Alice Waters

Alice Waters
Waters at the U.S. Embassy in Berlin, February 2015
Born (1944-04-28) April 28, 1944 (age 80)
Culinary career
Cooking styleCalifornia
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Current restaurant(s)

Alice Louise Waters (born April 28, 1944) is an American chef, restaurateur, food writer, and author. In 1971, she opened Chez Panisse, a restaurant in Berkeley, California, famous for its role in creating the farm-to-table movement and for pioneering California cuisine.[2]

Waters has authored the books Chez Panisse Cooking (with Paul Bertolli), The Art of Simple Food I and II, and 40 Years of Chez Panisse.[3] Her memoir, Coming to my Senses: The Making of a Counterculture Cook, was published in September 2017 and released in paperback in May 2018.[4]

Waters created the Chez Panisse Foundation in 1996 and the Edible Schoolyard program at the Martin Luther King Middle School in Berkeley.[5] She is a national public policy advocate for universal access to healthy, organic foods. Her influence in the fields of organic foods and nutrition inspired Michelle Obama's White House organic vegetable garden program.[6]

  1. ^ "Alice Waters". The Food Programme. December 1, 2013. BBC Radio 4. Retrieved January 18, 2014.
  2. ^ Straus, Karen Cope (June 1997). "Alice Waters: Earth Mother of California Cuisine". Vegetarian Times. Retrieved July 28, 2010.
  3. ^ CBS News (June 4, 2009). "Alice Waters' Crusade for Better Food". 60 Minutes. Archived from the original on July 28, 2010. Retrieved July 29, 2010.
  4. ^ Nozari, Elaheh (June 11, 2018). "8 Non-Cookbooks to Read This Summer". Bon Appétit. Retrieved June 13, 2018.
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  6. ^ Dowd, Maureen (April 28, 2009). "Chef Waters' Vision Becomes Hot Topic". The New York Times via SunSentinel.com. Archived from the original on March 30, 2012. Retrieved July 28, 2010.