This past fall was pretty hectic for Zhang Yong. His popular restaurant company, Haidilao, was entering the public stock market, and he was also determined for the business to keep up its frenetic growth. A second Hong Kong location of Haidilao was debuting, and shortly after its doors swung open for the first time, Zhang dropped in for an inspection. As he walked through, servers and cooks rushed out to meet him, eager to greet Zhang da ge, or “big brother Zhang……..”
Despite the bad press millennials receive, as a cohort they have committed to sustainability. A full 70% of millennials will pay more for products made sustainably, while 83% consider a product’s environmental or social impact before making a purchase. They are bringing that sense of responsibility for maintaining a livable planet to the cannabis industry which is populated with young, progressive entrepreneurs. But while cannabis is a business based around agriculture, there aren’t clear rules for how to make it more sustainable…..
Beer lovers with a penchant for travel already know about Belgium, both Portlands (Oregon and Maine), and Colorado. Many have Munich, and its famed Oktoberfest, on their bucket lists. But with 7,000 breweries and counting in the U.S., and more breweries in Europe and Asia increasingly inspired to supplement their own traditions with American craft…
You’ll be able to see exactly how our professional chef does as he prepares a range of tasty dishes. So – even if you struggle to boil an egg, right now – you’ll soon be your very own master chef.. You can easily see how this program can provide the excitement of seeing you’ve lost ANOTHER few pounds nearly every time you step on the scales plus enjoy admiration of the opposite sex and the envy of your buddies. But you’re concerned that such an extensive program requires a large investment. So effective is my program just seven days should be enough time for you to start to notice the dramatic transformation in your body – because you could lose as much as TEN pounds in those seven days. So check out the program and try a few of the simple, mouthwatering recipes. Then be delighted as you discover just how easy – and tasty – it is to lose weight this revolutionary way eating just one scientifically designed meal a day…Read more…
Gabriel Kreuther, Ichimura at Uchū, and L’Atelier de Joel Robuchon are this year’s new two-star spots. But I can’t say that I’m surprised—the restaurants are right up Michelin’s alley in terms of food, ambience, and service. They’re all notable, for sure. But none are exactly groundbreaking or deeply exciting. Michelin, after all, is known for its relatively “safe” and staid choices. There is one anomaly, though: Masa Takayama’s now-closed Tetsu Basement is technically one of the city’s two-star restaurant additions……..
Among the many things to be grateful for this autumn: You don’t actually have to roast a Thanksgiving turkey if you don’t want to, let alone clean up after. Many of America’s finest restaurants are open for Thanksgiving dinner. So instead of making stuffing and cranberry sauce, just make a reservation. While some cities have more options than others—it’s practically business as usual in New York, while San Francisco is letting the tryptophan take effect—here’s a look at some menus worth feasting your eyes on. (All prices per person unless otherwise noted.)……….
SoftBanks’s $375 million investment in pizza-robotics startup Zume dwarfs all previous VC funding that had gone into food-robotics companies since 2013, according to an analysis conducted for Forbes by Pitchbook. In fact, before the Zume deal, the total VC funding of robotics startups since 2013 was $311 million, according to the Pitchbook analysis. The total funding for food robotics companies in the U.S. last year was $127 million, up from $54 million in 2016 and just under $11 million in 2015, according to the Pitchbook data……..
Tea is the second most widely consumed beverage in the world (next to water), according to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. While coffee drinking overshadows tea consumption in the United States, the Tea Association of the U.S.A. reports that 80 percent of American households have some form of tea in the cupboard, and more than 159 million Americans drink it on a daily basis. With these impressive stats, it’s no wonder that new brands of tea and tea blends are constantly popping up on store shelves. A quick Google search for ‘types of teas’ returns……..
Be Amazed at these top 10 sneaky industry secrets that make you buy more food! Endorsement secrets – We all know that for years, food companies have paid celebrities to endorse their products. Think Justin Timberlake and McDonald’s, or Snoop Dogg and Hot Pockets. Fast food secrets – When it comes to using ingenious tricks to get you to buy more food, the fast food industry are the absolute masters.
They stop at nothing to make sure we’re always filling our faces with burgers, fries and nuggets. It’s a fact that sugar is addictive. Processing secrets – It’s not just sugar that’s addictive. There are all kinds of mysterious substances that we can get addicted to, and you can bet the food industry make sure our food is loaded with as much of them as possible. Restaurant secrets –
You probably think I’m being a bit harsh on the fast food industry here. Let me redress the balance. The guys at the other end of the spectrum, high-end restaurants, play tricks on us too. Why do you think they restaurants play classical music over the speakers? Research by the University of Leicester showed that classical music increases the amount of money people spend by more than 10%, compared to when there’s no music. Political secrets –
If they wanted to, governments could shut down a lot of the food industry’s murky practices. To stop that happening, big food companies spend a lot of money and effort playing politics. Health secrets – In today’s health-conscious times, food brands want you to think they’re good for you, so you’ll buy more of them. Unfortunately, when a food screams at you from the packet about how healthy it is, it isn’t always the case. Use-by date secrets
You’re hungry, but when you open the fridge, all that greets you are some random foodstuffs, and they look like they’ve been there a while. Colour secrets – Call me old-fashioned, but I like my food to be the right colour, and I’m not alone. Supermarket secrets – As much as the food industry likes to play with our food, its advertising and packaging to make sure we buy it, your supermarket is doing its best to manipulate you too. Brain manipulation secrets –
The food industry employs psychologists to work out how they can subliminally influence our minds, so we buy more product. Researchers in Belgium figured out that humans are drawn to glossy objects, because shiny and glossy surfaces make us think of water and our brains remind us that we need it to survive. As a result, soda companies make their bottles and cans glossy, with bubbles and dewy drips all over them.
Growing up, we’ve all heard the saying – “breakfast is the most important meal of the day.” Famous sci-fi writer Robert A. Heinlein went so far as to say, “one should not attend even the end of the world without a good breakfast.” And he couldn’t be more right. A healthy breakfast doesn’t just provide you energy to seize the day, it jumpstarts your metabolism, balances blood sugar levels, assists in weight management, even promotes heart health and improves cognitive function…….
