Kenta and Michelle met in 2001 and got to know one another in a tiny kitchen at the back of a dark artists’ loft space called the Cave, in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. When he wasn’t busy performing improvised music or creating sound for dance and performance, Kenta was working hard to perfect his ‘takoyaki’ (Japanese octopus fritters) technique. He was obsessed. Michelle, also working as a sound artist, composer, and performer, was happy to be the official food taster. In 2002 they got married and have been cooking for each other—and along the way two lovely kids—ever since.