Alice Waters

Law to allow chefs to buy direct from farms

Source: Sacramento Bee

I didn't even realize that was the case until six months ago," said Randall Selland, a Sacramento chef and owner of three restaurants. It helps the smaller farmer in a big way," said Claudia Reid, policy director for California Certified Organic Farmers, which supported the bill.

Published Wed, Nov 26

Cooks' Book Shelf

Source: Loudoun Times

 VA - “A Platter of Figs and Other Recipes,” by David Tanes, with forward by Alice Waters, who founded the famed restaurant Chez Panisse in Berkeley, Calif. ...

Published Tue, Nov 25

Santa's Little Helper: Gifts for kids who cook

Source: Los Angeles Times Blogs

 CA - chef in your life. Here's what she, uh, served up: 1) "Fanny At Chez Panisse: A Child’s Restaurant Adventures with 46 Recipes" by Alice Waters. ...

Published Tue, Nov 25

Turning a Failing Restaurant Around

Source: BusinessWeek

 - My hero was Alice Waters, who had made a religion of cooking careful, simple food from only the freshest, locally produced ingredients. I was a disciple. ...

Published Tue, Nov 25

Joining the Edible Schoolyard movement

Source: 27east.com

 NY - The first edible schoolyard was created in 1994 by chef Alice Waters on the grounds of the Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School in Berkeley, California, ...

Published Tue, Nov 25

Kitchen Chronicles of a Non-Foodie: Pork Burritos (and hidden chard)

Source: Kitchen Chronicles of a Non

I am not a devotee of Alice Waters and have never cooked a Julia Child recipe (to my knowledge). I simply love to cook and LOVE to eat. I am just an Italian Jersey Girl, transplanted to California, and these are my kitchen chronicles. ...

Published Mon, Nov 24

A New Flavor of Slow « Slow Muse

Source: Slow Muse

The practice is inspired by the slow food movement, which says that fast food is destroying local traditions and healthy eating habits. Slow food advocates, like the chef Alice Waters of Chez Panisse in Berkeley, Calif., believe that ...

Published Mon, Nov 24

World’s Best Secret Dining Clubs | Travel + Leisure

Source: Travel

Back on American soil, Alice Waters is often credited with kick-starting the home dinner business. Before she opened Chez Panisse in Berkeley in 1971, Waters, using strictly local ingredients, fed fellow Free Speech activists dishes ...

Published Mon, Nov 24