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Urban Dining: City Plates

November 28, 2011 – 3:21 pm | No Comment
city plates, new york

Traverse the winding roads of Rome with your penne. Jump across the East River with your pie. Take a tour of Tokyo with your rice. No we’re not delusional, we’re just totally hooked on …

Rub My Buddha Jelly: Il Buddino

November 17, 2011 – 9:08 am | One Comment

With the recent jelly craze raging abroad, it seemed inevitable that someone would endeavour to bring it home to us closet jellymongers and wannabe gastro artists the world over. Luckily Milan’s crafty Nobody & Co …

Is That A Banana In Your Ear?

November 14, 2011 – 2:52 pm | 3 Comments

A true foodie sees a wonderful meal in unexpected places be it a street cart or a cityscape made of jello. Now, you can add ears to that list (and we’re not talking corn…). From …

Licorice Flix

November 9, 2011 – 3:16 pm | One Comment

Like Red Vines at the movies? Then you’ll Red Vine portraits of the movies. Enter Licorice Flix. From artist Jason Mecier comes this tasty collection of edible movie mosaics composed entirely of – that’s right …

Oh, The Croquet-en-Bouche

November 7, 2011 – 3:58 pm | No Comment

C’mon Sugar Lips, how’s about a Toasted Lammyjammit? Or shall we Sticky Tape the Date? Imagine if lingo like this was all in a day’s work. For famed pâtissier Adriano Zumbo, such banter is a …

Fresh Veg? It’s in the Bag!

October 24, 2011 – 2:57 pm | No Comment

Nobody likes mushy mushrooms, and everybody likes helping the planet (right?). Well Bruno Super Deluxe, an up-and-coming design company based in Boston, lets you save the world and keep your veggies fresh at the same …

Poteki!! Redefining the Chips Bowl

October 18, 2011 – 4:49 pm | No Comment
poteki potato chip tree

It’s really about time someone reinvented the chip bowl. Chips aren’t going out of style but dumping a mound of them into a steel bowl in the centre of the table seems a little too …

Turn Out the Lights! Fridgeezoo

October 13, 2011 – 6:54 pm | No Comment

We all need helpful little reminders sometimes, especially when it comes to being green. Can those reminders be annoying? Yeah, sometimes – we won’t deny it – but they don’t have to be. Sometimes, in …

Trippy Tea: The New English Mad Potter Series

October 12, 2011 – 6:21 pm | No Comment
rabbit

Time for another trip down the rabbit hole, boys and girls. That’s right, we’ve got another Alice-inspired post for you today. That Lewis Carroll classic has already inspired foodies from LA to London to Tokyo. …

The Fresh Smell of Beer….

October 3, 2011 – 11:48 am | No Comment
beer soap for taste

Feeling a little grimy after a long night out? No problem; just jump in the shower and reach for another beer. Not the drinkable kind, of course – the sudsy kind. Something like Brooklyn Brewery’s …