Ecological responsible fries
2-11-2010
In restaurant Haute Friture in Antwerp guests can enjoy eco-friendly fries and other dishes. The restaurant tries to minimize waste and is therefore uses a minimum of plastic and other packaging. Customers eat with wooden cutlery out of cardboard boxes. In addition, some meals are also served in compostable containers and palm thatch.
Movenpick Ramallah
1-11-2010
The Swiss Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts opens its first five star hotel in Ramallah on the Westbank. With the construction of this hotel, Mövenpick indicates that the former Palestinian conflict area is ready for tourism and business. The hotel is realized for the estimated amount of $ 40,000,000 with a total of 171 rooms, a swimming pool, fitness center, seven conference rooms and a luxurious restaurant and bar.
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.
Flashmob, an inspiration
30-10-2010
Een Iphone concert in de New Yorkse metro. Het filmpje is al weer 3 miljoen keer gezien! Op de Food Inspiration Days in Eindhoven, dansende flashmobs gezien! Wanneer zien we de eerste flashmob bedacht door een restaurant? Wij hebben wel een aantal originele ideeën! Wil je weten welke? Volg ons op twitter, stuur een mail of DM.
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.
Restaurant Bigfish opens pop-up restaurant
29-10-2010
Bigfish in Rotterdam, The Netherlands will set up his own pop-up restaurant. The location is still a secret. Bigfish organizes events, catering and sets up concepts like pop up restaurants. Reservations can be made online, and guests receive a password.
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.
Cadburry Cocoa Housesn in UK
26-10-2010
The Cadbury Cocoa House re-opens with new branches throughout Great Britain. At each restaurant guests have a choice of different hot and cold chocolate milk. Also, all Cocoa Houses offer a changing menu created by British restaurateur and food critic Simon Wright.
Dominos breakfast-pizza
26-10-2010
A branch of Domino’s in Dayton, Ohio (USA) recently presented a breakfast pizza. The breakfast pizza is available in three different flavors: ham & bacon, salami, onion & pepper, and onion, green pepper & mushrooms. Besides the pizza, cutsomers can alsoorder a cup of coffee or a cup of orange juice.
Wine made easy with Snooth
25-10-2010
Snooth is a community site that compares prices of wine and makes it easier to look up certain wines for people who can’t remember labels and names of wine. The latest gadget is the labels finder. You can simply take a picture of the label on the bottle and upload it to snooth. The website tells you where the wine is for sale and allows you to order it online.
Under water museum in Cancun
25-10-2010
In Cancun, Mexico they are working on an underwatermuseum in the Caribbean Sea. The museum will be bult in the National Marine Park and consists of over 400 images at a depth of 3 to 6 meters. The initiator behind this underwater museum is Jason deCaires Taylor. The artist wants to show how the original Mexican people “the Mayas’, have developed over the years.
Campaign by Russian WWF
25-10-2010
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The new campaign by the World Wildlife Fund to save the tiger can be a shocking experience. WWF lets people in Russia think that they are shot while trying on a t-shirt with a tiger print. The shirt features augmented reality technology. Next to paying attention to the tiger, the campaign clearly shows what the current capabilities of technology are.
Chocolate for wine-lovers
24-10-2010
Vindict.nl introduces Brix Chocolate for Wine in The Netherlands. A chocolate bar you can combine with wine. The cocoa in this chocolate comes from a tree in Ghana and does not contain certain ingredients that would normally clash with wine. Brix has the shape of a gold bar and can not be broken, but must be carved. Brix is available in the flavors mild, medium, dark and extra dark.
D Espresso New York
24-10-2010
The new coffee shop D’Espresso in New York has an unusual interior. A team of designstudio Nemaworkshop printed bookcases on the walls, the ceiling and the floor of the coffee shop. The coffee shop now lookls like a small library.
Champagnebag by Agoston and KRieger
23-10-2010
Agoston Krieger & Organic Champagne introduces the Organic Champagnebag. The bag is made from 100% recycled cardboard can be recycled and reflects the sustainable image of Agoston Champagne & Krieger. The Organic Champagnebag costs €5.95.
Waterpebble for a quick shower
23-10-2010
With the Waterpebble you use less water when taking a shower. By placing the pebble near the drain, it measures the waterconsumption. A green, yellow and red light show when you should stop showering. Each time the pebble is used , the time span between green and red light will be shorter resulting in shorter showers thus less water is consumed.
Double Dish
23-10-2010
Eating nuts, cherries and olives is always kind of messy. With the Double Dish you can trow your peels of pips back in the bowl. Useful in hotel bars.
Trace your products by iPhone
22-10-2010
With the new application from Harvest Mark, you can find exactly where your product come from, when your product is packaged, how it needs to be packed, etc. Contrary to previous apps that only give general information about the product. For now, this new app can only be used in Kroger Company supermarkets in the U.S..
