New hottest pepper ever Trinidad Scorpion Butch Taylor
14-4-2011
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To cook with the hottest chilli in the world, special protective clothing including a mask and gloves is required. The Trinidad Scorpion Butch Taylor measures on the Scoville scale, which measures the spiciness of peppers, over 1.46 million units. To compare, pepper spray gets a score of two million units.
SOK, Summer Espresso Lab opens in Amsterdam
13-4-2011
Announced today via Twitter: This Friday opens pop-up espresso bar SOK. It’s the new pop-up espressobar from Onno van Zanten, Sander Schat and Kees Kraakman. The name SOK represents the first letters of the initiators: Sander, Onno and Kees. The esspresso bar will open at the Hartenstraat 34, Amsterdam.
Rabbit ears salad servers
13-4-2011
It’s finally spring! After a Calorie rich winter, our salad needs a spark of humor on the table … Two rabbit ears in the bowl immediately sets the tone!
Dioss CanHead
13-4-2011
The top of a can hasn’t been used for branding and promotion yet. Until now. The Dioss CanHead is changing that. The Dioss CanHead is a printable polypropylene disc that can be applied on the can. This will give your brand a maximum visibility. Your brand on top! Materials and ink are completely safe and the disc can not be swallowed. A safe product that is even 100% recyclable.
The enviromental friendly lunch bag
13-4-2011
The lunch bags are designed by 3Greenmoms and made of cotton. Equipped with a waterproof layer they’re very well prepared for your bread and snacks. The beautifully styled bag is small and flexible, therefore very convenient. Another a very big plus, the bags can go in the dishwasher!
McDonald’s without hamburgers
13-4-2011
McDonald’s is testing a new restaurant concept without hamburgers in La Defense business district in Paris. At the McCafe & Salads Live, salads are freshly prepared at the request of the consumer. French fries and hamburgers are not on the menu.
Carbon neutral ecological beer
12-4-2011
Limburgs Land Ur-Weizen. A carbon neutral ecological beer! This beer is an addition to the existing ecological climate-neutral products of the ‘Limburgs Land’ line from Gulpener. This Weizen beer is brewed exclusively with organic wheat, barley, hops and pure water from their natural sources. The raw materials are, just like the other beers of Gulpener, cultivated by farmers in Limburg (The Netherlands).
Wine tasting with QR codes
12-4-2011
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For the first time, the QR-code is used in the wine industry. This new mobile technology is applied at Wijnen & Likeuren Dulst, Blanden (Belgium). The try-out wines come with a QR code which can be scanned with a smartphone. The code links directly to a website where all information about the wine is readable on the screen of the phone: Where is the wine produced? What is the composition? How long can I store the wine? Next to which dish can I serve this wine best?
Healthy cupcakes
12-4-2011
Petit Pois Cakes, an extraordinary line of cakes that can be eaten without any guilt. The butter in the cakes is replaced by a most unexpected and secret ingredient: vegetables. Petit Pois cakes have half the calories and fat of ‘normal’ High-Street cakes and are both gluten- and lactose-free. With the use of vegetables –which are tasteless by the way- comes a naturally longer shelf life without any additives.
Handy cutting board
11-4-2011
Designed by Paul Williamson, the chopping board gives you big slab of wood for doing all your kitchen preparations. Unlike other boards, however, it comes with detailed line markings that you can use to accurately measure the length, width and even arc a piece of food you’re guttering to pieces.