Haus Vaterland metres deep, panoramas, and lighting effects, and served appropriate food; it was an early example of modern theme dining or experiential gastronomy. While the main shows took place in the ballroom, each theme restaurant also had musicians of the appropriate origins on staff to complete the dining experience, including at least six dance bands. A central kitchen occupied the entire top floor, connected to the different dining establishments by pneumatic tubes, through which orders came up, and dumbwaiters, by means of which food was sent down and dirty dishes sent back up; conveyor belts at kitchen level transferred the dishes
A Cook's Tour (TV series) NYU graduate film program graduate, Lydia Tenaglia, working at "New York Times Television", picked up the book, "Kitchen Confidential", and learning that Bourdain was proposing an "Innocents Abroad"-style travel journal as a follow-up project, Tenaglia picked up the phone and made a cold call. In Variety, Phil Gallo says, "For once, Food Network is putting on display food you can’t do at home — and they show that acquiring the ingredients isn’t all pretty before the meal hits the dining room table." A Cook's Tour (TV series) A Cook's Tour is a travel and food show that aired on the