Restaurants For Dogs – Doggy Style Deli West (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) All breeds are welcome at the “Doggy Style Deli West,” a dining facility for the canine set, located in Edmonton, Alberta.

The restaurant serves dog favourites such as, “German Shepherd Pie, Cheesy…

Top 30 Food Innovations in 2008 (so far)

(TrendHunter.com) This delicious gallery showcases the top 30 food trends and innovations in 2008.

But, be warned, with fresh baked heads and canned cheeseburgers making the list, you might lose your appetite.

Top…

Pedal-Powered Coffee Retailers – Bikecaffe

(TrendHunter.com) When innovating, it’s wise to build off a product with hot demand, like coffee. Bikecaffe combined the love of freshly brewed joe with convenience and a hot societal trend: being eco-friendly. What resulted…

Milk Packaging Design Contests – Future Milk (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) What will milk containers look like in the future? Let your mind run wild on this, then consider entering the Future Milk contest.

The competition, being put on by Cravendale & YCN, asks people to contribute…

Chic Urban Hen Houses – The Chicken Eglu (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Imagine, if you will, waking up and going to your urban backyard and collecting fresh eggs for your morning ‘sunny-side ups’. American company ‘Omlet’ has designed these swanky abodes for suburban…

Caffeine Chips (REVIEW) – Engobi Energy Go Bites

(TrendHunter.com) Engobi Energy Chips intrigued me from the first time I heard the caffeinated snacks existed. Consumed by curiosity, I knew I had to try them, and both flavors, as soon as possible.

I wasn’t sure if early…

Virtual Ownership of Animal Traps – Adopt a Lobster Trap in Maine

(TrendHunter.com) Some time ago we were urged through some websites to adapt a vineyard or an olive oil from Italy. The initiative was going to support traditional initiatives and ecological agriculture, so endangered in…

Orange Peels – Athletes Using Performance Enhancing Peels

(TrendHunter.com) Eating oranges is good for you and for athletes looking to enhance their performance without using banned substances. Athletes prefer to suck on oranges to help them recover quickly after strenuous sports.…

Translating Culture – Olympics Trigger Linguistic Makeover for Strange Chinese Meals

(TrendHunter.com) The Chinese have a long tradition of colourful names for their dishes. Take the popular dish kung pao chicken for example. It is a traditional Sichuan dish. It is thought to have been named in honour of…

Personified Food in Asylum – Fun Heinz Baked Beans Ads (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) I love this Heinz campaign which shows personified food items being held at an asylum. Why? Because they are not getting Heinz Baked Beans.

The print ads show an out-of-control sausage strapped to the…

£95 Fast Food Burgers (Part 2) – Burger King Reveals Kobe Beef Burger (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Finally, Burger King has launched the world’s most expensive fast food burger, truly fit for a king… ‘The Burger’, as it is affectionately known, features Kobe Beef and a very fresh bun. 😉

Trend…

Local Fresh Food Locator – Local Harvest

(TrendHunter.com) Locavores – people who prefer to eat locally grown and produced food now have a great web resource to help them find the nearest farms and farmers’ markets for fresh, tastier and more nutritious foods.…

Sheltervertising – McDonald’s Creative Outdoor Billboards

(TrendHunter.com) This is a great demonstration of how a good creative direction can utilize the advertising medium and transform a simple ad into something much more interesting.

This new 2008 outdoor ad from DDB Denmark…

Gastronomical Gambling – Letting Your iPhone and Urban Spoon Decide Your Restaurant (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) Can’t decide where to dine? Why not gamble on your iPhone? With the help of Urban Spoon, you can let your mobile pick your food for you.

When you eat out a lot, picking a restaurant can be kind of…

44 Surprising Things You Can Eat – From Gold Pills to Deodorant

(TrendHunter.com) While candy necklaces and chocolate cigarettes have been confectionery novelties for decades, a range of new innovations are arising that turn things ordinarily not for consumption into unique, edible…

Food Sculptures – Because It’s Fun to Play With Your Dinner (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) We’ve all been told to not play with our food. However, the producer of these creations obviously didn’t listen.

The collection of images includes everything from a hungry bread monster eating a knife,…

Cows Doing Yoga Before You Eat Them – “Like it Lean” Tasteless Ads (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The tag line for this ad is, “Taste for a healthy lifestyle.” Perhaps the tag line should be, “Taste for a bad campaign.”

It is just in bad taste to portray the animals you are promoting people…

Reinventing with a Rotation – Diamond Shreddies Instead of Square (+ 3 Focus Group Videos) (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) In perhaps one of the most successful relaunches of a breakfast cereal, Shreddies have been reinvented with nothing more than a simple rotation.

The traditionally-boring cereal came out with a series…

Brass Knuckle Cups (Part III) – Punch Coffee Mug (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Some mornings, I wish I had this Punch coffee mug to send a ‘steer away’ signal to certain people while I enjoy my coffee…

Trend Hunter has featured a similar brass knuckle inspired cup before, but…

Vending Machine Roulette – Put in Your Money and Take Your Chances (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Vending machine roulette? I love surprises! I bought from the Something Store online. You send them ten bucks, they send you something.

I would love this vending machine. Put in a few coins and it dispenses…