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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I think America's food culture is embedded in fast-food culture. And the real question that we have is: How are we going to teach slow-food values in a fast-food world? Of course, it's very, very difficult to do, especially when children have grown up eating fast food and the values that go with that.
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The biggest thing you can do is understand that every time you're going to the grocery store, you're voting with your dollars. Support your farmers' market. Support local food. Really learn to cook.
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If I've gone to the market on Saturday, and I go another time on Tuesday, then I'm really prepared. I can cook a little piece of fish; I can wilt some greens with garlic; I can slice tomatoes and put a little olive oil on. It's effortless.
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It's hard to come into a new relationship with food unless you're engaged in an interactive way at an early age; it's hard to change your values.
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We eat every day, and if we do it in a way that doesn't recognize value, it's contributing to the destruction of our culture and of agriculture. But if it's done with a focus and care, it can be a wonderful thing. It changes the quality of your life.
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I feel like old age in America is a very sad thing. I have been many different places around the world where getting older is something you look forward to.
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Food can be very transformational, and it can be more than just about a dish. That's what happened to me when I first went to France. I fell in love. And if you fall in love, well, then everything is easy.
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I really appreciate the many neighbourhoods of Berkeley. There is still the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker. And it has the University of California, which is the greatest gift, to my mind, to be close to it. It keeps the place alive.
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I know once people get connected to real food, they never change back.
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My mother made a lot of things because she thought they'd be healthy for us. There were some very unfortunate experiences with whole wheat bread and bananas. I always tried to get rid of that sandwich and eat one of my friends' lunches.
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This is the next dimension of the farmers' market in San Francisco. It's to bring Slow Food people from across the country into this experience to celebrate what we have in this country -- all these special artisan products in these little pockets.
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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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There aren't many big ideas about how to solve the problems,
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I'm glad it's a woman. It can't be anything but encouraging to people to have someone at the top, particularly from another country. That particularly makes a beautiful statement that someone has succeeded to the extent that they represent the president.