In addition to the Matcha addiction we all have seem to acquired, you can now eat your green tea, thanks to Green Tea Kit Kat. There is only one drawback to this, they are only available in Japan. So if we have any Japanese readers, feel fr [...]
Posted by: Steph Tekano on Friday, January 13th, 2006
Categories: Food | 1 Comment »
In fact, it was the pursuit of this new taste "umami" that Ikeda stumbled upon the natural seasoning momosodium glutamate (MSG) made from crystals of glutamic acid (glutamate) found in kombu broth made from a type of seaweed. An interesting fact to note the next time you are out with someone who claims thay are "allergic to MSG" is that glutamate, the key component of MSG, is actually not an allergen at all, but a neurotransmitter which stimulate nerve cells (like taste buds) in the mouth. It's true some people can develop sensitivity to it, but the funny belly they experience may be more related to the type or quality of food they eaten. In fact, many "no MSG" restaurants still use glutamate compunds as flavour enhancers. For more information, you can check out these interesting articles about umami and MSG.
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Take a bite of that savoury meat, cheese or tomato…is it yummy? It’s not sweet, right? Not sour? Not bitter? Not salty? None of the four accepted tastes, yet somehow so very delicious. Welcome to the world of umami, the elusive [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, January 4th, 2006
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It’s over, but that doesn’t mean we can’t talk about it – holiday eating that is. Just before New Year’s we had the opportunity to meet our clients from Singapore for the first time over dinner at Kerrisdale la [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Tuesday, January 3rd, 2006
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IMPORTANT EVENT DATES:
Friday, January 20
Early Bird registration deadline
Friday, February 17
Canstruction® team entry deadline
Last day for teams to be included in the print program
Friday, March 3
Sculpture build starts
4:00 pm–10:00 pm
Cruise Ship Terminal, Canada Place
Saturday, March 4
Sculpture build continues
6:00 am–4:00 pm
Judging: 4:00 pm
Awards Party: 6:00 pm
Sunday, March 5 to Sunday March 12
Open to the public 10:00 am–6:00 pm
Sunday, March 12
De-canstruction
4:00 pm start
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If you’ve seen our entries from past Canstruction Vancouver events, you might have wondered how we did it or maybe even how to get involved. If you’re the competitive type, you were probably thinking how you might unseat us from [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Monday, December 19th, 2005
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Coke infused with coffee? Are you kidding me? Designers and nerds around the world rejoice – now we’ll never sleep. (via canada.com)
Posted by: Mark Busse on Thursday, December 8th, 2005
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“TeaChef is a community of people who are passionate about two things: cooking and tea. Or, more specifically, cooking with tea.” Personally, I’m holding out for the Lapsang Suchong month. In the meantime, if anyone has a [...]
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Thursday, December 8th, 2005
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That’s right, it’s December and it’s now okay to talk about the holiday ‘season’. Speaking of which, this is the official invitation for you to drop in and ‘season’ us with a nice box of chocolatey [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Thursday, December 1st, 2005
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BlogDay2005 is upon us and that means we get to blog about another blog. At Industrial Brand we’re rather into cooking. Recently I came across a cool site called Cooking For Engineers. Engineers aren’t always known for being gre [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Wednesday, August 31st, 2005
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As far as powdered addicting substances go, green is the new white. Lately we’ve become hooked on the buzz we get drinking iced matcha lattes. Matcha is a powdered green tea first discoverd over 900 years ago. It provides energy and a [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Tuesday, August 16th, 2005
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From a branding perspective, serving the food your restaurant pushes out of the kitchen in miniture toilet bowls is questionable, but that’s exactly what this toilet restaurant does. In fact, the entire place is decorated with them. I [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Monday, August 8th, 2005
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There’s a strange new advertising trend in Vancouver recently. Top echelon celebrity restauranteurs like John Bishop and Iron Chef winner Rob Feenie, who already have to worry about over exposing themselves on television, are now are [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Wednesday, July 27th, 2005
Categories: Advertising, Branding, Food, Marketing | 8 Comments »
In clicking through links for my last post, I revisited Timothy McSweeney’s and came across this gem: Reviews of New Food is just that, short, well-written and quirky essays on various authors’ first encounters with different fo [...]
Posted by: Ben Garfinkel on Friday, July 22nd, 2005
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We’ve posted entries about food before, so if you’re a regular visitor it’ll come as no surprise that we’re passionate about gourmet cuisine. As gastronomic hobbyists ourselves, a couple of us decided to start with t [...]
Posted by: Mark Busse on Friday, May 20th, 2005
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The only thing better than sushi… chocolate sushi. via Veer.
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Wednesday, May 18th, 2005
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Mike Industries recently held a competition in which contestants sent in photos of iPod Shuffles they had built out of food. A slide show of the honour roll entries including the winner by Davin Risk can be viewed here. The spam (of the can [...]
Posted by: Kevin Broome on Wednesday, May 4th, 2005
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