The interactive cooking classes coupled with perfectly paired wines are held in the made for TV Tuscany Kitchen, a state-of-the-art demonstration facility with top-of-the-line Viking equipment and three cameras above the stations and stove to project overhead shots of the chef on 60-inch plasma screens (shown).

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If nothing else, his long and ever more successful career is a pattern demonstration of art's superiority to commerce.

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It was a chance meeting in 1952 with a BBC TV producer and a demonstration of his quick art skills on a paper napkin that secured his on-screen career.

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The most startling demonstration to date of this communal craft-based approach is the Ningbo Museum of Art.

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In addition to Mr. Richmond's arguments, our writer Martin Robinson makes the case for adding Seoul to your travel bucket list with his "A perfect day in Seoul", a scouring of the highlights of the city district by district, and "Fast forward into the future in Seoul, " a demonstration of how the city is innovatively leading the world in entertainment, shopping, art and even dating.

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