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...MILAN The annual Identità Golose (Jan. 27-30, 2008) in Milan, inaugurated by Italian food writer Paolo Marchi four years ago, has become the pre-eminent event for avant-garde chefs: Heston Blumenthal of the Fat Duck in Bray, England; Andoni Luis Aduriz of Mugaritz in Spain's Basque country and the ubiquitous Ferran Adrià of El Bulli in Spain have already confirmed. Carlo Cracco of Cracco-Peck is one of several daring Milanese chefs showcased at the fair, which will also offer workshops on bread, pizza and Italian patisserie. Top local restaurants offer special degustazione...
...subscription-only club for DJs interested in avant-garde medley mixing, hosted the weekend in the 2,350-seat London Indig02 arena. In addition to the Battle for World Supremacy, DJs from 24 different countries—including Italy, Japan, Spain, and Singapore—competed in six-minute and team face-offs...
...friend made a cooking show/comedy sketch, accessible from HRTV.org and Youtube.com, outlining his recipe for viewers at home. The directions: smear armpits with chunky peanut butter, rub jelly through hair, and scrub off with slices of bread. Then put those two slices together for an “avant garde PB&J sandwich,” Koenings’s companion explains. Both chefs ate their creations, and Koenigs had a taste of both...
...Lebwohl ’08—president and vice president of HRTV—added the video to the group’s website in an effort to make comedy sketches a regular feature. Their repertoire extends beyond avant garde cooking: Koenigs and his roommates have filmed a series of shorts. [SEE CORRECTION BELOW...
...Facebook as a liveblog to document their most trivial actions; “self-promoters,” who exaggerate their features to make them appear more exciting; and “performers,” who treat their profiles as “avant-garde works of art.” Besides describing the site’s users, “The Facebook Book” also recounts tales and urban legends surrounding the site’s founding. Lushing’s favorite story details that Zuckerberg’s original creation, a program called...