Alice Waters

Alice Waters' Crusade For Better Food

source: CBS News

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 ...

Published Mon, Jun 15

Cook's Corner: Everything looks like a burger

source: Traverse City Record Eagle

 MI Batali calls Leelanau County the "best place on earth" and singles out Martha's Leelanau Table for its "simple Alice Waters sensibility." Waters is co-owner of Chez Panisse in Berkley, Calif., and a leader of the local food movement. ...

Published Mon, Jun 15

Rooftop Bees Give Restaurant Hyperlocal Flavor

source: NPR

When he sang about bees, Muddy Waters couldn't have predicted the Alice Waters revolution. The Berkeley-based chef inspired a whole generation of kitchen artists to go hyper local. And two hotel chefs right here in Washington, DC, Ian Bens and Aron ...

Published Sun, Jun 14

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

Daniel Boulud Slings Sausage on New York Food Carts for Charity

source: Bloomberg

The festival, one of New York's first large-scale food tastings for charity, began in 1985 to honor James Beard, co- founder of Citymeals and a renowned chef and author who influenced Wolfgang Puck, Alice Waters and others. ...

Published Sun, Jun 7

Top 10 favorite cookbooks that are nutritious and delicious

source: Examiner.com

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. ...

Published Thu, Jun 4

Princeton University holds 262nd Commencement

source: Princeton University

 NJ and Princeton's Robert H. Goddard Professor Emeritus of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Meryl Streep, an Academy Award-winning actor and advocate for women's rights; and Alice Waters, a celebrated chef and proponent of sustainable cuisine. ...

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