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COUNTDOWN TO 2010: Schools see more levies, testing and security
Original at Sandusky Register
• Sat, Dec 26
Distressed by childhood obesity, people like first lady Michelle Obama and chef and Slow Food advocate Alice Waters are taking a new interest in school food ... and more »
Ingredient: Marching to the beet of root veggies - National Post
Original at network.nationalpost.com
• Thu, Dec 24
Ingredient: Marching to the beet of root veggies National Post (blog) By Malcolm Jolley, National Post Alice Waters is often connected with the spirit of the 1960s, but she didn't open Chez Panisse, her iconic Berkeley, ...
Pleasure Hunting / On the Map
Original at Ha'aretz
• Thu, Dec 24
When I was in California in 1991," says chef Ezra Kedem, "I saw how restaurants like Alice Waters' Chez Panisse [in Berkeley] are visited ...
Sector of Ketchum finds new life
Original at Idaho Mountain Express and Guide
• Tue, Dec 22
Sego is participating in an edible-garden educational program based on the one started by renowned chef Alice Waters. With the help of the Environmental ...
Growing Food, and Community, in the Desert
Original at Treehugger
• Sun, Dec 20
A cynic might look at a program like the Edible Schoolyard -- the much-lauded school garden initiative launched by Chez Panisse's Alice Waters -- and wonder ...
Solving the Photoshop Elements Color Shift Problem
Original at TidBITS
• Sat, Dec 19
For a number of years, David was a pastry chef at the famous Berkeley restaurant Chez Panisse, founded by the legendary Alice Waters. ...
Bottled Water Sales Dry Up, Industry asks 'Why?' - Common Dreams
Original at commondreams.org
• Fri, Dec 18
Bottled Water Sales Dry Up, Industry asks 'Why?' Common Dreams (press release) Hundreds of high-end restaurants - from celebrity chef Alice Waters' Chez Panisse in Berkeley, Calif., to Mario Batali's Del Posto in New York City - now ... and more »
Waters' KCRW Playlist Reveals Shameless Acts of Bribery - SF Weekly
Original at SF Weekly Blogs
• Thu, Dec 17
Waters' KCRW Playlist Reveals Shameless Acts of Bribery SF Weekly (blog) Alice Waters appeared on the Guest DJ Project on Los Angeles-based radio station KCRW yesterday. She selected five tracks, including works by Jefferson ...
Home is where the mart is
Original at New York Post
• Thu, Dec 17
Thanks to my heroes — food writers/ethicists Alice Waters, Michael Pollan, Eric Schlosser and others — Americans are conversing about what constitutes ...
Music for Eating, Growing: Alice Waters' KCRW Guest DJ Set - LAist
Original at LAist
• Wed, Dec 16
blog) Music for Eating, Growing: Alice Waters' KCRW Guest DJ Set blog) Although predominantly synonymous with the Bay Area and its Slow Food movement, Chef, author, restaurateur and Edible Schoolyard maven Alice Waters is ...
'Ingredients' highlights the importance of local food movement
Original at College Times
• Wed, Dec 9
The film features chef/author Alice Waters, considered to be a pioneer of the movement toward cooking with local foods, Peter Hoffman, chef/owner of Savoy, ...
Good Eating Habits Start Young
Original at Center For American Progress
• Wed, Dec 9
But even if it's possible, as many schools have done, to adopt the types of schoolyard programs that Alice Waters has championed where they can actually ...
Living history
Original at Santa Rosa Press Democrat
• Fri, Nov 27
The downtown New Moon Cafe follows Alice Waters' lead, using fresh, seasonal and organic ingredients. The roast beet salad and ravioli are specialties. ...
Bay Area Chefs Dodge New York Knives
Original at New York Times
• Thu, Nov 26
Mr. Bourdain, the New York food writer and television host, seems to take potshots at Alice Waters every chance he gets. And the chef Nate Appleman, ...
Canadian cookbooks for every cooking style
Original at Canada.com
• Thu, Nov 26
International culinary stars like Ferran Adrià in Spain showed us the playful mysticism of molecular gastronomy, while Alice Waters and others in the United ... Books for every cooking styleVictoria Times Colonist all 2 news articles »
Chez Panisse's Alice Waters visits a Los Angeles charter school
Original at latimes.com
• Mon, Nov 9
Alice Waters, the chef-owner of the landmark restaurant Chez Panisse in Berkeley, came to Los Angeles today to talk about school lunch and school gardens at ... President of Chez Panisse Foundation and Larchmont School LaunchSchool Buyers Online
ICONOCLASTS Season 2: Mikhail Baryshnikov +Original at vitalrecipe.com
• Fri, Sep 18
www.sundancechannel.com In this episode, dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov and chef Alice Waters share their philosophies of art, food, teaching and ... vitalrecipe.com
Original at Veal Cheeks
• Wed, Sep 2
By Gary Alan Fine(noreply@blogger.com) Dessert was Middleton Gardens raspberry ice cream crêpes. They were as advertised if you treat the excellent peaches and blackberries as lagniappe. At Chez Panisse, the ingredients are generous. Think of a raspberry crepe, and then think of a raspberry crepe with perfect fruit. That is Che...
Fava Bean Risotto & Three Suave Soaves
Original at Bigger Than Your Head
• Wed, Jun 10
By Fredric Koeppel What do you do when fava beans are in season? (And we are getting to the end of the season for fresh favas.) Well, in our house you make fava risotto, which LL did Sunday night, from a recipe found in Chez Panisse Vegetables by Alice Waters (HarperCollins, 1996), which also uses green peas and [......
Cookbook targets today's culinary-savvy children
Original at Modesto Bee
• Sun, May 10
CA Q: However, I see you have glowing endorsements from the likes of Alice Waters, Jacques Pepin and Wolfgang Puck. A: They are chefs who are parents and grandparents. They know that children are much more sophisticated than from years past. ...
Digest - snacks: MoDo meets Alice, Paula Deen disses tofu, and Rush Limbaugh loves … animals?
Original at The Ethicurean
• Tue, Apr 21
By Ethicurean So would she be, like, Princess Leia?: NYT columnist Maureen Dowd jumps from musing on the Dick Cheney–Star Wars connection with George Lucas to Alice Waters, another California celebrity who “inspires cult-like devotion.” Waters responds — kind of — to Friday’s article in the Nationa...
Top shelf: Recommended reading
Original at San Francisco Chronicle
• Fri, Apr 3
USA In paperback. Edible Schoolyard: A Universal Idea, by Alice Waters: A chronicle of the transformation of one abandoned plot of land at a Berkeley public school into the Edible Schoolyard - a model for institutions everywhere.
Editorial: A truly notable class for the Hall
Original at Sacramento Bee
• Thu, Dec 18
New California Hall of Famers introduced Monday by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger include, from left, Dave Brubeck, Quincy Jones, Jack LaLanne, Schwarzenegger, Jane Fonda and Alice Waters. An eclectic group, with little in common, perhaps, except that all are Californians, all have made...
Opinion: A good cookbook can satisfy any food lover on your list
Original at The Spokesman Review
• Wed, Dec 17
Winston-Salem Journal WA - Dec 17, 2008 Alice Waters, Alice Medrich, Anne Willan, Dorie Greenspan, Marcella Hazan, Julia Child, MFK Fisher – the list is a who's who culinary professionals and ... He's Not Shy: Restaurant owner's book is outrageous and oddly ... Winston-Salem Journal
12 inducted into California Hall of Fame
Original at Sacramento Bee
• Tue, Dec 16
Jane Fonda was one of 12 people inducted to the California Hall of Fame on Monday. Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and first lady Maria Shriver awarded the 12 newest inductees the Spirit of California medal at the California Museum of History, Women & the Arts in downtown Sacramento.
Recipe: Bread Baby: Sold.
Original at Bread Baby
• Tue, Nov 18
By Jesse Adapted from Chez Panisse Vegetables by Alice Waters 1 small heads of cabbage, sliced finely into strips 6 green onions, whites only, sliced finely into circles 1/6 cup white onion, sliced into fine strips ...
Film Review: Food Fight : TreeHugger
Original at Treehugger
• Mon, Nov 3
There is a telling clip of a young Alice Waters in the early days of Chez Panisse sitting by the edge of her garden and saying in a voice edged with panic "I can't believe I have to make salad for 300 people out of this little garden". ...
How To: Learn About the Food and Works of Alice Waters
Original at Pima County Public Library
• Wed, Oct 1
Chef Alice Waters pursued farm fresh organic food and helped improve school lunches by teaching children and school staff how to grow and use fresh vegetables. Follow her journey through a special showing and discussion of the PBS video ...
Recipe Roundup: Butternut Squash Recipes
Original at FoodieView
• Mon, Sep 22
By michele At The Wednesday Chef you’ll find a scrumptious risotto made famous by Alice Waters of Chez Panisse. Blogger Luisa Weiss writes poetically: “The cubed squash simmered gently in sage-scented broth, while rice toasted in oil and butter ...
Recipe: So many ways to chill
Original at Los Angeles Times
• Thu, Aug 28
• 13 related articles
CA - A favorite two-sentence recipe for cucumber, mango and red onion salad from Alice Waters' "Chez Panisse Vegetables" goes like this: "Peel and thinly slice ...
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How To: Alice Waters' Perfect OmeletOriginal at fr.truveo.com
• Thu, Jul 10
Food legend Alice Waters explains how to make a Chez Panisse-style omelet. fr.truveo.com
Recipe: pizza with red and yellow peppers
Original at smitten kitchen
• Wed, Jun 18
By deb You see, I had bookmarked yet another lovely, simple recipe from what I think we all know by now is my current favorite cookbook, Alice Waters’ Chez Panisse Vegetables a couple weeks ago, the Pizza with Red and Yellow Peppers. ...
Recipe: Hungry hungry hipster - GQ
Original at GQ
• Thu, May 8
Hungry hungry hipster - Alice Waters, godmother of all things organic, is interviewed here, and Mario Batali contributes several haikus and a recipe. For the lower-minded, ...
Recipe: My Potato Gratin Quest
Original at Chew On That
• Wed, May 7
By Maxine Alice Waters’ Potato Gratin. Ingredients. 3 large Yukon Gold potatoes, sliced about 1/16 of an inch thick 4 Tbs. butter, separated Salt and pepper 1 1/2 C. gruyere or parmesan cheese, shredded 1 C. milk ...
Recipe: Alice Waters’ Soda Bread
Original at girl.net
• Fri, Apr 11
By Paige In a large bowl, stir together the dry ingredients. Starting with just 1 1/2 cups, mix in the buttermilk. Add more as needed, without letting the dough get too sticky. Knead the bread lightly until it forms a smooth(ish) ball. ...
Recipe: Sugar snap peas are at their sweetest now - Ventura County Star
Original at Ventura County Star
• Wed, Feb 27
Sugar snap peas are at their sweetest now CA - But in "Chez Panisse Vegetables," Alice Waters also suggests sautéing pods into a pan with a quarter-inch of water, a little butter and a sprinkle of salt. ...
Opinion: Alice Waters's onion tart
Original at technically.us
• Sun, Feb 24
By Leland The onion tart recipe in Alice Waters’s beautiful new book is an improvement on my usual custardy recipe. Instead of dulling the flavor of the onions with eggs and cream, it just uses a truckload of onions, which are juicy enough to stand alone. A piece of this tart is as satisfying as a great sl...
Recipe: Key Lime White Chocolate Tart
Original at Scrumptious Street
• Fri, Feb 22
By Stephanie Beack The curd is a recipe derived from Chez Panisse Fruit by Alice Waters, but I found it on one of my favorite websites. The crust is the same Cream Cheese Pastry adapted from Mitchell Davis that I used recently on my pot pies. Ingredients ...
REVIEW: Best Food Book Gifts
Original at THE NIBBLE
• Sun, Dec 2
By Nibble Editors For food history, Alice Waters & Chez Panisse, Moveable Feasts, a book on the history of food from farm to table that is a real page-turner, and the snarky The Food Snob’s Dictionary, a good stocking stuffer. There are many more, ...
Recipe: Happy Thanksgiving!
Original at ~ Through The Walla Walla Grape Vine ™~
• Wed, Nov 21
By Catie All will be brined using Alice Waters Chez Panisse brine recipe. Been using that recipe for awhile now. A keeper! After brining over night, my sis, Chefy Chefferton will put on her grillardin chef hat and will smoke the legs on the ...
Recipe: Elissa Altman: Beyond Alice's Restaurant
Original at Huffington Post
• Sun, Oct 7
By Elissa Altman My first experience with Alice Waters, the founder of the ground-breaking Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley, took place back in 1987; I was the cookbook buyer at the original Dean & Deluca in Manhattan, and one day, the door was flung ...
Recipe: It's that peaches-and-cream time of summer - Montreal Gazette
Original at Global National
• Wed, Aug 15
Montreal Gazette It's that peaches-and-cream time of summer Montreal Gazette, Canada - with lemon juice to prevent browning. Here's an adapted version of a peach shortcake recipe from Alice Waters, chef at Chez Panisse in Berkeley, Calif.
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...
Recipe: Cool as a cucumber - Longview Daily News
Original at Longview Daily News
• Wed, Jun 20
• 13 related articles
Cool as a cucumber WA - A favorite two-sentence recipe for cucumber, mango and red onion salad from Alice Waters' "Chez Panisse Vegetables" goes like this: "Peel and thinly slice ...
Related articles from Monterey County Herald, Greensboro News Record, bradenton.com, Columbus Dispatch, Houston Chronicle, TheNewsTribune.com, Tri-Valley Herald and more.
Recipe: Shell game - MLive.com
Original at Ann Arbor News
• Tue, May 29
Shell game MLive.com, MI - The recipe for pasta with tomato confit is from "Chez Panisse Vegetables" by Alice Waters (HarperCollins, $32.50). Toasted bread crumbs with herbs and lemon ...
San Francisco's Top Lady Chefs
Original at Gridskipper
• Wed, May 23
Alice Waters @ Chez Panisse. Alice Waters is one of the most high-profile females in American cooking. After Julia Child, she's the woman a sizable number of chefs say inspired them. Waters's focus on farm-fresh vegetables and organic meats caused a sea change in the way Americans eat and ma...
San Francisco: Top Picks: San Francisco Culinary Highlights
Original at Gridskipper
• Thu, May 17
French Laundry: Thomas Keller nabbed three coveted Michelin stars for his Napa restaurant, and he's now a major culinary figure across the country. The SF Chronicle's Michael Bauer claims him for San Fran because of those shiny restaurant stars.
Recipe: The Athlete Gourmet - It’s All About Carbs!
Original at Well Fed Network
• Mon, Feb 26
By Editor A recent favorite was a recipe from Alice Waters’ Chez Panisse Vegetables Cookbook (Not where one might normally expect to find an athlete’s recipe, is it?) The recipe is quite simple and absolutely delicious! ...
Piggy Self-Promoter: Jason Neroni?
Original at Gawker
• Wed, Dec 13
So that self-promoting chef who sent an e-mail around asking his friends to make him a Beard Foundation rising star? No one has coughed up the e-mail yet, but we have it on good authority that it's none other than Jason Neroni, of Brooklyn pig purveyor Porchetta (home of the pork margarita)....
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. ...