Restaurant owners can rarely resist novelty. Fine dining on a crane? A bar in a tree? Been there, done that. Increasingly, restaurateurs are opening new spots in another unlikely location: shipping containers. While it would be easy to write this off as one more quirky gimmick, shipping containers aren’t just a curiosity. They’re also a cheap, sustainable option for […]
Shipping Containers Becomes The Latest Food Craze
Millenials Eating Habits Changing The Food Industry
Millennials are dramatically disrupting the way food is produced, packaged, marketed and served. As a highly vocal group, millennials have given food producers little option but to listen to their demands, resulting in changes to not only food choices, but farming techniques and restaurant services as well. These changes have reverberated throughout the food industry, creating a food landscape vastly […]
Fancy A Brocoli Latte?
Getting your daily dose of vegetables can be tricky – there are only so many serves one person can scarf down in a day. But now it may be a bit easier to hide broccoli in other foods, as Australian scientists have developed a nutritious broccoli powder that can be sprinkled through meals or, if you’re feeling particularly adventurous, used […]
Small restaurants that made it big
Even the largest restaurant chains with a global footprint started somewhere – and often, their journey began with the passion of just one or two individuals. They may be household names now, but you might be surprised to learn that these familiar chains had very humble beginnings indeed! Cheesecake Factory, USA When David Overton opened a salad and sandwich shop […]
Project Dash Feeding America And Reducing Waste
DoorDash is a technology company that wants to put its network of customers and restaurants to an even greater purpose. They’ve recently paired with Feeding America, a non-profit that helps supply food banks across the country and tens of thousands of programs dedicated to ending hunger. The result is several initiatives that both supply people with food and help eliminate […]
Make An Opened Bottle Of Wine Last Longer
Have you ever gone to pour yourself a glass of wine from a bottle that tasted perfectly good a few days ago, only to find the taste is now completely different — a little sour and even acidic? Or perhaps you’ve experienced the feeling of wanting to open up a bottle of wine, but you hesitate because you know you’ll […]
Pickle Juice Slush
Imagine slurping ice-cold, blended dill pickle juice through a straw. That vision will soon become a reality, because Sonic Drive-In recently announced it is introducing a pickle juice slush for a limited time starting in June. Many people, even die-hard pickle lovers, had a hard time wrapping their heads around that announcement. Pickles are in their own category of mouth-puckering: […]
Will Spread-Style Dining Be The New Trend?
Shelly Westerhausen is firm believer that easy, affordable recipes can taste just as good as the pricier, more time-consuming ones. Her secret? Fresh ingredients and spread-style dining. Westerhausen’s new cookbook, Platters and Boards, serves as a guide to her uncomplicated culinary philosophy. “Because platters and boards are so versatile, they allow me to be creative with my food while giving […]
This Cafe Lets You Pay With Rubbish
Belgian-based Ecover is officially setting up The Rubbish Cafe, a temporary shop that lets customers “pay” for food and drinks with recyclable plastic waste. The unique shop is open for two days, May 3rd and 4th, at the Covent Garden in London. The pop-up cafe features an upcycled interior created by designer Max McMurdo and a zero-waste, vegetarian menu created […]
Enjoy Your Coffee With Dripki
There are some coffee lovers who swear by Starbucks and rack up Stars like airplane mileage. There are others who are self-professed coffee snobs; you can usually find them asking the barista what temperatures and ratios they’re using on their single-origin pour-over. Then there are people who like me enjoy a good cup of coffee, can usually tell the difference […]