Starbucks launced augmented reality app
11-11-2011
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Starbucks is launching its first major augmented reality app this holiday season that will let customers animate their coffee cups with their smartphones. Using the smartphone, one is able to make the red Starbuck cups come alive. There are multiple characters that can be found and this can be shared on Facebook. The application is available from 15 November on the App Store and the Android Market.
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.
Shop support on Small Business Saturday
10-11-2011
The second annual Small Business Saturday is a day that is founded to support small businesses in America on one of the busiest shopping weekends of the year. Millions of Americans are being asked to shop at their favorite stores to stimulate the economy on 26 November. If everybody makes small purchases, the result will be huge. At the website of the initiatiators several methods are suggested to make this a successful day.
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.
Limited-edition Chivas Regal
9-11-2011
Chivas Regal co-operated with the New York illustrator Dan Funderburgh to lauch a limited-edition giftbox for its 12-year-old whiskey. The box is inspired by the Chivas Regal logo and provided with a gold image of the lion emblem that’s on each Chivas Regal package. The company worked together with high profile names such as Christian Lacroix, Alexander McQueen en Vivienne Westwood.
Fairmont teams up with Le Labo
8-11-2011
The luxery hotel chain Fairmont, which operates 60 hotels around the world, announced a partnership with the New York parfumer Le Labo, concerning the in-room amenities. Le Labo’s Rose 31 will form the base of these packages. The “warm, spicy floral and woodsy” products in these packages will include shampoo, conditioner, body wash, body lotion and soap products.
Surprising combination of coffee and cheese
8-11-2011
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!
High fashion Champagne
8-11-2011
Jean Paul Gaultier has collaborated with champagne brand Piper-Heidsieck for the design of two new bottles; the Black Cancan Millésime 2000 and the Piper-Heidsieck French Cancan. The first mentioned bottle consists of black latex, fishnets and a ruby mask around the neck. The other bottle includes Swarovski cristals. Additionally Gaultier has designed champagne glasses that will be provided with the bottles. Only 60 bottles of Black Cancan Millésime 2000 are produced.