Insects cocktails
22-11-2011
In de US and Great Brittain bartenders are producing strange cocktails. As well giant ants, giant hairy spiders and grasshoppers are used as ingredients. Some insects are just for decoration, while others are roasted for a better flavor of the cocktail. The ‘Artesian Bar’ in London serves for example the ‘Langham Tea Punch’ in which you can find a baked tarantula and a scorpion. Nevertheless these insects are very nutritious and contain about 10 to 20 grams of protein.
Geese croquettes
18-11-2011
Beach pavilion Beach Inn in IJmuiden now serves croquettes of geese from Schiphol. Because of the safety around the airport, geese are killed. Before, nothing was done with these dead geese so far. Rob Hagenouw, an artist from Amsterdam, came with the idea to use these geese in a variant of the traditional croquet. The American crayfish and the muskrat are the next animals in Hagenouws the crosshairs.
Amsterdams’ first pop-up winebar
17-11-2011
The Pop-up Wine Bar will be opening her doors in Amsterdam from 17 November until 23 December. You can taste 41 different wines by the glass and even per sip. The price per glass will vary from € 3,50 to € 350,= and a small menu will be offered such as several types of cheese, delicacies and sushi to accompany the wines. The Pop-up Wine Bar provides with a living room, a bedroom, a large kitchen table, a tv-corner and a bubblebad. Moreover it is allowed to smoke inside, to enjoy a sigaret in bed to create the perfect home-away-from-home feeling.
Cupcakes Benedict
16-11-2011
The Cupcakes Project renews traditional recipes and recently launched the Cupcakes Benedict. The Benedict has a topping of bacon and poached egg. The cakes are subsequently doused in a velvety Hollandaise sauce. It is without a doubt not the most common way to start you day, but it’s worth the effort. See the link for a recipe.
First shipping container market in the US
11-11-2011
Dekalb Market is the first shipping container market in the US. The stores, housed in re-purposed containers, feature vintage fashion, environmentally friendly goods, and local, handmade items, while others sell food, from soul food to cupcakes to pickles. Before it was a market, it was an empty lot after it was the location of the Albee Square Mall. Dekalb Market is the first phase of CityPoint project, to turn downton Brooklyn into a more liveable, 24/7 community.
Brains in a jar
11-11-2011
Around Halloween many creative desserts arise, of which these brains in a jar are a nice example. The dessert is made of pink strawberry cake, seedless raspberry jam and pinky-grey vanilla butter cream. For those who want to design such a dessert themselves, a blank printable lable is provided so that guests have no idea of what they are muching on.
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.
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!