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
food taste way
Let things taste the way they are.
thinking way
We can't think narrowly. We have to think in the biggest possible way.
people realization way
I came to all the realizations about sustainability and biodiversity because I fell in love with the way food tastes. And because I was looking for that taste I feel at the doorsteps of the organic, local, sustainable farmers, dairy people and fisherman.
beautiful way ingredients
To have a basic ingredient that can be prepared a million different ways is a beautiful thing.
decisions-you-make choices way
The decisions you make are a choice of values that reflect your life in every way.
endless food ways work
I'm always changing my work, as there are endless ways to think about food.
children nourish positive tend themselves ways
If we want children to learn to tend the land and nourish themselves and have conversations at the table, we need to communicate with them in ways that are positive.
break famous feed focused habit hard money next people salt spend students sugar takes ways wealthy
I'm focused on the next generation, because I think it's very hard to break the habit of adults who've got salt and sugar addictions and just ways of being in this world. It's very hard even for the most enlightened people at famous universities that are very wealthy to spend the money that it takes to feed the students something delicious.
thinking agriculture want
I think the biggest impediment to fixing the food system in the United States is that we expect food to be cheap. We want to by other things with our money. We're so disconnected from agriculture - from the culture in agriculture.
government mcdonalds insane
The way we subsidize food makes it cheaper to go to McDonald's and get a hamburger than a salad, and that's insane. It's pure government policy.
summer childhood corn
I have a love affair with tomatoes and corn. I remember them from my childhood. I only had them in the summer. They were extraordinary.
agriculture people helping
I feel it is an obligation to help people understand the relation of food to agriculture and the relationship of food to culture.
problem fast-food-nation fast-food
The problem with living in a fast-food nation is that we expect food to be cheap.
people common-sense support
Cooking creates a sense of well-being for yourself and the people you love and brings beauty and meaning to everyday life. And all it requires is common sense – the common sense to eat seasonally, to know where your food comes from, to support and buy from local farmers and producers who are good stewards of our natural resources.