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.

Bagels jukebox choir in Leeds

23-12-2011

This Christmas choir is sponsored by Bagel Nash, a bagel chain in the United Kingdom. In Leeds they went to four Bagel Nash shops to sing Christmas songs. People could request a song on Twitter or Facebook.

Christmas decoration made of sugar

22-12-2011

Beautiful Christmas ornaments made of sugar. These are for sale, but you can be creative as well and bake these ornaments by your self. A nice decoration tip for your restaurant. Watch here a recipe to create your own.

Butcher shop for dogs

22-12-2011

BeuteFuchs, a butcher in Munich (Germany), is selling meat especially for dogs. You can buy beef, lamb, turkey and chicken, and during the season duck and goose as well. They even composed a special menu; they will add some fruit and vegetables to the meat. Within Munich they also deliver at home.

Research Dutch wellness visitors

21-12-2011

Van Spronsen & Partners hospitality consultancy has researched the wellness branch in the Netherlands. The focus of this research is the visitors’ view. The results of 800 questionnaires provide a clear and honest picture of both the visitors and non-visitors. The Dutch report provides insights on the motives and thoughts of the non-visitors (and thus potential visitors) and gives wellness related companies the tools to anticipate on the expectations of their target group.

Celebrate Christmas together separately

20-12-2011

Advertising agency Wieden & Kennedy’s in Amsterdam offers a Christmas dinner for family and friends who live far away. Each person can log in and call with skype, there faces will be seen on screens. The room is decorated like a real Christmas dinner.

Kale popular in New York

20-12-2011

The Dutch product kale is one of the most popular vegetables in New York at the moment. They don’t eat this the way Dutch people do, but they eat this vegetable as a salad, they use this in pasta dishes and even in cocktails. Watch the movie or watch the web log of Erik Mouthaan for several recipes.

Fashion to eat

20-12-2011

The South-Korean Yeonju Song created the ‘Whearable Foods’-line. Therefore she used ingredients like red cabbage, bread, shrimps and chewing gum. With this collection she wants to show the difference between reality and sham. Next week her collection will be shown in Los Angeles.

Snow-covered mountain restaurant

20-12-2011

You can find this restaurant “Tusen” in Sweden’s ‘Ramundberget’ Mountains. This beautiful building is made from locally sourced materials and boasts its own water and sewage system, designed by Murman Arkitekter. The restaurant, which is an apres-ski bar as well, serves Swedish food and offers shelter against the cold for tourists. Tusen is Swedish for thousand.

Extreme advertisement from Burger King Russia

16-12-2011

Burger King Russia has made a advertisement with rap music, unicorns, ballerinas and a DJ. The video shows a dad teaching his son how to eat a burger, a guy asking his girlfriend to marry him and more weird stuff happening in BK. The music in the clip comes from the popular Russian hip-hop musical “Cops on Fire”.

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