An intimate look at the culinary creativity of the world’s most famous chefs. This week the FOND Group unveiled the JBF Kitchen Cam, a real-time video feed streaming the fast-paced culinary action from the James Beard House in New York City’s Greenwich Village. The project aims to capture creative cuisine in progress, introducing an intimate,Continue reading “KITCHEN CAM FOR A CAUSE”
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The Modern Kale Debacle: Bo’s Fight
The man behind the t-shirts that started a war with fast food giant Chick-Fil-A Bo Muller-Moore is attempting to trademark “Eat More Kale,” a slogan that he has been printing one-at-a-time on t-shirts for over a decade. Chick-Fil-A, a fast-food company that sells over 800 chicken sandwiches a minute, has sent Bo a cease and desistContinue reading “The Modern Kale Debacle: Bo’s Fight”
The James Beard House Kitchen Cam Live with Daniel Boulud
By John Figlesthaler Since 1986, the James Beard Foundation (JBF) in New York City has been the premier institution at the peak of the gourmet high ground. A culinary sanctuary for chefs pushing gastronomic boundaries, reinterpreting tradition and simply cooking the best food out there, there is no place like the James Beard House. StartingContinue reading “The James Beard House Kitchen Cam Live with Daniel Boulud”
Getting a Pure Fix
If you know a biking barista or watched Joseph Gordon-Levitt dodge bad guys while racing through the streets of New York in Premium Rush, you probably have a vague sense of urban cycling style. The fixed-gear bikes are sleek, efficient, and often glamorously brakeless. These are no lazy cruisers or thick-tired mountain bikes. They’re lightweightContinue reading “Getting a Pure Fix”
Disposable straws are for suckers
Every time I head out the door with my Simply Straws mason jar and reusable glass straw, I can count on at least a few people stopping me to ask where I got it. Like environmentally conscious bees to organic honey, people flock to ask about this simple but totally practical drink carrier… “Wow, isContinue reading “Disposable straws are for suckers”
Animoto’s Stevie Clifton on Success & The Art of Giving Back
FOND Group catches up with an old by friend by way of a new one. People of Purpose | Stevie Clifton By Hillary Kaylor What do we talk about when we talk about social media in 2013? With teens fleeing Facebook, heated Twitter stock debates, and marketers looking at monetizing every possible digital moment, it’sContinue reading “Animoto’s Stevie Clifton on Success & The Art of Giving Back”
Is Altruism the Real Key to Success?
Peer to Peer Tutoring: What’s In It For You When You’re Not In It For You By Michael Tringe, Co-Founder of CreatorUp! Let’s take a look back at our learning experiences – who did you really learn the most from? Was it your professors, or your classmates? Professors and teachers are important. They hold theContinue reading “Is Altruism the Real Key to Success?”
The Healing Initiative|Travel + Leisure’s Jimmy Farren Hickey
“So much of the news media today is fear based. When I watch it I find myself saddened at the condition of our planet. It all starts to look so hopeless.” So starts the unlikely but entirely salient mission statement of The Healing Initiative, an online project from Jimmy Farren Hickey, the Digital Creative ServicesContinue reading “The Healing Initiative|Travel + Leisure’s Jimmy Farren Hickey”
Immunity is Yours this Fall – FOND’s Fire Cider Giveaway
Last spring, I discovered what I now refer to as ‘My Secret Weapon’. This fall, I’m giving it to you. “Here’s to feeling good, All the time.” — Fire Cider While in Africa this past March, I exposed my body to a slew of immunity threats by visiting the slums of Johannesburg, working with kidsContinue reading “Immunity is Yours this Fall – FOND’s Fire Cider Giveaway”
A Guinness Record at Google HQ for Electric Vehicles
An interview with the one-of-a-kind Susan Jones, the inspiration behind the record-breaking Ride The Future Tour. FOND recently had the pleasure of meeting up with Susan Jones, founder and mastermind of Ride The Future Tour (RTFT). We sat down to chat with Susan in NYC just after she completed her trek across the nation onContinue reading “A Guinness Record at Google HQ for Electric Vehicles”
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