The modern kitchen began to take shape sometime around 1900. It has been a leading indicator of the state of design ever since. It has also been a battlefield of conflicting belief systems. As the use of servants declined, housewives became at once early adopters of new products meant to free them from drudgery and targets of corporate advertising that relentlessly defined them as household fixtures themselves.
It was 1:30 a.m. on a balmy Friday and the jazz musicians were still swinging. An air of sweat and cheap beer pervaded the dank walls of Fat Cat, a basement jazz club-cumpool hall in New York's West Village.
For more than 40 years, Larry Harlow has been affectionately known in the Latin music world as "El Judio Maravilloso" ("the marvelous Jew"), a pianist, songwriter, producer and arranger with an unerring feeling for clave, Latin music's five-stroke beat, and an ear for hits.
Shanghai coffee lovers need to look no further than the Expo 2010 Shanghai to sample coffee from all around the world.
The West Lake International Expo in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, will be held next month in a bid to attract tourism and boost the local economy.
Hangzhou is boosting its local economy by playing host to thousands of international and domestic gatherings.
Touted as one of China's most influential exhibitions, the West Lake International Expo will take place from Oct 16 to Nov 6 in Hangzhou, a city with such beautiful scenery that is billed as "paradise on earth".
Maxim's de Paris Beijing is probably more well-known than the original restaurant founded in late 19th century Paris - at least as far as the Chinese are concerned. In 1983, all of 27 years ago, the opening of Maxim's in Beijing was an unprecedented sensation. So was the 200 yuan ($30) bill per person, at a time when the monthly income of most Chinese was hardly ever above 50 yuan.
You know that old adage about a prophet and his homeland? Well, in the world of grapes, the Malbec is living proof that a stint abroad can improve your reputation and street cred, like a happy expatriate.
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