Alice Waters

Community Supported Agriculture resources

source: Kansas City Star

 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 ...

Published Wed, Jun 17

California dreaming: If the food is fab, you must be in LA

source: Daily Mail - UK

 UK A few hours up the Pacific Coast Highway and you move towards San Francisco and Berkeley, home of Alice Waters and her restaurant, Chez Panisse. Waters is one of the pioneers of sustainable cooking, a champion of the local and seasonal. ...

Published Sat, Jun 13

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

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

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

Dinner and a Movie at UW-Waukesha

source: livinglakecountry.com

 WI Dinner: A California-inspired menu that includes specialities from Alice Waters' cookbooks. Emphasizes local, organic and in-season ingredients: Free-range roasted chicken with whole garlic; farro with shallots and parsley; herb bread; spring greens ...

Published Mon, Jun 1

Documentary about organic food coming to CMA

source: Cleveland Scene Weekly

 OH A local, sustainable, organic food movement began in Berkeley, specifically at Alice Waters' restaurant Chez Panisse, which introduced local ingredients into its menu. Originally, Waters was looking for taste. That quest, however, led her to locally ...

Published Mon, Jun 1

Vegetable friends and enemies

source: Examiner.com

Yesterday, I interviewed Terry Ripetu, chef/owner/gardener of Potager. Terry is Denver's answer to Alice Waters, who led the charge on eating seasonal, local, organic foods. Terry grows fruits, vegetables, herbs and flowers on her restaurant's pation ...

Published Thu, May 21