World record ‘Farthest Beer Bottle Slide’
During the Guinness Draught bottle launch, a new world record ‘Farthest Beer Bottle Slide’ was set! New sport for in the pub?
During the Guinness Draught bottle launch, a new world record ‘Farthest Beer Bottle Slide’ was set! New sport for in the pub?
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.
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Thanks to Blue Shoes Mobile all restaurants can now make their own iPhone application and benefit of modern technology.
Near the factory of Ben & Jerry’s on a small hill the flavor cemetery is located. Here are “tombstones” with all the flavors that once were avalable but are no longer sold. On the headstones you will find the taste and a little rhyme about the taste.
Mildly alcoholic (6.5%) and sparkling drink with natural flavors of nectarine for the trendy wine consumer. The drink is developed by Grégoire Chaix, wine producer and owner of “Bar du Port” in Saint Tropez. The bottle was designed by Christophe Pillet who has also designed the interior of the “Bar du Port”.
Tapas made from Flemisch local products served with original Belgian beer, the so called ‘hoppas’. With the introduction of this typical Flemisch product the inventors, catering consultancy Dolce Far Tutto, wholesaler ISPC and brewery Duvel Moortgat lead the way for the Taste Week in November.
These chocolates are inspired by a typical Scottish dish, haggis. They do not use the same ingredients, but they do use the same spices that give haggis its typical flavour like nutmeg, mace, black pepper and oatmeal.
An easy way to clean champagneglasses and narrow wine glasses.
Now you can visit the active volcano in Iceland and even eat a snack. The famous cook Fridgeir Eiriksson has turned the foot of the volcano into a restaurant. You will be flown in by a helicopter and get an exclusive menu prepared on the hot lava.
The label on the bottles of Medea Spirits features an LED display that can display six different texts. The label can also be turned off to conserve the battery. The label can be used 500 times before the battery runs out.
The newest hotel from Van der Valk offers the possibility to recharge electric cars. The family owned hotels are working on a sustainable mobility network of charging stations.
The wineguide “Wijnalmanak” developed an iPhone app for wine suggestions. Till mid September people can download it for free. This app provides wine suggestions by shaking (!). The content of the “wijnalmanak” is used for this wine shaker.
Dom Pérignon comes with a new packaging for her vintage 2000. The packaging is designed by Marc Newson and ensures that the champagne stays cool even in the hottest places.
A luxurious lounge set with an integrated wine cooler and cocktail table from the Italian brand Atmosphera.
Metal dealer Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo has developed a test kit to find out if pork is processed in you meal. By using nanoparticles of gold dissolved in water, even the most miniscule fragment of pork is detected within 10 minutes.
A mobile bubble can be used as pavilion during events. Between May and September you can find this bubble at 15 locations in London.
An idea to offer visitors of take away-concepts a seat in a market or a shopping mall: a row of backsides of scooters. These are seen at Camden Markets, London.
This summer Malibu liqueur launches a special limited edition bottle, ‘Malibu By U’. From May 2010, people can customize their own bottle. The distinctive white bottle in gift box comes with four markers in different colors.
The luxury conglomerate Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessey enters the hotel business. Two new hotels will be built in Oman and Egypt and will open in 2012.
In a sleek, trendy store retail is combined with catering. In the store pastries, sandwiches, pizzas, meal components, salads and various Italian breads are made. The fairly low prices, casual atmosphere, reponsible products and a modern Italian flair make this concept appealing for the London audience.
An umbrella that is available in two sizes. The parasols have LED lights built in.
Domino’s has developed a widget which fans of the company can publish on their social network site. The widget keeps track of the orders made through the website and the administrator of this social network site will get 0.5% of the turnover of the order.
Domino’s has developed a widget which fans of the company can publish on their social network site. The widget keeps track of the orders made through the website and the administrator of this social network site will get 0.5% of the turnover of the order.
Last week Waitrose supermarket in Great Britain started selling the pineberry. The white strawberry tastes like pineapple but looks like an unripe strawberry orignally grows in South America. Up to seven years ago the fruit was threatened with extinction. They are grown in Dutch greenhouses but the availability is limited in The Netherlands.
Designed by Jan Berstein from ’10 liter design’ in Germany. Fun for a modern tea shop.
Real eggs, empty and sterilized, filled with candy of your choice. Easy to make, the instructions can be found on the website of ‘the kitchn’.
After Nathalie Rykiel it was up to Karl Lagerfeld to design the new Coca Cola light bottle. He was also responsible for the commercial. Available from April 24th.
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