January 10, 2012 | New Food and Packaging | by The Urban Grocer |
Spanakopita, tomato and feta salad, grape leaves. The Greek tradition has given the world a plethora of beautifully simple eats. But no amount of feta could compete with the ultimate gift from the Greek gods: Olive oil. The sun soaked Mediterranean hills mean that Greece has a natural talent for producing some of the world’s finest olive oils. Read more
December 15, 2011 | New Products | by The Urban Grocer 
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Some people like their bacon black and crispy. Others like it a gently seared pinkish brown. Well, we’re here to tell you that there’s a brand new way to enjoy your favorite piggy treat: In red and white stripes. And you don’t chew it, you lick it. That’s right, folks. We’re talking about bacon-flavored candy canes, and given that this year’s bacon craze doesn’t seem anywhere close to dying down, we’re betting that these babies are going to be selling hot and fast this holiday season. Move over mint, pork is so 2011. Read more
December 14, 2011 | New Food and Packaging | by The Urban Grocer |
Forget the chateaux. Forget the birds. Forget whatever nonsensical French-countryside illustrations you’ve seen on wine labels. And enter Mash. Always creative, never predictable, Mash is one of our favorite creative agencies. Hailing from Australia, their portfolio is an excess of clever, unexpected, and quirky takes on otherwise predictable products – like wine. Read more
December 9, 2011 | Cool Travel | by The Urban Grocer |
Want to light up a smoke in first class without getting turfed out of the plane like Alec Baldwin? We’ve got your ticket: just head on over to Runway 34, an airplane-turned restaurant just outside the Zurich airport. Housed inside a converted old Russian plane that actually sits inside a hangar, the restaurant comes complete with a first class smokers’ lounge and a full-service restaurant. The waiters even serve you from those classic boxy trolleys that you’ll recognize from every flight you’ve ever taken. But the coolest thing about Runway 34? Zero turbulence – and a hell of a lot more legroom.
December 6, 2011 | New Food and Packaging | by The Urban Grocer |
Any tried and true foodie in Buenos Aires is an assiduous follower of Chef Diego Felix’s’ closed door restaurant, Casa Felix. Typically, however, his inspired pescatarian eats are only available a few months out of the year in Buenos Aires while the rest of the time, the Felix clan travels through Argentina, San Francisco, New York, Puerto Rico, and Latin America, generally, hosting closed door diners around the world. Luckily for all of us here in Buenos Aires, his contemporary yet distinctively regional fare can now be found in private events around the city as well thanks to the super exclusive Oasis Clubhouse. Read more
December 3, 2011 | Cool Travel | by The Urban Grocer |
China is a place where tradition meets modernity and Tang Palace in Hangzhou is no exception. Sweeping, woven nets of bamboo are fashioned into a curved, wave-like ceiling, while backlit bamboo screens, bamboo sheets, and bamboo boards create a dramatic interior that is utterly unique and visually striking. Suspended rooms are connected by hanging bridges and sideway aisles to form an interactive, spatial dining experience unlike any other. And the food? Well, we know nothing of the food. But we’re guessing tableside flambé is not on the menu. Read more
November 30, 2011 | New Products | by The Urban Grocer |
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 City Plates, which bring urban dining to a whole new level. Read more
November 29, 2011 | New Trends | by The Urban Grocer |
For many of you readers out there, it’s almost time to mosey up to the dining room table and give thanks over an exceedingly large meal. Well while you’re at it, we hope you’ll pour yourself a glass of wine and help a needy kid on the other side of the world. Intrigued? Just check out No House, a new wine label out of South Africa. Read more
November 17, 2011 | New Trends | by The Urban Grocer |
Tobacco and beer: now there’s a classic combination. If you want to have a cigar with your favorite brew but you’re not so keen on the hazards of smoking, we’ve got just the thing for you. Straight out of the US cigar capital, Florida, comes the Humidor series of craft beers from Cigar City Brewing Company. Aged in Spanish cedar — the same wood that’s used to make cigar boxes — each of these funky beers is laced with the flavors of your favorite stogie like sandalwood and spices. Pop one open, toss it back, and relish the creative mingling flavors of two of the world’s cherished vices.
November 16, 2011 | New Trends | by The Urban Grocer |
Take a mobile shipping container and add to it nine cities and ten chefs. What do you get? Singapore Takeout: a revolutionary mash-up between hawker-style street food, a pop-up kitchen, and a food truck. Trendsetting foodies, consider this your warning: this post may just set your heart aflutter. Read more
November 15, 2011 | New Products | by The Urban Grocer |
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 online Japanese trend shop, SolidAlliance, comes these creative culinary earbuds inspired by all that’s good to eat. Care for a banana with your Beach Boys or Ikura Fish Egg with your Frank Sinatra? Though these bites are made of plastic, you can bet that they sound as tasty as they look. For the ultimate digital food lover, pair your banana buds with a rice-encrusted iphone case. Now that’s food 2.0.
November 11, 2011 | New Food and Packaging | 
by The Urban Grocer |
There is a beauty in baking from the touch of flour to the sound of an egg cracking open. In this sweet piece, Tiger in a Jar captures that sensory experience and portrays the artistry of baking.
November 11, 2011 | New Trends | by The Urban Grocer |
Like Red Vines at the movies? Then you’ll love 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 — Red Vines. In Mercier’s celebration of all things Hollywood, popcorn stars like Harry Potter, E.T., and Willy Wonka, to name a few, are paid homage in a series of cinema-inspired licorice portraits. Who needs a star on the Walk of Fame when you’re immortalized in Red Vines? Read more
November 9, 2011 | New Trends | by The Urban Grocer |
More than a year ago, we asked all of you readers out there to muster your courage and take a step outside your chocolate comfort zone. Remember how much fun that was? Well, now we’re here to suggest you do it again. That’s because the imaginative folks over at Komforte Chokolate in Southern California have dreamed up two new types of delicious, boundary-pushing flavors of chocolate – and both varieties knocked our socks off. Read more
November 4, 2011 | New Food and Packaging | by The Urban Grocer |
It’s getting cooler over here in the Northwestern hemisphere and so it seems our bellies are turning faithfully to those luxuriant hot cuppas to take off the chill: be it hot cocoa, café mocha, apple cider or best of all, mulled wine. And what could be more comforting than your favourite morning brew combined with the sweet spices of mulled wine? Read more
I love the subtle colours and sense of quiet introspection in the photographic work of San Francisco-based Elena Kulikova. Her portraits, in particular, capture moments when you sense a little secret has been whispered, but only a few ears have caught it. Of her work, it’s said: ‘the micro-details of a scene contribute to the overall goal of creating an image fueled with complete feeling and purpose’. Read more
The work of Jennybird Alcantara is a trip, to say the least. This stuff is about as surreal is surreal gets. Think dolls, and animals, and plants, and insects, then mix it all up every which way and you’ve got the beautifully twisted paintings of Jennybird Alcantara.
Oh man! If I was twenty again, a jumble of nerves and a well of electric energy, I’d be in the front row for every damn MGMT gig. Read more
This water theatre by the British architect, Sir Nicholas Grimshaw of Grimshaw Architects, takes the form of a vertical seawater greenhouse, with the evaporators and condensers stacked vertically to maximise yield. The structure is not only a visible engine of sustainability but is also a large theatre auditorium. Read more
The Mystic Lady Tumblr is filled with a lot of, what seems to be, found images. Whether its her prolific collection of National Geographic scans, or even the images that she reblogs, she has impeccable taste and has created an amazing aesthetic.
Austin band The Low Lows are one of my most prized finds of the year so far. It’s introspective music — staggered harmonies delivered by a distant, agonised voice that filters through a wall of tranquil guitar distortion and measured drumming. Every instrument carries a powerful emotion, sometimes keeping their distance from one another, floating up and around the airwaves, and other times colliding and crashing back to earth.
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Eik Ottosen, the hot Danish model has created Rubber Duck shoes. His Los Drillos come in just about every color and are super comfy and affordable. Read more
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How ’bout this Jose Manuel Hortelano-Pi guy, huh? Quite the illustrator, yessiree Bob. From Spain, too. Spain is great! Read more
Never ever, ever, ever, ever park here
Some friendly advice for the neighbours, who simply don’t get it, or street art? You decide which one it is.
Pitched as ‘Ulterior Motives in Contemporary Art’, Disorder Disorder is running until November 14 at Penrith Regional Gallery. It’ll be well worth the trip out west of Sydney: the Australian, Japanese, American and European cast reads like a warriors of street art roundup and includes Mike Giant, Ed Templeton, Anthony Lister [artwork above], Ozzie Wright, and Jonathan Zawada. Read more
Here are a couple awesome pieces by Matt Leines that were recently on display in the Doubting Thomases exhibit at Nudashank gallery in Baltimore. Gives me ideas for Halloween. Read more
Cookie Boy’s creative cookie designs
I don’t eat cookies, so good thing Cookie Boy’s cookies are little pieces of art too pretty and cute to eat. Read more
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