Before the iPad, There Was the Honeywell Kitchen Computer

Before the iPad, There Was the Honeywell Kitchen Computer

In the winter of 1969, the Neiman Marcus Christmas catalog offered to computerize your kitchen.

Cooking up a gourmet holiday meal will be a snap, the department store promised. Push a few buttons, and -- presto! -- a shiny orange-red, white, and black machine will compute the perfect five-course meal. No more silly culinary errors. The ...