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Pairings: Cultivating a Taste for Science Through Food
With Clay Reynolds and Chef Loretta Keller
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$19.95 General; $10 Members; Free for Lab Members
Adults Only (18+)
Note: To reserve a seat and something to eat, pick up free tickets onsite at the Observatory. Seating is limited to 120.
The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a new star. —Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, Physiologie du Gout, 1825
In culinary terms, pairings match complementary or contrasting flavors to create a pleasing complexity. Hosted by Clay Reynolds and Chef Loretta Keller of Seaglass Restaurant, Pairings offers fresh perspectives from a range of scientists, chefs, farmers, vintners, brewers, and others to enhance your exploration of intriguing and edible topics.
Past Programs
Sex involves the transfer of genetic information that has resulted in evolution and specialization—and one of the hottest evenings in town, scientifically speaking.
You are what you eat—and that includes the 60% of your body that’s made of water. Find out how your success in the kitchen often boils down to simply understanding how water works.
From livestock to grapes, come learn some of the science involved in growing the world’s food. And don’t forget to taste the bounty at our science-of-food program, Pairings.
From plant-based proteins to robotics in food production, what and how we eat is changing rapidly. Explore what’s new in our diets and go deep at Pairings: Hacking Food.
What’s funny? At After Dark: Humor Me, sift through the research on the science of laughter and humor and seek out the humor woven into many of our museum exhibit descriptions.
Everyone knows that LASERs put on a good show, but what else can they do? Focus on the history of LASERs along with live demonstrations of their potential and power to wow.
Things built for space exploration have come a long way from Sputnik and dehydrated orange drink. From spacesuits to rovers, come get some insight into what goes into creating the objects needed for cosmic travel.
Literally and metaphorically, we are what we eat. Explore how historical and current conditions shape our relationship to food and the ways in which we use food to express identity, community, values, status, and creativity.
Data has never been more beautiful. Join visualization creators and experts as they share their work and findings. Then immerse yourself in the data with works from artists forging new visualization pathways in the art space.
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