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David Chang on Slow Food (and Fast Food)
Original at yumsugar
• Wed, Sep 3
CA - DC: Alice [Waters] asked me to be a part of it. I've gotten to know a lot of work that she does outside of Chez Panisse. I'm not affiliated [with Slow Food] ...
AP Analysis: Slow Food needs to ease off gourmet
Original at wtop.com
• Tue, Sep 2
DC - It's tough medicine that's almost a repudiation of Slow Food figurehead Alice Waters. She has worked long and hard to bring all to the table, ...
Corn Salad and Watermelon Salad Taste Like Summer
Original at healthyhabitscoach (WordPress)
• Mon, Sep 1
By healthyhabitscoach I am moved by the whole Slow Food idea. Alice Waters, owner of Chez Panisse Restaurant in Berkeley and founder of Slow Food Nation, has been quoted as saying “we need a new food system in America . . . that supports the people who are ...
Guest blogger: chef Monica Pope at Slow Food Nation 08
Original at Houston Chronicle
• Mon, Sep 1
By Alison Cook I tried to get them to ignore the fire codes, I pulled out my Alice-Waters-personally-invited-me-to-Italy-last-year card, I even tried to squeeze out a tear (which was almost real, considering how frustrated and stressed I was). ...
Slow Food menu draws crowds of tasters
Original at San Francisco Chronicle
• Sun, Aug 31
SanFranciscoSentinel.com USA - For Alice Waters, a Berkeley restaurateur and one of the key organizers of the festival, it's not about reinventing the wheel; it's about going back to ... The fast track guide to Slow Food San Francisco Chronicle all 8 news articles
WEEKEND INTERVIEW: JEFF CRUMP
Original at thespec.com
• Sat, Aug 30
Canada - Wolfgang Puck and Alice Waters, from Chez Panisse, started California cuisine. It was French-inspired, local, seasonal organic food. It appealed to me. ...
Slow Food Nation: Let the delicious revolution begin!
Original at The Ethicurean
• Fri, Aug 29
By Bonnie P. Slow Food Nation, the three-day festival that’s been hyped as the “Woodstock of the food movement” and the “first continental culinary congress,” has begun and is full swing. It encompasses a thriving Victory Garden in front of San Francisco’s City Hall (pictured); a Food for Thought le...
A Toast to Eco-Friendly Bottled Water
Original at MainStreet
• Thu, Aug 28
NY - Certain restaurants -- such as Alice Waters' Chez Panisse -- prefer to use their own glassware. The Berkeley, Calif., eatery was one of the first to remove ...
Alice Waters and Chez Panisse Prices & Review
Original at evelyn
• Thu, Aug 28
By evelyn1457 I must assert that I’m mainly one that does not take pleasure in shopping online, but my image on that has changed since I bought my Alice Waters and Chez Panisse from ebay. Not only was Alice Waters and Chez Panisse breathtaking, ...
What is it like to eat Slow Food - Simply Divine…
Original at Chef Maven
• Thu, Aug 28
• 4 related articles
By chefmaven In 2008 Slow Food USA will host its largest gathering to date when 50000 people descend on San Francisco for the Inaugural Slow Food Nation. Founded by Alice Waters it will be the largest celebration of American food in history. [4] ...
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It's not quite saber rattling, but it sure is growling:
Original at San Francisco Chronicle
• Wed, Aug 27
USA - Organizers of Slow Food Nation have decided to show it as part of the Best of festival. Alice Waters and Bologna jury chief Dieter Kosslick, ...
The fast track guide to Slow Food
Original at San Francisco Chronicle
• Tue, Aug 26
USA - Aug 26, 2008 They argue that food produced the Slow Food way is too expensive. Alice Waters, whose Berkeley restaurant, Chez Panisse, played a major role in bringing ...
Slow Food Nation heads to San Francisco
Original at Nashua Telegraph
• Tue, Aug 26
NH - Slow Food Nation founder Alice Waters, the Berkeley restaurateur who popularized the idea of serving food straight from local, organic farms to the table at ...
Fanny at Chez Panisse A Child’s Restaurant Adventures with 46 ...
Original at camryn
• Sun, Aug 24
By camryn2131 Chez Panisse is a restaurant in Berkeley, California, run by Alice Waters and her large group of friends. Her daughter Fanny’s stories of this busy place are a friendly and funny introduction to the delights of real restaurant life, ...
"Californian" specialty restaurant in LA for NYers one dinner in LA
Original at CHOW: The Grinder
• Sun, Aug 24
Alice Waters and Chez Panisse may have originated Californian cuisine, but Puck and Spago definitely popularized it. As stated before, definitely do the Tasting Menu though. ...
Fanny at Chez Panisse A Child’s Restaurant Adventures with 46 ...
Original at julieandjesse.com
• Sat, Aug 23
By daphne7477 Chez Panisse is a restaurant in Berkeley, California, run by Alice Waters and her large group of friends. Her daughter Fanny’s stories of this busy place are a friendly and funny introduction to the delights of real restaurant life, ...
Eco-Eats: Conservatives love slow food, too
Original at Plenty Magazine
• Thu, Aug 21
Writer John Schwenkler, who fairly accurately describes Alice Waters as “not, as they say, one of us,” nevertheless suggests that educating children with Slow Food values is something that “ought to resonate beyond the confines of the ...
squash & nasturtium butter pasta
Original at When Harry Met Salad
• Wed, Aug 20
By Megan adapted from Alice Waters’ Chez Panisse Pasta Pizza & Calzones (serves 2 with a bit left over). 2 t. fresh thyme* 2 t. fresh parsley 2 shallots 18-20 nasturtium blossoms 4 T. butter. 1½ lb. baby squash (a combination of zucchini and ...
Original at Veal Cheeks
• Tue, Aug 19
By Gary Alan Fine(noreply@blogger.com) I was nearly at the end of my stay without a truly astonishing meal. It was almost chance that I stumbled upon Joia, the lovely restaurant of Chef Pietro Leeman, a Swiss chef, trained by Freddy Girardet in Crissier at his Restaurant de l'Hôtel de Ville, according to some the world’s best rest...
Slow Food Nation celebrates the good, clean and fair
Original at Point Reyes Light
• Fri, Aug 15
CA - On Saturday afternoon of this week, a lunch hosted by celebrity chef and Slow Food champion Alice Waters was held on Peter Worsley’s farm in Point Reyes ...
Sausage and Egg Pizza
Original at ifood.tv
• Fri, Aug 15
By Food Wishes I first saw pizza topped with eggs in the Chez Panisse Café cookbook. Alice Waters, the chef of Chez Panisse, and one of my personal heroes, used eggs to top a similar pizza using proscuitto instead of sausage. I decided to try it, ...
Chef cooks up dishes with a difference
Original at St. Louis Post-Dispatch
• Thu, Aug 14
United States - Were you influenced by Alice Waters, founder of Chez Panisse in Berkeley, Calif.? Very much so. If I could throw a garden right here and farm from it, ...
Carol Pecks Good News cafe in Woodbury, CT ..anyone been there lately?
Original at CHOW: The Grinder
• Wed, Aug 13
Carole is know as the Alice Waters of the East Coast; she uses high quality ingredients, preferably local, creatively, with delicious results. Atmosphere is informal, with placemats on the tables, good crusty country sourdough bread and ...
In the spirit of Chez Panisse
Original at Malaysia Sun
• Sun, Aug 10
Another disciple of Alice Waters has gone forth and multiplied. In the past few years, we've seen Chez Panisse alumni Christopher Lee open Eccolo in Berkeley, Charlie Hallowell open Pizzaiolo in Oakla...
Slow Food to make US debut
Original at Worcester Telegram
• Sat, Aug 9
• 9 related articles
MA - A variety of high-profile Slow Food advocates, including Alice Waters and writer Michael Pollan, plan to attend. Conferences will cover a range of issues, ...
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Wood-Fired
Original at New York Times
• Fri, Aug 8
United States - But the food has an elegance that only the best ingredients, simply prepared, can carry off. If this is gas-station cuisine, Alice Waters has won. ...
Pint-size Chefs
Original at Health Tips
• Wed, Aug 6
By Andre Kubaki Fanny at Chez Panisse - cookbook by the then seven-year-old daughter of famed CA-cuisine originator Alice Waters ($13). Salad People - vegetarian recipes for the six-and-under set, from the author of the Moosewood Cookbook series ($13). ...
Daily News
Original at Climate Crisis Coalition
• Wed, Aug 6
• 6 related articles
By Tom Slow Food Nation Gains Momentum. Posted by Shepherd Bliss, EnergyBulletin.net, August 5, 2008. “Slow Food Nation leader Alice Waters — founder of Berkeley’s famous Chez Panisse Restaurant and author of eight food books [including her ...
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Desperately Seeking Lunchbox Ideas
Original at San Francisco Chronicle
• Wed, Aug 6
USA - That's probably for the best; unlike Berkeley's, our school district's food program has yet to be transformed by Alice Waters. Yet, it could be so easy if ...
Recent good eats SF and East Bay
Original at CHOW: The Grinder
• Tue, Aug 5
Like many of those places, the chef-owner worked at Chez Panisse for a long time. Some interviewer once asked Alice Waters to share one of her "secrets," and she said something like, we use more salt than some people would think proper.
Slow Food Nation Gains Momentum
Original at The Smirking Chimp
• Tue, Aug 5
• 6 related articles
By Shepherd Bliss Slow Food Nation leader Alice Waters--founder of Berkeley's famous Chez Panisse Restaurant and author of eight food books--spoke at the small town (8000 people) Sebastopol Farmers' Market in Northern California August 3. ...
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More Obama fund-raising hocus pocus
Original at The Real Barack Obama
• Mon, Aug 4
• 3 related articles
By bmerry7 A lovely lunch of organic chicken prepared by a renowned chef, Alice Waters [of Chez Panisse restaurant of Berkeley, California], brought in somewhere between $400000 and $700000 for the Obama Victory fund. ...
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Oh Yes She Did
Original at Sadly, No!
• Sun, Aug 3
• 3 related articles
By Gavin M. As Carol Marin wrote in The Chicago Sun-Times, The Lanky One is like an Alice Waters organic chicken — “sleek, elegant, beautifully prepared. Too cool” — when what many working-class women are craving is mac and cheese. ...
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Slow Food Revolution A New Culture for Eating and Living Review
Original at alan
• Fri, Aug 1
By alanblogldbv It includes testimonies from Slow Food representatives—such as Alice Waters of Chez Panisse—illustrating exactly what they are doing—and what still needs to be done—to preserve them. Scroll These Wonderful Prices On Ebay For Slow Food ...
Eco-Eats: Going slow to move fast
Original at Plenty Magazine
• Thu, Jul 31
Created by Ms. Alice Waters herself, the organization’s international vice president, the event is already garnering much attention far and beyond those tuned into the Slow Food movement. “We want to start the revolution! ...
Cooking Light Features Chicago Market Pioneer
Original at Gapers Block
• Wed, Jul 30
IL - Today, the market is "the best sustainable market in the country," according to the Alice Waters. The story is a good read and includes fun recipes from ...
Lunch with Michelle
Original at Chicago Sun-Times
• Tue, Jul 29
United States - Famed chef Alice Waters, whose Chez Panisse in Berkeley, Calif., is one of the nations' most acclaimed restaurants, introduced keynoter Michelle Obama ...
Super Deal on Alice Waters and Chez Panisse
Original at softwarejobs.cn
• Sat, Jul 26
By blazecarsonxbye Alice Waters and Chez Panisse is where its at! Man I love it! And I got a super deal on Ebay. I posted some pics, details, and ebay listings of the same Alice Waters and Chez Panisse below. I can never say enough good things about ...
Alice Waters will be at Green City Market this Saturday July 26
Original at gotbuzzatkurman (Blogspot)
• Fri, Jul 25
By Cindy Kurman More about the sold out benefit: cooking with Alice is the Palmer House executive chef Stephen Henry. On the menu, a Chicken Nicoise Salad with loads of market fresh vegetables as well as a baked stuffed Peach with Vanilla ice cream for ...
Slow Food Savors Big Moment
Original at New York Times
• Tue, Jul 22
• 16 related articles
United States - Slow Food’s leaders, the chef Alice Waters chief among them, bristle at the criticism. But most acknowledge that the organization did not translate well to ...
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Home Cooking Dickinson County Style
Original at Abilene Recorder Chronicle
• Tue, Jul 22
KS - In the words of Alice Waters, owner of Chez Panisse Restaurant in California and one of the founders of the natural food movement, “When you cook food that ...
Chez Panisse Pasta, Pizza, Calzone (Paperback) by Alice Waters ...
Original at Italian Cookbooks
• Thu, Jul 17
By dewipadi Chez Panisse Pasta, Pizza, Calzone (Paperback). This classic cookbook brings together 87 recipes for pasta sauces and 36 pizza and calzone recipes, as well as tasty pasta doughs, such as buckwheat, red pepper and saffron. ...
Culinary School of the Rockies Raises New Crop of Chefs
Original at MarketWatch
• Wed, Jul 16
- Nationally renowned chef Alice Waters pioneered this trend in 1971 when she opened her neighborhood bistro, Chez Panisse, in Berkeley, Calif. ...
Victory Garden update: Finally, everyone’s eating something
Original at The Ethicurean
• Wed, Jul 9
By Jennifer M. aka Baklava Queen Lately we’ve seen a bumper crop of articles extolling the virtues of gardening. Sure, it’s a great way to reduce your food costs at a time when those prices are experiencing rapid growth spurts. But it’s more than that: gardens can be environmentally friendly and even (in our dreams, perhap...
Alice Waters says Obama is paying attention to food & ag issuesOriginal at The Ethicurean
• Mon, Jul 7
By Bonnie P. Presidential hopeful Barack Obama has read “The Omnivore’s Dilemma” and America’s obesity epidemic is very much on his mind, says Alice Waters, the original SOLE sister and founder of Chez Panisse, in this video from the Aspen Ideas Festival. (Thanks, Cookie Jill!)
Alice Waters and Chez Panisse Prices & Review
Original at the dandy warhols
• Thu, Jun 26
By thedandywarholsnebc I recently purchased Alice Waters and Chez Panisse from ebay and I was totally blown away by the ease and quality of the merchants that I bought Alice Waters and Chez Panisse from. Not only that but my Alice Waters and Chez Panisse came ...
Susan Sawyers: Dish from Davos, Day 1
Original at Huffington Post
• Wed, Jan 23
By Susan Sawyers with Yo-Yo Ma, HRH Princess Lolowah Al Faisal Al Saud and Food and "A Whole New World" with Alice Waters of Chez Panisse fame, author Michael Pollan and Peter Sellars. Ms. Waters was hard at work Tuesday and Wednesday preparing the ...
Book Review: Bittersweet - A Sweet, Seductive Way to Spend an Evening Alice Medrich
Original at Blogcritics
• Sun, Jul 29
By Melissa Lion The recipes in Alice Medrich's award-winning Bittersweet: A Sweet, Seductive Way to Spend an Evening range from savory to sweet and all spotlight fine chocolate, now more that ever available in local supermarkets. Medrich’s essays between the recipes are a delight and more instructio...
San Francisco: Top Picks: San Francisco Culinary Highlights
Original at Gridskipper
• Thu, May 17
London Wine Bar: The 33-year-old London Wine Bar was the first wine bar in America and inspired the long-running trend of same. They have an excellent selection of vintages, serve food at the bar, and have won numerous awards for their wine list and non-snooty ambiance.
Living Large at a Big Apple Big Easy Party
Original at New York Magazine
• Fri, Oct 13
At one serving station, Alice Waters seemed to ponder the nature of the food — thick veal cutlets slowly sautéed in butter, ... R&B legend Allen Toussaint, standing with 5 Ninth chef Zak Pelaccio, talked about rebuilding New Orleans. ...