High fashion Champagne

8-11-2011

Jean Paul Gaultier has collaborated with champagne brand Piper-Heidsieck for the design of two new bottles; the Black Cancan Millésime 2000 and the Piper-Heidsieck French Cancan. The first mentioned bottle consists of black latex, fishnets and a ruby mask around the neck. The other bottle includes Swarovski cristals. Additionally Gaultier has designed champagne glasses that will be provided with the bottles. Only 60 bottles of Black Cancan Millésime 2000 are produced.

London retail space becomes world’s first farm in a shop

7-11-2011

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The London FARM: shop project in Hackney is converting an empty retail unit into the world’s first farm in a shop. Their mission is to see how much food they can grow in an urban environment, and to educate and inspire the inhabitants. FARM: shop plans to have chicken coops on the roof, fish tanks outside the shopfront, and other live animals inside the shop. By employing a combination of new technologies and traditional methods, they will also grow fruit and vegetables inside the shop. Upstairs, a meeting room will be available to hire, and downstairs a cafe will serve up dishes using all the produce grown there. The whole space will be available to hire for events and parties, and all profits will go back into their farming outreach programme which teaches people how to grow food.

Create mint tea at a restaurant Vork&Mes

4-11-2011

Chef Jonathan Karpathios has a vegetation wall in his restaurant Vork&Mes. This wall is filled with fresh mint and enables guests to pick their own mint for their fresh mint tea. Moreover, the system is equipped with an irrigation system, so extra watering isn’t required.

Non-alcoholic whiskey

3-11-2011

This December, the American producer Arkay will launch a soda with the taste of whiskey. The soda targets consumers that are not allowed to, or do not want to drink alcohol, but nevertheless want to enjoy the taste of whiskey. Arkay developed the recipe in five years, which consists entirely of artificial colorants and flavourings. The drink will also be suitable for Muslims, and it will be fully Halal.

Easy Butter

2-11-2011

The Easy Butter enables us to easily use and grate fresh and cold butter directly out of the fridge. The Easy Butter is a true butter rasp with which one obtains an easy spreadable butter. In addition it can be used as decoration.

Easy2Hold- bottlegrip makes pouring easy

1-11-2011

Easy2Hold is a bottlegirp that makes pouring easy, for young and old. It prevents spilling and is easy to use on most known bottles. Additionally it has a convenient closing and it exists in many colours.

Cinnabon Buns are hot – how about our own version

1-11-2011

After cupcakes have been a major culinary trend, a new culinary trend has raised in Great Britain; “cinnamon buns”. In Great Brittain cinnamon has already been very popular for a while. Besides artisian specialist shops, a number of chains are implementing this new trend, such as Marks&Spencer. These cinnamon buns are baked with cinnamon-based yeast dough. Thin layers of dough will be lubricated with butter in order to obtain a crunchy texture and a full flavor. Because of a mixture of white sugar and cinnamon, the bun gets a distinct flavor. We think that the Dutch Bolussen do taste greater, did you ever try one?

City Wardrobe in Groningen

1-11-2011

Quietly enjoy a drink while your belongings are safely stored? No more dragging heavy bags while shopping? In the evening enjoying going out without worrying whether your expensive jacket is safe? The city wardrobe is located in the center of Groningen. It is a safe, reliable storage for your jackets and bags. As From 1 euro you can already make use of the City wardrobe.

Darling Delicious test shop

26-10-2011

Darling Delicious is a retail store where new innovative food products can be tested. Darling Delicious can test products in two ways. They place them in their trend store in Groningen (The Netherlands) or add products to the Darling Delicious Gooddie Box, which is sent to (international) customers regularly. Testing and providing feedback is possible in different stages of the production process, from advice on ingredients to packaging design. Product developers can order samples in small amounts (200-500 pieces).

Handy tool for Halloween

26-10-2011

Halloween is coming. This very handy tool –between a handmixer and a drill bit- makes ‘killing’ the pumpkin much easier. Put it on a drill and attack the pumpkin with a proper toolkit instead of your ordinary kitchen cutlery.

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