From head to tail evening at De Bloemkool
10-10-2011
Restaurant ‘De Bloemkool’ (The Netherlands) organizes a slow food evening on the 11th of October in collaboration with Knooopjelos.nl. The wine & food evening is all about calf ‘from head to tail’. A limited amount of 40 people can eat and drink for a special all-in prize.
Brown Beans Gang
7-10-2011
“We want the beans back on the table” says food critic Lizet Kruyf. Together with food journalist Onno Kleyn and nutrition expert Yneke Vocking they’ve created the “Bruine Bonenbende”(brown beans gang). The bean gang exists for almost a year, but is recently gaining momentum due to their new website. Their goal is to create more popularity around the beans as food choice in the culinary world.
Knitting for a charity
6-10-2011
Innocent, the British brand which is famous for their 100% natural smoothies, has started a campaign in which small knitted caps are made for their smoothie bottles. For every sold smoothie with a knitted cap, 20 cents will be donated to the National Elderly Fund in the Netherlands. Also want to show your knitting tricks? You can send your self-knitted caps to Innocent, which will be sold.
Make your own vinegar
4-10-2011
Designers of the French design companies Elium Studio and Duende Studio have collaborated together to create a home vinegar maker. The design is inspired by the biotechnology where vinegar is based on, and its instruments.
Dordrecht walks in the soup
3-10-2011
In the first weeks of October ( week of the taste) children from Dordrecht (The Netherlands) will attempt to cook a total of 1000 liters of soup. The main idea of this event is to get the children more into contact with healthy, fair, eco friendly and self made food. The event will be held across Dordrecht in association with several schools. The alternative translation of the Dutch saying ‘Dordrecht walks in the soup’ is ‘it goes totally wrong in Dordrecht.’
Pepernoten according to 18th century recipe
29-9-2011
Baker Paul Bernsten and food historian Lizet Kruyff reintroduced an ancient recipe of the ‘pepernoot’. Kruyff has shared here experiences with the “pepernoten” online and started a revolution together with baker Brensen. After many trail and errors the “pepernoot” from the 18th century is finished. The “pepernoten” are now available at the website of baker Brentsen.
Restaurants help casualties hurricane
29-9-2011
Hurricane Irene has done a lot of damage in the state of New York. Many farmers lost their harvest. To help these farmers and other casualties of the hurricane, over 100 restaurants in New York have donated 10% of their day revenue last Sunday. These revenues were donated to a charity fund that helps casualties from the hurricane Irene.
Restaurant meals home delivered in London
22-9-2011
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Housebites, a company based in Londen is making it possible to get meals from restaurant quality home delivered. On the website of Housebites people will enter there zip code and Housebites will show the chefs which are working in the neighborhood. The chefs which are a member of Housebites are either working in restaurants or in education. Before becomming a member of Housebites the skills of the chefs are screened. Gobble in San Francisco is a simular system and Chef Frank Hannon started his Friday Nigth Take Out from his home in Londen.
Johnie Walker meets Porsche Design
20-9-2011
Johnnie Walker and Porsche Design started a cooperation and created two special ‘packages’ for the Johnnie Walker Blue Label bottles, “The Chiller” and “The Cube”. These packages consist of several Blue Label bottles, a cooler and crystal glasses. These are made of the most exclusive materials like titanium and lether. These packages are available at Harrods and Selfridges.
Your personal city guide
15-9-2011
The Austrian company Nectar and Pulse offers a new kind of ‘travel guide’. When looking for tips and suggestions of a particular city, they choose a personal guide (as they call it a ‘soulmate’) who gives you tips. This ‘soulmate’ is chosen by similar interests and personalities. This service is currently available for Londen, Vienna and Stockholm.