Tip Electronically
18-9-2012
Payments go more and more digital. Now you can leave an electronical tip with the DipJar. This is a small device for in restaurants and hotels. Users insert their credit card, take it out and wait for the confirmation sound to indicate the transaction, which is always $ 1,=, was successful. Want to leave a bigger tip? You can insert your card as many times as you prefer.
Original appetizer
18-9-2012
Nice idea for a party or appetizer; a mini-taco with a tequila shot.
Meatballs restaurant in Amsterdam
14-9-2012
Meatballs opened last week in Amsterdam. It’s the first meatball shop in the Netherlands. Meatball restaurants in Belgium and in the USA are a huge success.
Restaurant She, specially for women
13-9-2012
Desperate Housewife Eva Longoria will open a new ‘women-only’ restaurant in Las Vegas, named She. Rain curtains and a catwalk will be the eye catchers of the restaurant. The restaurant will open its doors at a new years party.
Original invitation Food4You Festival
11-9-2012
The third edition of the Food4You Festival takes place from 3 until the 8th of October, organized in cooperation with institutions like Wageningen University, Hospital Gelderse Vallei and Rijn Ijssel professional school Wageningen. This knowledge festival is all about healthy and good food, with salt as main theme. This years invitation is totally in theme.
DIY table lamps
11-9-2012
Create your own table decoration with a couple of wine glasses, small lampshades and tea lights. Simple, but it creates a nice mood.
Noorderparkbar made of second-hand materials
5-9-2012
The Noorderparkbar in Amsterdam, opened in April 2012, is financed by crowd-funding. Designers Bureau SLA and Overtreders W decided to save expenses by using 100% second-hand materials. An ancient Japanese technique, shou sugi ban, was used to produce a cost-effective, low-maintenance exterior cladding of charred wood. More pictures on The Pop-Up City.
Humor sells
3-9-2012
This article is only available in Dutch.
Yellow watermelon
3-9-2012
The yellow-fleshed watermelon is the almost identical twin of the red-fleshed watermelon and is described by some, as having a more sweeter, almost honey-like taste, than regular watermelons. We tasted it this summer at various breakfast buffets in the far East and loved it, but found the taste almost equal to the red-fleshed watermelon. But it’s great to make a watermelonsalad with both colors!
The first Urban Food Week in London
3-9-2012
This September (10-16), London will feast on the fabulous local produce being grown, produced and cooked on its doorstep, with the capital city’s first Urban Food Week . The week of activities is being organised to highlight the importance of buying and eating local food, urban growing and planting forage for bees. During the week, restaurants, cafés, bars and pubs across the city will be showcasing dishes and drinks made with ultra-local fruit, veg and herbs from urban farms, and from London honey cultivated in community beehives.