun as it can give headaches. When the party is over, the cleaning process and stowing away is always a big problem. To solve this dilema a new concept barbeque is the “Cartridge Grill Concept”designed by Sangwon Jung. Easier to clean, transport, (can) work on a battery and can be connected with other cartridge grills.