Samantha Lee, mother of two children, makes beautiful artworks of dishes. Samantha Lee started creating these artworks to ensure that her children never skip their lunch. It is a great way to let your children eat vegetables and fruit. The creations range from animals and Hello Kitty to cartoon characters.
Increasingly we’re noticing more attention to gluten-free products. McDonald’s has recently joined the trend with a gluten-free bun. But we spotted a gluten-free pizza at Domino’s pizza in London in 2012. The gluten-free products provide a good example of transparency. Both companies ensure that the bun and pizza crust are gluten-free, but they also indicate that they are prepared in a kitchen where gluten are processed, which mean that traces of gluten can be found in the meal. The only way to avoid this is to fully dedicate your restaurant to gluten-free meals. Read more…
By Julia Soldic.
Last Thursday, November the 7th, we were at a lecture of René Redzepi (Noma. Copenhagen) about his new book ‘A Work in Progress’. Organized by Babooka, a bookstore in Leiden and LeidsLekkers to herald the Restaurant Week in Leiden. During this lecture René rapidly exchanged reading passages from his diary with images and videos of his restaurant and chefs. Julia Soldic, a Norwegian who recently graduated from the Hotelschool The Hague, has had an internship of a few weeks at Noma in 2012. She was at the lecture with us and writes in her column below of her experience and leaves between the lines a number of ‘learnings’, such as encouraging creativity and the importance of team building and contact with your guests.
There are barely any products available from wild goose. Approximately 10% of all shot goose are left in the nature, a much larger percentage is partly used. ‘Hollands Wild’ finds that inacceptable food waste and wants to use the goose meat sustainably. Earlier we wrote about small producers that process goose meat into products like Gans Lekker and Schiphol goose croquettes. ‘Hollands Wild’ will focus on bringing the individual initiatives together in producing a sustainable goose meat connection from hunter to producer, including the collection, chilled transport, storage and distribution of goose meat. With this connection they are able to provide the growing demand for natural, sustainable meat.
In the ‘Witte de Withkwartier’ in Rotterdam the Hudson Bar & Kitchen opened. On the menu are various American specials like the ‘Chef’s Classic Chili Con Carne, Smashing Salmon and All American Ribs with a Coca Cola BBQ glaze. Next to the biological burgers, veggie’s are also looked after. The are various dishes from the Vegetarian Butcher that are not distinguishable from real meat. The interior is totally in American-style and Tinus Teder, an artist from Rotterdam, made beautiful artworks for Hudson. The restaurant has branches in The Hague and Naaldwijk as well.
The Restaurant Week in Leiden starts today and runs until November the 17th. Participating restaurants donate one euro per couvert to the charity ‘Het Willem-Alexander Kinderfonds’. But last Thursday (November the 7th) René Redzepi, chef and owner of Restaurant Noma ( Copenhagen), ushered this week by lecturing about his latest book, ‘A Work in Progress’. The event was attended by over 250 foodies and chefs. The happening was a co-creation between LeidsLekkers ( the organizer of the Restaurant Week in Leiden) and Niels Vreeling, who recently realized his dream, Babooka , a quirky bookstore. A relaxed lecture and book signing, during which amongst others, restaurant Kitch& and Restaurant in the Doofpot (one Michelinstar) served delicious appetizers. At the last restaurant, René Redzepi dined before the lecture. According to the owner, Anton Verschelling, the entire kitchen team was very excited to show their skills to the ‘master’. Given the level of their appetizers that were served during the book signing session, this must have been no problem!
When you order a dish at restaurant Kom Eten there is a chance that you will get a mustache served. Not a real hairy mustache, but a dish in the shape of a mustache. The Movember campaign calls for worldwide attention for prostate and testicular cancer by encouraging men to grow moustaches and raise funds. Restaurant Kom Eten has set up a great promotion during the Movember month. The restaurant serves as much dishes as possible in the shape of a mustache and 5% of sales will go to charity. Want extra discount of the ‘mustache’ dishes? Ask fathers, grandfathers, brothers and other Mo bro’s and get 10% off the bill.
A lover of Parmesan cheese over the pasta or risotto? Well, you can hang it above the dining table as a lamp! Curelle and Tom, both Parmesan cheese lovers, were inspired during their visit to a Parmesan cheese maker in Italy. They came up with the idea to make a plastic replica of the Parmesan cheese. The Parmesan Cheese Lamp is available in two variants and it has the same size as a real Parmesan cheese with the same details. The caps are made of plastic material and they only differ from the inside. Funny detail for in an Italian restaurant or as centerpiece in you dining room at home.
Last week Laura blogged about the trend healthy and superfood, with a number of restaurants as example. Bagels & Beans has introduced a healthy variation of bread this time; the Oathie bagel and the Oathie muffin. Oathie does not contain flour and wheat and barely gluten. Oathie is made of oats, flax seeds, germinated soybeans, berries and nuts. It contains many minerals and it is a source of omega 3 fats. These new products are available in seventeen Bagels & Beans stores in the Netherlands.
Healthy food and superfood has become very popular over the course of the past few years. Look around and you will see more and more pictures of healthy food on Facebook and Instagram. Superfood is 100% natural healthy food and rich in nutrients like vitamins, minerals and more. It improves the immune system and may reduce the risk of heart disease. Popular superfoods are chia seeds, cacao, hemp seed, goji berries, bee pollen and more.
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Samantha Lee, mother of two children, makes beautiful artworks of dishes. Samantha Lee started creating these artworks to ensure that her children never skip their lunch. It is a great way to let your children eat vegetables and fruit. The creations range from animals and Hello Kitty to cartoon characters.
Increasingly we’re noticing more attention to gluten-free products. McDonald’s has recently joined the trend with a gluten-free bun. But we spotted a gluten-free pizza at Domino’s pizza in London in 2012. The gluten-free products provide a good example of transparency. Both companies ensure that the bun and pizza crust are gluten-free, but they also indicate that they are prepared in a kitchen where gluten are processed, which mean that traces of gluten can be found in the meal. The only way to avoid this is to fully dedicate your restaurant to gluten-free meals. Read more…
By Julia Soldic.
Last Thursday, November the 7th, we were at a lecture of René Redzepi (Noma. Copenhagen) about his new book ‘A Work in Progress’. Organized by Babooka, a bookstore in Leiden and LeidsLekkers to herald the Restaurant Week in Leiden. During this lecture René rapidly exchanged reading passages from his diary with images and videos of his restaurant and chefs. Julia Soldic, a Norwegian who recently graduated from the Hotelschool The Hague, has had an internship of a few weeks at Noma in 2012. She was at the lecture with us and writes in her column below of her experience and leaves between the lines a number of ‘learnings’, such as encouraging creativity and the importance of team building and contact with your guests.
There are barely any products available from wild goose. Approximately 10% of all shot goose are left in the nature, a much larger percentage is partly used. ‘Hollands Wild’ finds that inacceptable food waste and wants to use the goose meat sustainably. Earlier we wrote about small producers that process goose meat into products like Gans Lekker and Schiphol goose croquettes. ‘Hollands Wild’ will focus on bringing the individual initiatives together in producing a sustainable goose meat connection from hunter to producer, including the collection, chilled transport, storage and distribution of goose meat. With this connection they are able to provide the growing demand for natural, sustainable meat.
In the ‘Witte de Withkwartier’ in Rotterdam the Hudson Bar & Kitchen opened. On the menu are various American specials like the ‘Chef’s Classic Chili Con Carne, Smashing Salmon and All American Ribs with a Coca Cola BBQ glaze. Next to the biological burgers, veggie’s are also looked after. The are various dishes from the Vegetarian Butcher that are not distinguishable from real meat. The interior is totally in American-style and Tinus Teder, an artist from Rotterdam, made beautiful artworks for Hudson. The restaurant has branches in The Hague and Naaldwijk as well.
The Restaurant Week in Leiden starts today and runs until November the 17th. Participating restaurants donate one euro per couvert to the charity ‘Het Willem-Alexander Kinderfonds’. But last Thursday (November the 7th) René Redzepi, chef and owner of Restaurant Noma ( Copenhagen), ushered this week by lecturing about his latest book, ‘A Work in Progress’. The event was attended by over 250 foodies and chefs. The happening was a co-creation between LeidsLekkers ( the organizer of the Restaurant Week in Leiden) and Niels Vreeling, who recently realized his dream, Babooka , a quirky bookstore. A relaxed lecture and book signing, during which amongst others, restaurant Kitch& and Restaurant in the Doofpot (one Michelinstar) served delicious appetizers. At the last restaurant, René Redzepi dined before the lecture. According to the owner, Anton Verschelling, the entire kitchen team was very excited to show their skills to the ‘master’. Given the level of their appetizers that were served during the book signing session, this must have been no problem!
When you order a dish at restaurant Kom Eten there is a chance that you will get a mustache served. Not a real hairy mustache, but a dish in the shape of a mustache. The Movember campaign calls for worldwide attention for prostate and testicular cancer by encouraging men to grow moustaches and raise funds. Restaurant Kom Eten has set up a great promotion during the Movember month. The restaurant serves as much dishes as possible in the shape of a mustache and 5% of sales will go to charity. Want extra discount of the ‘mustache’ dishes? Ask fathers, grandfathers, brothers and other Mo bro’s and get 10% off the bill.
A lover of Parmesan cheese over the pasta or risotto? Well, you can hang it above the dining table as a lamp! Curelle and Tom, both Parmesan cheese lovers, were inspired during their visit to a Parmesan cheese maker in Italy. They came up with the idea to make a plastic replica of the Parmesan cheese. The Parmesan Cheese Lamp is available in two variants and it has the same size as a real Parmesan cheese with the same details. The caps are made of plastic material and they only differ from the inside. Funny detail for in an Italian restaurant or as centerpiece in you dining room at home.
Last week Laura blogged about the trend healthy and superfood, with a number of restaurants as example. Bagels & Beans has introduced a healthy variation of bread this time; the Oathie bagel and the Oathie muffin. Oathie does not contain flour and wheat and barely gluten. Oathie is made of oats, flax seeds, germinated soybeans, berries and nuts. It contains many minerals and it is a source of omega 3 fats. These new products are available in seventeen Bagels & Beans stores in the Netherlands.
Healthy food and superfood has become very popular over the course of the past few years. Look around and you will see more and more pictures of healthy food on Facebook and Instagram. Superfood is 100% natural healthy food and rich in nutrients like vitamins, minerals and more. It improves the immune system and may reduce the risk of heart disease. Popular superfoods are chia seeds, cacao, hemp seed, goji berries, bee pollen and more.
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