Alice Waters

Alice Waters: Trendsetter for relishing food

source: Thaindian.com

 Thailand Alice Waters, who is also the owner of Chez Panisse restaurant, claims to have her own meat, poultry, fish and vegetable farms, garden of fruits. The key ingredients for several dishes are gathered aiming to sustain the immediacy and freshness in the ...

Published Mon, Jun 15

Behind the food industry's iron curtain

source: Salon

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

Published Thu, Jun 11

Good Lessons From the Garden: Alice Waters Enjoys a PDS Buffet

source: Town Topics

 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, ...

Published Wed, Jun 10

These 'dames' know cooking

source: The Desert Sun

 CA Without Julia Child or Alice Waters we'd all still be eating the way we did in the '50s, and the male stars of the current food firmament would probably be in some other line of work. That's why Les Dames d'Escoffier has all of my respect. ...

Published Wed, Jun 10

To Do

source: Washington Post

 United States BOOK SIGNING: Alice Waters discusses and signs copies of her "Edible School Yard." Organized by Smithsonian Enterprises. Free. 1-4 pm Stars and Stripes Cafe, lower level, National Museum of American History, 14th Street and Constitution Avenue NW. ...

Published Tue, Jun 9

The Side Dish: Bourdain Takes The Stage in Portland

source: Daily Blender

 OR On Alice Waters: “Mother of slow food, or Khmer Rouge?” On organic food: “When we fetishize these ingredients, we're moving away from the essence of cooking.” On vegans/vegetarians: “Just f**king rude [for not eating what I'm serving]… ...

Published Tue, Jun 2

Garden advocate sees growth in industry

source: Leader

 WI By JM Hirsch AP After waiting nearly 20 years to see a vegetable garden planted at the White House, Alice Waters is waiting again. This time it's to see how many Americans will follow the lead of first lady Michelle Obama, who recently made Waters' ...

Published Mon, Jun 1

The Blog That Brought Me Home Again

source: gourmet.com

 New York My parents, Lindsey and Charles Shere, were partners with Alice Waters in Chez Panisse from the beginning; Mom was the founding pastry chef. Food framed our lives. Mom tended a small city garden with a pear tree and fraises des bois. ...

Published Fri, May 29