Urban Gardens Amsterdam

1-11-2010

Urban Green is an initiative of the Dutch interior designer Mark van der Geest and focuses on urban residents. Urban Green offers a wide range of flowers, plants and accessories for balconies. Urban Green is also developing projects as green roofs and vertical gardens to appertment buildings. Currently there are only stores in Amsterdam but Urban Green hopes to open in 15 stores in Dutch cities.

Record amount wine auction

1-11-2010

On Saturday, October 30th, the most expensive bottles of wine were auctioned. They are three bottles of Chateau Lafite’s from 1869. The bottles auctioned seperately for the total sum of $230,000.= U.S. dollars. All three bottles were bought by an Asian bidder over the telephone.

Four of peals of cabernet-grapes

31-10-2010

With ‘wine flour’ you can make bread, pastas and sweets with a cabernet flavor. According to producer Marché Noir Foods, the gluten-free ‘grape powder’ is also sold in Europe. It is a gluten-free flour based on the peels of Canadian cabernet grapes. Rich in iron, fiber, vitamins and antioxidants. Recipes are available on their website.

Sardines, tuna and mackerel in a giftbox

29-10-2010

The French canning company La Belle Iloise wants preserved fish to have a hip image by lanching several gift boxes. The gift boxes have names like Small Aperitif, Time for Soup and Lobster and Co.

Fruity Fritti Fruit egg rolls

29-10-2010

These new egg rolls were elected at the Expo as the most remarkable product of 2010. Traditional mini spring rolls are redesigned and filled with exotic fruit. The taste can be recognized by the color, a red crust means strawberry flavor, yellow is pineapple and green is apple. Fritty the Fruity can be prepared in the oven or fryer.

Crab vending machine in China

28-10-2010

In a Chinese shopping center in Nanjing, visitors can buy a crab from a vending machine. The temperature inside the machine does not exceed 5 degrees. As a result  the crabs continue in some kind of hibernation. When the crabs awaken when removed from the packacing.

Nano-wine

28-10-2010

Nano wine can be programmed to a wine that suits your food.  Except grape juice, nano-wine contains several nanocapsules; tiny flavor capsules. The capsules are opened by putting bottle in the microwave for a few seconds. The number of watts eventually determine the taste of wine. The wine contains, among other things, vanilla for Australian wine and truffles for Italian wine.

Design Amstels new gadget

27-10-2010

Amstel is looking for a new gadget. This gadget may be a general but he still primarily intended for Euro 2012. The compitition is issued by Boomerang Create. The first prize is € 5.000, = and you can submit your idea until November 30th.

Swedish eco-friendly kitchen towels

27-10-2010

Jangneus Design sends you clean and eco-friendly kitchen towels every month. The towels are made in Sweden and upon request they will be designed with color and print. 

Terre Exotique saltpearls

27-10-2010

Terre Exotique introduced these salty pearls from the vicinity of Djibouti, Africa at SIAL 2010 in France. Natural pearls produced by a combination of wind and sea water, which creates the perfect round shape.

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