Alice Waters
Alice Waters
Alice Louise Watersis an American chef, restaurateur, activist and author. She is the owner of Chez Panisse, a Berkeley, California restaurant famous for its organic, locally grown ingredients and for pioneering California cuisine...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionChef
Date of Birth28 April 1944
CityChatham, NJ
CountryUnited States of America
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Kids come into the classroom and it's very hands-on, ... Kids like this. After phys ed, it's their favorite class.
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I think she's really up there at the top. It happens only when somebody is very non-compromising and when somebody is attending to all the details and learning about all the changes in food. The way she has incorporated organic ingredients into her standard repertoire, she is somebody who is keeping up on what's important and getting better at doing it.
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She just had a very quiet way of speaking, and it really engaged you because she was so soft-spoken; you had to listen carefully. There was a kind of intimacy that you immediately had.
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I can remember the three restaurant experiences of my childhood. All I wanted to do on my birthday was to go to the Automat in New York... but I don't know if you consider that a real restaurant.
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Buy foods from nearby farms and have that food served in the cafeteria.
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I really like having someone who knows about food and what goes well together make a meal for me.
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I wanted people to come to the restaurant and feel at home, so I put it in a house.
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Organize yourself so you aren't struggling to shop at the last minute. When you have real food, it's very easy to cook.
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I don't want food that comes from animals that are caged up and fed antibiotics. I am really suspicious of that kind of production of meat and poultry.
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I just hope Americans come to understand that food isn't something to be manipulated by our teeth and shoved down our gullet, that it's our spiritual and physical nourishment and important to our well-being as a nation.
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We make decisions every day about what we're going to eat. And some people want to buy Nike shoes - two pairs, and other people want to eat Bronx grapes and nourish themselves. I pay a little extra, but this is what I want to do.
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I have a fireplace in my kitchen that I light every night, no matter what.
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I'm unwilling to eat food that has been adulterated.
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A lot of equipment can get in the way of the connection with food, with touching and feeling.