It’s become increasingly common for restaurants to let consumers order food online or even via text message. What’s still novel, however, is to see a native, customized and branded mobile application. Burrito chain Chipotle recently launched its own iPhone app, and now there’s something similar from UK chain Wagamama. Billed as the UK’s first iPhone app from a [...]
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In the pursuit of happy sipping, a holy matrimony between aroma and taste is put forth after the fastidious marrying of thousands of oak casks. Regardless of how much whisky one has tasted, the true connoisseur will still go head-over-heels for that out-of-this-world whisky. Indeed whisky lovers will go on and on about how the [...]
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Earlier this week a New York gallery offered adventurous eaters the opportunity to sample cheese made from human breast milk, getting mixed reviews and some puzzled looks. The Lady Cheese Shop is a temporary art installation by Miriam Simun, a graduate student at New York University who hopes to use the craft of cheese-making to [...]
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Schweppes has recruited screen siren Uma Thurman in another glamorous ad campaign, this time shot by famed high fashion photographer David LaChapelle. In its latest TV ad blitz, the fizzy beverage maker trades in one statuesqueue blond for another, having used Nicole Kidman in a Bollywood-inspired ad campaign in 2009. The new ads feature Thurman [...]
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Yeastie Boys, the brewing brainchild of local brewer Stu McKinlay and New Zealand’s most notorious beer hunter Sam Possenniskie, is all set to release the Rex Attitude, the world’s first whisky beer. The Rex Attitude is the world’s first single-malt, peat-smoked golden ale. The use of 100% heavily peated Scottish distilling malt results in one [...]
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It had been billed as a low-key royal wedding – but when the couple in question are hosting their reception at Buckingham Palace, the reality is anything but. Those lucky enough to have been invited, will have access to 19 state rooms, decorated in opulent style, following the Westminster Abbey ceremony today. The State Dining [...]
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To celebrate Belvedere Vodka’s fifth year at the upcoming Festival de Cannes 2011, the premium luxury vodka maker has released a special edition bottle. Conceptualized by Italian label Cor Sine Labe Doli, the quirky bottle is adorned with a snazzy ceramic bow, overlain in platinum and silver sequins and propped up on a plush, complementary [...]
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Premier Inn Hotels is threatening to withdraw its hotel rooms from LOCOG’s 2012 Olympics allocations amidst concerns that vast price hikes through third party packages could “exploit” customers. The Whitbread Group – which owns the Premier Inn chain of hotels – had originally provided rooms to LOCOG at a competitive rate and has voiced concerns [...]
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When guests clink glasses in honor of Prince William and Kate Middleton’s nuptials on Friday, they’ll be sipping on Pol Roger bubbly, a champagne maker with a long history of serving British aristocracy. According to UK wine magazine Decanter, they have it “on the highest authority” that the couple has chosen the family-owned winery to [...]
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US hotel chain Hilton has unveiled a new lobby design intended for its global hotels and resorts. The new lobby, which is being premiered in the chain’s hotel at McLean Tysons Corner, Virginia, is designed with distinct “zones” for guests and visitors and radically overhauls the brand’s current reception areas. Instead of a desk-oriented approach, [...]
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Noma has retained its top spot on the world’s top 50 best restaurant and El Bulli has left the table all together. See the full awards list here. Noma restaurant in Copenhagen has topped a list of the top 50 best restaurants in the world, retaining its place at number one for another year. The list, compiled [...]
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Sweden gets a limited edition Absolut with the launch of the SVEA. Its an extremely desirable looking bottle, one that we are already considering splurging on even as we write this article. Thats not surprising given that Absolut spent a lot of time to get the right artist to work with them. This creation has [...]
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Available at the Caffè Giacosa in Firenze, Italy, and online at www.caffegiacosa.it, meet the delicious Roberto Cavalli Easter Eggs. Cavalli has created the special Easter chocolate eggs, available in three designs — Giraffe, Zebra White, and Zebra Dark. Each egg, made of high-quality cocoa beans, also contains a surprise by Roberto Cavalli. Caffè Giacosa, Via della Spada [...]
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As the Royal Wedding fast approaches, the whisky maker The Macallan has announced the release of a limited edition of 1000 bottles celebrating the Royal Marriage of Prince William to Kate Middleton. The unique and collectable edition will feature exceptional single malt whisky taken from two casks, both filled on 29 April – one from [...]
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Easter just glamed up, thanks to Swarovski and Guido Gobino the renowned Italian chocolate maker, who teamed up to create these beautiful limited edition Easter eggs. Created from the finest aromatic cocoa powder, emblazoned with gold and crystals, each egg comes with a unique crystal pendant. Limited to 100 pieces, and only available at Guido Gobino shops in Milan and Turin, the [...]
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German artist Uli Westphal worked on this project entitled Mutato, archiving a collection of non-standard fruits, roots and vegetables, displaying a dazzling variety of forms, colors and textures, that only reveal themselves when lawfully enforced standards cease to exist. “The complete absence of botanical anomalies in our supermarkets has caused us to regard the consistency of produce presented [...]
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We love a good chocolate at Crimson Edge Events, especially if it comes with an original packaging. So when we stumbled on ‘Chocolates with Attitude‘ by Danish company Bessermachen DesignStudio, we fell in love. These chocolates were designed in cooperation with chocolate artist Henrik Konnerup, 12,000 pieces handmade of chocolate have been produced – 1,000 large boxes. Every piece of [...]
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United Kingdom drinks giant Diageo is believed to be considering a bid to buy the historic and iconic Jose Cuervo Tequila brand, the biggest Tequila brand and operation in the world, from the Beckmann family whose family tree traces to the original Antonio de Cuervo and a Mexican land grant from Spain in 1758 to start a [...]
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