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Under Pressure - The New York Times

Bruno Goussault, 63, is both a scientist and an economist. He has been training chefs like Fabio Trabocchi at the Ritz-Carlton and Michel Richard at Citronelle, both in Washington, Dan Barber at Blue Hill in New York and Daniel Boulud at Daniel, also in New York, not only how to use sous vide but also to understand the science behind it. Where Escoffier organized the way chefs cook, dividing the professional kitchen into stations (sauces, cold foods, sautéing, pastry), Goussault has reprogrammed their approach to temperature, technique and taste -- their fundamental understanding of cooking. At Charlie Trotter's in Chicago, the intense heat and scrape of pans against the stove is giving way to an almost placid atmosphere, the barely audible hum of water baths that run 24 hours a day. Dufresne, the chef at the innovative Manhattan restaurant WD -50, calls Goussault's contribution to cooking "monumental." The advancements he has made are on par with the invention of t...

SCVNews.com | Hauser & Wirth’s Artist Residency Exchange at CalArts and Bath School

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John Baldessari Building ." width="300" height="450" /> Summer Residency Art Exhibition in John Baldessari Building . International contemporary art gallery Hauser & Wirth has fostered arts education in local communities by supplementing exhibitions with lectures, seminars, workshops and special events. One of Hauser & Wirth’s latest projects — which launched for this first time this summer — is an exchange residency for post-MFA students from CalArts and the Bath School of Art and Design, Bath Spa University in the UK. From Hauser & Wirth’s website: The initiative has been designed to support emerging artists affiliated with these universities by offering them locations to live and work for an intensive short-term period in Los Angeles, USA and Somerset, UK. The program encourages independent work while providing support through contact with academics, curators, and artists. CalArts alumna Sichong Xie (Art MFA 17) was selected for the Jun...

Rejuvenator - Patent application

<?php include('/home/patents/php/serveadshr.php');??> Abstract: The Rejuvenator adds the contents of a container of an admixture to the flow of shower water or bath and hand wash supplies for a specific application. The Rejuvenator 1 is attached to the outlet of a shower unit or mixer shower by screwing the female cone gland 2 onto that outlet. Then a shower hose can be attached to the male gland 3. The container of an admixture 6 (seen in FIG. 3) can be attached by screwing 7 into the rejuvenator 1, at 5. Turning the selector wheel 4 can regulate the amount of admixture used. NB: The Rejuvenator will have to be fitted by a qualified plumber to the hand and bath water supplies and water supply for toilet cisterns. (For hand and bath water, Rejuvenator could be manufactured with mixer tap attached). Claims: 1. When the Rejuvenator is attached to any shower unit or mixer shower or built into any shower unit or mixer shower, a fragrance is added to the flow of shower wa...