Love them or hate them, brussels sprouts are an inescapable fact of a good old-fashioned British Christmas – but what would you do if you were faced with 4,000 of them? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93xW3-HPOv0 That’s what happened when Artem SFX, an award-winning physical special effects company, were recently asked to help bring to life the new Christmas […]
Carolina-based PuckerButt Pepper Company announced its recognition by Guinness World Records as the winner of the World’s Hottest Chili title. Smokin’ Ed’s Carolina Reaper beat out former record-holder Trinidad Scorpion “Butch T.” Grown by PuckerButt owner Ed Currie, Smokin’ Ed’s Carolina Reaper delivers an average of 1,569,300 Scoville Heat Units (SHU). The SHU scale measures […]
Publishers Blue Crow Media has created maps that help coffee aficionados find the best coffee shops in New York, Paris and London. The limited edition speciality coffee maps feature over 100 leading cafes in these cities, that serve beans roasted by leading artisan roasters. Printed on high-quality recycled paper, these maps contain no frills and […]
Trying to get at the last few chips at the bottom of a Pringles tube can be a real hassle—it is also not uncommon to get one’s hand stuck in the metal canister. Ever the creative problem-solvers, the Japanese have come up with an ingenious chip dispenser that will allow you to reach all the […]
In America, an estimated three million households are food insecure – that amounts to one in six people who lack the nutritious food needed to live a healthy life. Bob Evans Farms is pledging to continue the fight to end hunger through its Hunger Free Communities campaign, and is offering more ways to help feed […]
To get people to sample Anthon Berg’s chocolate, the creatives at Robert/Boisen & Like-minded, Copenhagen have set up a booth at the Copenhagen Airport. Passengers would scan their boarding pass at a machine, and it would then use data from SeatGuru to determine if the passenger had one of the best or lousiest seats on […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6aY-RDWDFM#t=25 A Moscow restaurant owner is hiring only sets of twins in a novel bid to attract new customers. The Twin Stars diner employs identically-dressed siblings to serve its clients with food and drink, reports the BBC. Owner Alexei Khodorovsky said he wanted to find a way to attract diners in a competitive dining scene. […]
Seattle-based Dan Newman and his business partner, Bryan Summersett have developed an app that lets you share your leftovers with strangers. They developed Leftover Swap and it is an ingenious way of swapping meals with people around your neighborhood. Using the idea of couch surfing, where you can share your apartment with a stranger, Newman […]
After Louise Caola’s friends enjoyed one of her creative cakes—which looked like sausage and potato mash—the 23-year-old resident of London started creating more confections that look like savory meals. After posting these tasty confections on Instagram and Twitter, Caola was flooded with orders and decided to quit her job in advertising to make these unusual […]
Asia and the Pacific’s drive for food security has focused too narrowly on quantity, with a surge in obesity and still high levels of malnutrition in some countries highlighting the need for a new approach, says a new Asian Development Bank (ADB) study. “Many developing countries in the region face the twin burdens of both […]