Oshibori give out towels made of non-woven cloth or paper, which are generally used once and then disposed of. Paper ones sometimes contain a sterilizing agent such as alcohol or stabilized chlorine dioxide. Paper o-shibori, unlike cloth o-shibori, can be folded and put into a very thin plastic wrapping, for inclusion with packaged products such as bentō lunch boxes in convenience stores. An oshibori can be moistened with hot water at an appropriate temperature or steam to make a hot oshibori, or placed damp into a refrigerator to make a cold oshibori suitable for use in summer. Restaurants usually use an
Elements (restaurant) never been formally trained, but spent six years at the Ryland Inn, where he became the head chef before that restaurant closed. Business partner Laurent Chapuis, owner of the Princeton Corkscrew Wine Shop, introduced Anderson and Distler. Anderson is currently an equity partner in the restaurant. In 2013, Anderson and Distler opened Japanese-themed restaurant, Mistral, in Princeton. elements closed at its first location in Princeton after dinner service on June 28, 2014. It reopened, in the building that also houses Mistral, on August 11, 2015. Mistral remained open during the renovations. Both locations share Mistral's liquor license since the reopening.