Alice Waters

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born

in Chatham, New Jersey, The United States

April 28, 1944

gender

female

website

http://www.chezpanisse.com/pgalice.html

genre

Cooking, Food & Wine

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Alice Waters, chef, author, and the proprietor of Chez Panisse, is an American pioneer of a culinary philosophy that maintains that cooking should be based on the finest and freshest seasonal ingredients that are produced sustainably and locally. She is a passionate advocate for a food economy that is “good, clean, and fair.” Over the course of nearly forty years, Chez Panisse has helped create a community of scores of local farmers and ranchers whose dedication to sustainable agriculture assures the restaurant a steady supply of fresh and pure ingredients.

In 1996, Waters’s commitment to education led to the creation of The Edible Schoolyard at Berkeley’s Martin Luther King, Jr., Middle School: a one-acre garden, an adjacent kitchen-classro...more

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Alice Waters's Books

Average rating: 4.10 · 12,438 ratings · 1,166 reviews · 55 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Art of Simple Food: Notes, Lessons, and Recipes from a Delicious Revolution 4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 5,445 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chez Panisse Vegetables by Alice Waters, Patricia Curtan (Illustrator) 4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 1,308 ratings — published 1996	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chez Panisse Cafe Cookbook by Alice Waters, David Tanis, Fritz Streiff 3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 884 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In the Green Kitchen: Techniques to Learn by Heart 3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 260 ratings — published 2010 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chez Panisse Fruit by Alice Waters, Fritz Streiff, Alan Tangren 4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 185 ratings — published 2002	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Edible Schoolyard 4.15 of 5 stars 4.15 avg rating — 117 ratings — published 2008	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Fanny at Chez Panisse: A Child's Restaurant Adventures with 46 Recipes by Alice Waters, Patricia Curtan, Bob Carrau 4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 1992 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chez Panisse Menu Cookbook by Alice Waters, Carolyn Dille, Linda P. Guenzel 3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 1982 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Chez Panisse Cooking by Alice Waters, Paul Bertolli 4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 93 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	40 Years of Chez Panisse: The Power of Gathering by Alice Waters, Michael Pollan (Afterword), Calvin Trillin (Foreword) 4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 58 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Let things taste of what they are.”
― Alice Waters, The Art of Simple Food: Notes, Lessons, and Recipes from a Delicious Revolution

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“Teaching kids how to feed themselves and how to live in a community responsibly is the center of an education.”
― Alice Waters

tags: children, community, education, farming, food

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