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This is only possible in America, a donut in the shape of a chicken for Easter… Shall we see a ‘bolus’ (Dutch treat) into the shape of a chicken next year in the Netherlands?
This is only possible in America, a donut in the shape of a chicken for Easter… Shall we see a ‘bolus’ (Dutch treat) into the shape of a chicken next year in the Netherlands?
Another list with special hotels this time by Tripadvisor. Tripadvisor gives an overview of ten quirky hotels all over the world. Like spending a night in a train station or on a oil rig. The photos are of the Costa Verde Hotel in Costa Rica. The hotel has renovated a vintage Boeing 727 from 1965 and transformed it into a hotel room with two bedrooms and a bathroom. The room offers a beautiful view over the jungle and will make you feel like you are flying. Watch the website Tripadvisor for more quirky hotels.
The Viva Las Vega’s foundation organizes the Viva Las Vega’s Food Festival at June 1st in Amsterdam for the third year in a row. The festival is a sympathetic and accessible introduction to the vegetarian cuisine. There will be culinary workshops, interesting lectures, a Food and Lifestyle Market and food films. The festival is also the ending of the VeggieChallenge, a 30-day challenge for meat reducers.
Koppert Cress and Gastronomixc have been working together and designed a component schedule. Gastronomixs is a worldwide culinary database and an idea generator for chefs and food professionals. The schedule shows that you can do more with the Aclla Cress (fresh citrus flavor) than just food garnish. Be inspired by the many possibilities that this schedule, like a mild curry of Aclla Cress and almonds or an aromatic broth with citrus and Aclla Cress.
Copyright PravdaJamie Oliver is preparing to launch a hot dog restaurant in central London, named Jamie Dog House & Diner. The hot dog restaurant will be in American style, with grilled sausages, burgers and big juicy steaks. Hot dogs aren’t that healthy, but Jamie Oliver will give the dishes a twist to make it healthy. The meat will be organic and of the highest quality and the sauces will be made of natural ingredients. The menu will show more healthy options.
The ‘Bobshot’ is a non-alcoholic shooter for young people up to 18 years, but also for the people who need to drive after a party. The ‘Bobshot’ is available in three flavors: rasberry-cherry, banana-melon and tropical fruits and should be served cold. Youth can drink the bobshot during a night out, without consuming a drop of alcohol.
The Conservatorium Hotel in Amsterdam serves an afternoon coffee, a new version of the famous classic afternoon tea. The executive chef Schilo van Coevorden has made a special menu for the afternoon coffee, with special coffee-food combinations. The courses are served with one of the most exclusive limited editions of Nespresso coffee, the ‘Hawaii Kona Special Reserve’. The beans for this coffee are grown in very small quantities on the slopes of the volcanoes in Hawaii, and is one of the most expensive coffees in the world. Some examples of the combinations; savory scones with tomato jam and Hawaiian Sunset (Grape Fruit, Passion Fruit, Rum and Olive Oil Pearls).
Sleeping in the middle of the nature or high in the trees? That’s possible at hotel ‘Domaine du Tisserand’ in France. The hotel offers accommodation in a bubble. One bubble is placed 5 meters high in the trees and can be zipped open and closed. The other bubble is placed at the ground and is transparent. The bubbles provide a beautiful view of the green area and at night you can see the stars. For outdoors enthusiasts this is a wonderful accommodation. For those who prefer more comfort, the hotel also offers accommodation in suites.
During which period is cep available, can you pick radishes and is mackerel caught? The culinary calendar of Slowfood looks back and forward with an overview of the availability of flowers, fruits, vegetables, herbs, nuts, mushrooms, game and fish. The calendar provides practical information about the location of presence, the taste and how the products can be prepared.
It is so easy to lose track during cooking using text-based recipes. Every time you turn around to cut some meat or add spices you need to search for the next step. Visual recipes are the solution. Visual recipes explain a recipe by images rather than text. You can follow them more easily and it is more enjoyable to look at. You can find more visual recipes at the website of Visually.
The urban farm in Amsterdam-Noord will be a place where you can gather fresh produce and enjoy the green and productive scenery of the countryside in the middle of the city. At the farm products like fresh fruits, vegetables are grown and it will be a place where pigs and chickens are free to roam and graze. A team of 15 enthusiastic students and professionals have started to develop an economically viable business case for the urban farm. Currently, the enthusiasts behind the urban farm are looking for donations.
A bath filled with caramel-coated popcorn, windows and walls clad with macaroons and a meringue carpet. In the London’s Soho the British cane sugar ‘Tate & Lyle Sugars’ created a pop-up cake hotel to promote the new range of gold and brown cane sugar. The cake hotel has eight rooms, each with its own theme and made of a different type of sugar. As the Pirates of the Carribean room, characterized by a huge treasure chest full of edible pearls and coins or the British-inspired golden syrup sugar room with a giant golden lion and tarts in the shape of the British Isles. It took over 2000 hours and more than 600 kilos of sugar to bake the elements for the hotel.
Architect Dean Moran is the winner of the Rethink Hotels competition. He came up with a concept hotel where the focus is not only on the accommodation, but also on the ‘underlying principle of local food’. The hotel, named Allotment Hotel, will include a market where local producers can sell their products. The products, produced within 100 km and grown with sustainable principles, will also be used as part of the dishes the restaurant serves. In the center of the hotel there will also be an open-air courtyard that provides natural light. Dean Moran wants to build the hotel in downtown New York, but there are no concrete plans yet to build the hotel.
The Danish grocery superstore ‘SuperBrugsen’ wants to connect communities and stores with producers in their local area by offering local products as alternatives. Customers can suggest locally-made products or suppliers they would like to see in the nearest store by filling in a form on the website of ‘SuperBrugsen’. After filling out a description on their suggestions and reasons why ‘SuperBrugsen’ should collaborate, managers will taste and test the products to ensure they are up to standard. Kind of crowdsource of suggestions. Restaurant owners can also use this by asking for suggestions from their guests…
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All you need is cheese. This new marketing campaign in Canada wants to attrack attention to the product ‘cheese’. By using remarkable characters such as cowboys and Indians, they want to tempt young consumers.
There are plans for a new 10-room, design hotel in the heart of Amsterdam. The owner of the hotel is “Droog Design”. After having opened stores in Tokyo, New York and Dubai, they now choose to open their own design hotel.
Never a dull moment at your table with these napkins. There are boxes for any occasion. No subject? Grab a napkin.
Grolsch’s new campaign revolves around “cold” beer. In order to provide every customer with a cold Grolsch beer, these motorcycles with sidecar are used. Through the hotline, consumers report that they want to exchange a warm beer for a cold beer. This will then be delivered as soon as possible.
Equiped with the new iPads, concierges from several Intercontinental Hotels can provide the guests with the latest information. Also, by means of visualization, 3D route information and promotional films, the iPads can be an addition for both concierges and guests.
Going to the hairdressers is no longer a waste of time. At this barbershop in London you get a haircut while enjoying your breakfast or lunch. You choose your meals when you make your (online) reservation.
An American, organic oriented restaurant, keeps two hundred worms in the basement to compost the surplus food. Odorless and the restaurant owner wants to sell the compost.
The new holiday toy. Gibbs Technologies developed a jetski and a quad in one. The wheels can be folded so that it can be used on water. Top speed is 50 mph.
TMF has launched a campaign to prevent hearing loss among young people. On the website you can test your own hearing and find out if your hearing will deteriorate considerably within the next few years due to loud music when you go out and by the use of MP3 players.
A wall that shows the bottem of wine bottles, with special lighting effects.
The coolhunter.net started making their own examples of advertisements. Remarkable campaigns conducted by Access Agency in real life. They try to make ads where we talk about in the social media. Some examples.
In June Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) comes with a new icy drink in the Netherlands: Krushem. It is a mix of ice cream, ice and extra ingredients such as pieces of strawberry and biscuit.
The Hilton Maldives Resort & Spa at Rangali Island has temporarily transformed their underwater restaurant into an underwater suite. It’s a twin room at a depth of 5 meters and you can admire all the underwater life.
In Eindhoven, The Netherlands, citizens can report local issues and complaints to the city council by iPhone.
What can you do to let people recycle their cans faster? This is partly a slot machine. Your empty can is the token to play. As soon as the can is crushed, the game starts playing. With a little luck you will win a cold full can.
This site features ideas to improve the behavior of people through fun and pleasure. In this case, a traffic light with a display with interesting facts or questions while the light is red.
A table that you can use as a real table at dinnertime, but if visitors come for a game of poker, the table can be turned into a poker table. The border around the table is equipped with LED lighting in 27 colors.
This unique yacht is designed by renowned architect Lucas Brenta. The glass panels in the roof make the design special and it creates a spatious effect. The interior design gives you a feeling of ultimate luxury.
Designer Julien Muller made the Coca-Cola bottles, which are more environmentally friendly than regular bottles. One for every taste.
KFC has replaced the hamburgerbun for two grilled chickenbreasts. Together with two slices of bacon, two cheeses and a sauce it is the Double Down. It contains 540 calories.
Students at the Technical University of Delft have found a solution so that they can move stuff without help from parents or having to rent an expensive bus. With the cargo bike you can load the furniture in the bike and two people will cycle it to the new residence.
An entrepreneur from London, gathers grapes from people in the region, and then makes wine out of it. In return, these people get six bottles of wine and are kept informed about news from the company.
Two students at an American university developed the Google Maps Envelope. The envelope indicates where the mail comes from and where it needs to be delivered.
Besides vending machines that sell cans of soda there is now the Graffomat. This machine contains everything a graffiti-artists needs for their artwork.
In English-speaking areas one can read a bedtime story to children even if the (grand) parents are not present. You can record audio and video of yourself that simultaneously runs with a virtual book. This way you can read it to your child without actually being present.
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