Huh isn’t that vegan? Sneaky non-vegan products.
To figure out whether a product is vegan sounds pretty straightforward: just check the label to see if it contains egg, shellfish, beeswax, gelatin or milk and you will know whether a product is vegan or not. Unfortunately, in reality, it is not always that easy. There…
Tepache recipe – A refreshing drink made with pineapple peels.
Ever heard of Tepache? A nice refreshing fermented drink from Mexico made from the skin of pineapple. A perfect recipe to use food scraps (well, normally you don’t do anything with the skin of a pineapple). It takes a while for the tepache to be…
Fighting food waste with apps: 4 apps which work great for restaurants
One-third of the food produced for human consumption goes to waste each year, which accounts for a staggering amount of 1.3 billion tonnes of food. If food waste were a country, it would be the 3rd biggest CO2 emission contributing country in the world. Unfortunately,…
What to do with your restaurant’s food scraps and waste
No restaurant is ever able to ditch all food waste entirely. Well, this is not true, as there is this inspiring restaurant SILO in London, which is the world’s first zero-waste restaurant. This is next-level awesome. However, for the regular cafés and restaurants between us,…
The hopefully ever-ending fight against food waste in restaurants and cafés
A list of tips to reduce food waste to a bare minimum. Since no one can force guests to finish their plates – every restaurant or café has to deal with food waste. (Well, this is not really true though as most all-you-can-eat concepts do have…
The creativity of food menu displays in Japan
If you have ever been to Japan, you sure must have seen these fantastic food menu displays in the windows of restaurants or cafés. The one crazier and funkier looking than the other and you cannot stop taking photos. Indeed, there is a name for…
How to create a vegan menu for your restaurant and attract more guests.
Veganism is hot. Vegans care about animals and care about the environment. More people nowadays are turning to a plant-based diet. The number of vegan meat replacements is growing at significant rates in supermarkets all over the world. Local restaurants and big chains (like dominos…
Chalkboards – a cheap and simple way to be creative and lure guests in
Well, you will have to be a little creative, but a restaurant chalkboard can do amazing things for your business. A few years ago, when I was working in a Mexican restaurant. Every Monday our chef created a special Menu of the week, with a…
Huh isn’t that vegan? Sneaky non-vegan products.
To figure out whether a product is vegan sounds pretty straightforward: just check the label to see if it contains egg, shellfish, beeswax, gelatin or milk and you will know whether a product is vegan or not. Unfortunately, in reality, it is not always that easy. There…
What to do with your restaurant’s food scraps and waste
No restaurant is ever able to ditch all food waste entirely. Well, this is not true, as there is this inspiring restaurant SILO in London, which is the world’s first zero-waste restaurant. This is next-level awesome. However, for the regular cafés and restaurants between us,…
