His "Big Eater," at the Kitchen, draws connections between subjects — drunken celebrities, biochemistry, nineteenth-century ballet — never before yoked outside of Neumann's brain.
His "Big Eater," at the Kitchen, draws connections between subjects drunken celebrities, biochemistry, nineteenth-century ballet never before yoked outside of Neumann's brain.
Broadband internet access reaches right across the world, from Ny-Alesund in the Arctic to the Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station, but if you're connected to a wi-fi network and you wander into the kitchen, your connection cuts out because… well, we have no idea, really.
In her last major book, "The Carolina Rice Kitchen: The African Connection" (1992), she detailed how the rice culture of South Carolina was "inextricably bound up with slavery".
Legumes, okra, rice, sesame seeds and fish are never discussed in any depth (for a terrific treatment of rice, see Karen Hess, "The Carolina Rice Kitchen: The African Connection," or Judith Carney, "Black Rice: The African Origins of Rice Cultivation in the Americas").
This organic connection between kitchen and dining room, and the quiet attention of the chef, imbues the place with the easy rhythm of a well-loved neighborhood cafe.
"They keep the ice cream cold for up to three hours," said Dianna De Martino, the owner of the Culinary Connection, a kitchen shop in Great Neck.
There were about 30 chefs in all - from France, Italy and the United States as well as Spain - who did half-hour presentations on stage of some of their favourite dishes, complete with live video connections to kitchens where their staff did the chopping and mixing.
If we've lost our kitchen skills and our connection to food, both can be regained.
Wireless networks, fast Internet connections and smart kitchen appliances are all the rage in high-tech homes for the hip, young and well-to-do.
