TrendCentral: On online recipe search site Yummly, users can customize searches based on ingredients, diet restrictions, allergies, price, cooking time, and cuisine. But what sets Yummly apart is its ability to intuit users’ taste based on prior searches. Similar to how Netflix’s recommendations become more accurate the more a user rates films, Yummly gains a better understanding of each user’s […]
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Hello Kitty Branded Water Bottles
Luxist: Hello Kitty never does anything in a plain or boring way and bottled water is no exception. Fillico is offering Hello Kitty branded water bottles that in addition to the iconic kitty face and prominent cartoon bow also feature Swarovski crystal accents and crown-shaped toppers. There are five colors available, each representing something different: yellow for “heartful,” pink for […]
World’s Longest Drink Quiz
To celebrate people’s passion for their favorite drinks, StirTheMix.com has launched a highly interactive never-ending quiz that will seek to identify the truly passionate from the avid sipper. The World’s Longest Drink Quiz is an intriguing mix of questions based on the planet’s most loved drinks. Production processes, history, geography and mixology figure among the main categories of questioning. This […]
Fruits for your Lunch Box
Fresh Plaza: Del Monte is shaking up the fresh cut section with a brand new range of Del Monte Fruitini bags, these will be sold exclusively by TESCO. Crinkly Apple Slices, Scrummy Grapes, Juicy Pineapple “Slithers” and Luscious Melon Bites are intended for the younger market. This new product is aimed at the lunch box section which has risen 8%. […]
Team Toasters
MLB.com: Everyone seems to be talking about these new toasters at the MLB.com Shop. They are hot. They toast your bread, your English Muffin, your frozen waffle – and the best part is that it produces your favorite Major League Baseball team’s logo on one side. “You don’t have to be a fan to love this,” said Josh Fink, CEO […]
Free Crackers Sampling
CScout: The Free Cafe Harimaya Station is a sampling space created by centuries-old senbei (Japanese rice cracker) company Harimaya Honten. It opened its first space in Fukuoka in 2008, and now they have 7 cafes nationwide, with others planned, including in Paris and New York. Visitors to the cafe are able to eat samples of the famous Harimaya senbei for […]
Summer Experience: Grow the Hottest Chili
Gizmodiva.com: I don’t think I like hot and spicy food, but if you think you can handle it, you should give a Bhut Jolokia Ghost Chili a try. I think you will change your mind about hot food forever after this tasting session! This practically explosive chili pepper has been acknowledged by the Guinness Book of World Records as the […]
Weigh it Right
Walyou: When you think of weighing your ingredients the first think that come to your mind is the bulky weighing scale or those hard to read weighing needle. However, with the new Joseph digital scale weighing your ingredients will become quite easy. The sleek looking, stylishly designed digital scale will add an entirely modernized tint to your kitchen. The digital […]
Chocomize Your Own Chocs
Chocomize is the first company in the US that allows customers to create their ultimate chocolate bars. You start out with your favorite chocolate base – dark, milk, or white – and then add up to 5 of over 90 ingredients to your very own chocolate bar. It’s chocolate made just the way you like. There’s a large variety of […]
Budweiser Targets New Consumers
MarketingWeek: Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB-Inbev) is to extend the Budweiser brand with a new drink targeting consumers in their early 20s. The drinks maker is hoping Budweiser Brew No. ’66’, a “lightly carbonated lager brewed with a touch of sweetness”, will appeal to younger drinkers and tap into a recent sales gains for the master brand. Stuart MacFarlane, UK President of […]