Following its 10th Anniversary in 2012, The World’s 50 Best Restaurants 2013, sponsored by S.Pellegrino & Acqua Panna, returns to London’s historic Guildhall for a prestigious ceremony on Monday 29th April. The World’s 50 Best Restaurants is organised by Restaurant magazine and presented in the company of the world’s most influential restaurateurs, finest chefs and international media. Over two … Read more
Filed under GOURMET, GREAT CHEFS · Tagged with Acqua Panna, April, Business, Diners Club International, Guildhall, London, restaurant, Restaurant magazine, S.Pellegrino, S.Pellegrino World's 50 Best Restaurants
Springwise is all about innovative business ideas. This time they have picked out their top ten Food & Beverage articles from the last 12 months. We all hope that the ideas listed below provide entrepreneurs with plenty of inspiration and spark even more innovative efforts in the future! 1. Cocktail bar offers discounts based on stock … Read more
Filed under DRINKS, food, TODAY FOR TOMORROW · Tagged with Business, charity, coffee, Dakboerin, Discounting, Dubai, EightPointNine, Ella Kinloch, Facebook, Food & Beverage, GulfNews, Halfsies, Hellmann's and Best Foods, Hellmann’s, innovation, Investing, kitchen gardens, Lantmannen, Make Cheese, Netherlands, New York, Springwise, Stock market, Stocks and Bonds, Tim Horton, Tim Hortons coffee shops, Turntable Kitchen, uFlavor, United Arab Emirates, urban roofs, Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
In California, newcomer Bardot Ice Cream is the latest craze: shops have been designed by award-winner architect Ana Henton, while renowned creative agency Landor Associates craftily imagined a striking visual identity. We have simply fallen in love with the overall creative concept! Branded tell-tale names (« Forbidden fruit », « French Kiss », « Heart of darkness », Acapulco love »), Bardot ice creams are packaged in … Read more
Filed under GOURMET, NEWS, OBJECTS OF DESIRE · Tagged with Acapulco, Ana Henton, Bardot, Bardot bars, Business, Califoria, California, Cream cheese, Forbidden fruit, French kiss, Frozen, Heart of darkness, ice cream, Landor Associates
The Slow Food Presidia and Terra Madre food communities will make a special contribution to Slow Fish 2011, bringing the public’s attention to biodiversity-preservation projects that help protect a particular aquatic species or preserve a traditional fish processing technique. Fishers and producers from Chile, Mauritania, Norway and the Netherlands will be representing the international Presidia … Read more
Filed under GOURMET, NEWS · Tagged with Business, Ceresole Tench, Corno alle Scale Char, food, Haidar El Ali, Imraguen Women’s Mullet Bottarga, Lobster, Marcelo Rossi, Mauritania, Møre og Romsdal Salted Cod, Menaica Anchovies, Moleche, Mpaaji Ni Mungu Fish Processors, Netherlands, North Sea, Oosterschelde Lobster, Orbetello Bottarga, Portonovo Wild Mussels, Robinson Crusoe island, Roman Coastline Tellina, Salina Capers, Slow Food, Slow Food Istanbul, sultan of fish, Sunnmøre Cured and Smoked Herring, Terra Madre, Traditional Cetara Anchovy Extract, Traditional Marinated Comacchio Valleys Eel, Tuscan Sea Palamita, Tuscia Lakes Eel, Veneto, Wadden Sea Fishers, White Sea Artisan Fishers
Y1 FrancisFrancis for illy, the illycaffè coffee machine for Iperespresso dedicated to the new generations, hits the annual mark at the International reddot design award, by winning the “best of the best 2011” prize in the household appliances category. The Y1 machine has been selected by a distinguished jury of design experts, well known at international level, among other … Read more
Filed under OBJECTS OF DESIRE · Tagged with Art director, best of the best 2011, Beverage, Brera Design District, Business, coffee, Coffeemaker, Dr. Peter Zec, espresso, Essen, Food and Related Products, Francesco Morace, FrancisFrancis, Future Concept Lab, Illy, International reddot design award, Iperespresso method, Milan Design Village, Milan Design Week 2011, MM Design Studio, Poltrona Frau, red dot, Valcucine showroom, Y1
Helsinki-Vantaa airport’s Finnair Lounge has been voted the world’s best from a list of 600 premium lounges, the first time a lounge outside North America has won the award in its seven-year history. The choice was made by 40,000 frequently traveling Priority Pass customers. The stylish Finnair Lounge can accommodate about 250 customers and its … Read more
Filed under PLACES · Tagged with Apple iMac, Business, Business Class, Finland, Finnair, Finnair Lounge, Helsinki, Helsinki Airport, Helsinki-Vantaa, Oneworld, Priority Pass, Priority Pass customers, The Finnair Lounge and Spa & Saunas, wifi
The combination of books and coffee is a familiar one to patrons of bookstores the world over, but books and pizza is a distinctly less common pairing. Enter Spanish La Pizzateca, a new shop in Madrid’s Barrio de las Letras where patrons can satisfy the hunger of both body and mind. The brainchild of Spanish publisher ES Ediciones, … Read more
Filed under FOOD FOR SOUL, GOURMET · Tagged with Barrio de las Letras, Book, Bookselling, Bookstore, Business, La Pizzateca, Madrid, pizza, pizzeria, Publishing, Publishing and Printing, Retail
In a time of environmental concern, it is important to begin creating new ways of supporting an ecosystem approach to consumption. The X-Species Supper club is a non-traditional supper club that explores the depth and complexity of our interconnections with nonhumans, using the convivial nature of a dinner party to reveal the web that traces … Read more
Filed under food, GOURMET · Tagged with Business, chef, cocktails, design director, ecosystem, Emilie Baltz, environmental, Food Service, hospitality, Mihir Desai, molecular gastronomy, Natalie Jeremijenko, Species, supper club, United States, X-Species Supper club
Did you know that one of the big reason for most hi-end headphones getting damaged is the storage? In spite of what manufacturers claim, expert say that it is best to stow your favourite music cans upright for longevity – just the way they would perch on your head. But to all that wisdom, rarely … Read more
Filed under OBJECTS OF DESIRE · Tagged with Active noise control, Audio, Business, headphone, headphone stand, iPhone, iPod, Marshall, Omega, Sennheiser, storage, watch company
Posted by Andreja / Carpe Diem Club on December 31, 2010 · 1 Comment
The motorcycling world loves a ‘barn find’—an old, obscure machine wheeled out of the woodwork for the first time. And this is one of the biggest revelations of recent months. It’s a 1930 Henderson that was customized before WW2 by a fellow called O. Ray Courtney and fitted with ‘streamliner’ bodywork. The art deco influence is … Read more
Filed under AUTOMOTIVE · Tagged with Art Deco, Automotive, Business, Chicago, Frank Westfall of Syracuse, Grail Mortillaro, Harley Earl, Harley-Davidson, Motorcycle, motorcycling, O. Ray Courtney, Rhinebeck Grand National Meet, United States