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Original at Kansas City Star
• Wed, Jun 17
MO In 1971 Alice Waters opened Chez Panisse, a Berkeley, Calif., restaurant serving local, organic, in-season fare. She has since become one of the most influential chefs in the world and has inspired a revolution that has forced Americans to think about ...
Alice Waters
Original at cbsnews.com
• Tue, Jun 16
She has preached the virtues of fresh food grown in an environmentally friendly way. A world-class restaurant and eight cookbooks, Alice Waters ... www.cbsnews.com
Alice Waters' Crusade For Better Food
Original at CBS News
• Mon, Jun 15
Waters was only 27 years old in 1971 when she opened her French bistro Chez Panisse in Berkeley, Calif., today considered one of the finest restaurants not just in the United States but in the world. Waters has produced eight cookbooks, but she's more ...
Behind the food industry's iron curtain
Original at Salon
• Thu, Jun 11
Locavores and organic mavens like Pollan (author of "The Omnivore's Dilemma" and "In Defense of Food") or pioneering chef Alice Waters have long argued that the American diet is unhealthy, wasteful of resources and ecologically destructive. ... Michael Pollan, Garden Fresh TheTyee.ca
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 [......
Good Lessons From the Garden: Alice Waters Enjoys a PDS Buffet
Original at Town Topics
• Wed, Jun 10
NJ Not an actress, not a model, and not a chart-busting recording star, “she” was Alice Waters, founder of Chez Panisse restaurant and high priestess of the sustainable food movement. In town to accept an honorary degree from Princeton University, ...
Top 10 favorite cookbooks that are nutritious and delicious
Original at Examiner.com
• Thu, Jun 4
The Art of Simple Food by Alice Waters. This sustainable food activist has also been listed by the James Beard Foundation as Best Chef in America in 1992. All the Moosewood Restaurant Cookbooks by the Moosewood Collective. ...
Cookbook Review: You've Got Recipes
Original at Sun-Sentinel.com
• Wed, Jun 3
FL Praise (and quibbles): Alice Waters, Jacques Pepin and Wolfgang Puck give the book ringing endorsements. The cover is laminated so it stays clean. Why we think you'll like it: The charming story is based on three food-loving creatures: Henry and Cleo ...
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. ...
Cookbook targets today's culinary-savvy children
Original at Colorado Springs Gazette
• Tue, May 5
CO - Teresa Farney 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. ...
TV chefs slammed for praising buckets o’protein
Original at The Ethicurean
• Wed, Apr 29
By Ethicurean Greenberg sees red: Matthew Greenberg slams the “stomach-churning” Sandra Lee, of Food Network fame, for shilling for Kentucky Fried Chicken and takes aim at the Food Network, where “the actual act of cooking good food often seems an afterthought.” Asks Greenberg, “How in Alice Waters...
Can we afford to eat ethically?
Original at Salon
• Sat, Apr 25
When Alice Waters told Americans that they could dine better by forgoing "the cellphone or the third pair of Nike shoes," my monthly cellphone bill totaled zero and I owned just one pair of sneakers. When Michael Pollan urged citizens to plant a garden ...
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...
Good fats, bad taxes
Original at TheReporter.com
• Sun, Apr 19
CA Getting back to square one on natural foods is what gets Alice Waters going. I had lunch with her two weeks ago. Well, at least we were in the same room to enjoy a banquet lunch prepared by her restaurant, Chez Panisse of Berkeley. ...
Alice Waters and The Art of Simple Food
Original at Examiner.com
• Tue, Apr 14
Alice Waters could be best described as the mother of California Cuisine, featuring fresh, locally grown ingredients prepared simply. She inspired a revolution of getting back to nature in terms of how food is grown, prepared and served. ...
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.
Alice Waters Did It. Can I?
Original at Bigger Than Your Head
• Sun, Mar 22
By Fredric Koeppel Now is the time to build a thoughtful cellar in the White House that encompasses the complete range of what American wine offers. At the next state dinner, instead of just making the easy choice and hauling in products from California, as was the case with the inaugural luncheon, how about b...
Recipe: Sweet Basil and the Bee: Go savory with Goat Cheese Tart with leeks
Original at Enterprise-Record
• Wed, Mar 11
CA CHICO — This recipe is inspired by Alice Waters from Chez Panisse, who often made a goat cheese tart for lunch. Serve small slices as an appetizer, or accompanied with a salad of lightly dressed baby lettuce leaves, for lunch or a light supper. ...
Fad Diets Dying Out in 2009
Original at Slashfood
• Tue, Jan 6
By Max Shrem In Sunday's Pittsburgh Tribune Review, dietitian Betsy Klein states that fad diets, such as low-carb regimens, seem to be disappearing. She explains that they are declining because people are less obsessed with weight-loss and more concerned with what they're actually consuming. Thi...
2008 Wrap-Up
Original at The Amateur Gourmet
• Wed, Dec 31
By Adam Roberts 4. Rigatoni Bolognese 5. Spiced Eggplant Salad I've already told you about the Top 10 Restaurant Dishes I ate this year, so let's talk about food books. Cookbook-wise, my Top 3 picks are: Martha Stewart's Cookies, Second Helpings of Roast Chicken, and Barefoot Contessa Back to Basics.
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: Quick-Pickled Vegetables: Crunchy, Sour and Definitely Sweet ...
Original at Capital Spice
• Sun, Nov 23
All I had to do was combine the ingredients called for in Alice Waters’ recipe, bring them to a boil and then cook the veggies in the brine “until they are cooked but still a little crisp.” I washed and chopped the veggies to prepare ...
Recipe: Cooking Books: Spaghetti Squash salad with Tomatoes, Pepper and Onion
Original at Cooking Books
• Fri, Nov 21
By Andrea Books I've Cooked, 1080 Recipes, A Baker's Tour, A Book of Middle Eastern Food, Ada Boni, Alice Medrich, Alice Waters, American Cookery, Anya von Bremzen, Apples for Jam, Baking From My Home to Yours, Chez Panisse Vegetables ...
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 ...
Recipe: The Book Bench: Online Only: The New Yorker
Original at New Yorker
• Mon, Nov 17
I had once served a variation of this dressing, which I found in the pages of Alice Waters’s classic cookbook “Vegetables.” Waters’s is admittedly different from the original Green Goddess recipe: “Our version,” she explains, ...
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: “Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.”
Original at melissamckelvey.com
• Sun, Sep 7
By Melissa Recipe from The Art of Simple Food by Alice Waters. Ingredients. 2/3 cup nuts (I used walnuts); 1 1/4 cups flour; 6 tablespoons brown sugar; 1 1/2 tablespoons granulated sugar; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon ...
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. ...
Alice Waters in conversation with SF Mayor Gavin Newsom
Original at The Ethicurean
• Thu, Jun 5
By Marc R. aka Mental Masala ShareThis San Francisco's Mayor Gavin Newson sat down with chef, food activist, and Slow Food International vice president Alice Waterso to help publicize Slow Food Nation, a giant celebration of food, farming, and culture that is coming to San Francisco on Labor Day weekend in late Au...
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: 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...
Review Week: Simply the Best Tart Ever!
Original at breadchick.com
• Sun, Jan 13
By breadchick I have to admit to not knowing who Alice Waters was until I was on a business trip in San Francisco a few years ago. My client, knowing I was a budding foodie, took me to Chez Panisse for dinner and it was one of the most memorable ...
Review Week: Simply the Best Tart Ever!
Original at breadchick (Blogspot)
• Sun, Jan 13
By breadchick I have to admit to not knowing who Alice Waters was until I was on a business trip in San Francisco a few years ago. My client, knowing I was a budding foodie, took me to Chez Panisse for dinner and it was one of the most memorable ...
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: 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
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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 ...
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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.
Japanese Master Chefs on Morimoto: Not A Japanese Restaurant
Original at Gridskipper
• Wed, Mar 7
Yesterday we had the chance to sit down with three of Japan's best known kaiseki masters: (from L to R) Kimio Nonaga, Motoi Kurisu, Masahiro Kurisu who were in town for the International Food Show at Javits. Sitting down with these guys is like sitting down with Mario Batali, Grant Achatz an...
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. ...