Is Nora Ephron the foodiest filmmaker? Aug 5, 2009
It seems there are warring sensibilities, as you say, between actually cooking and watching people cook, and with regard to food culture and the economy, from Alice Waters and the White House vegetable garden. The thing I am always amazed by with this whole eating local thing is that if we actually did this, all we would eat in January and February and March in New York are ramps and cabbage. (Salon)
Bon appetit! Aug 1, 2009
Over in Berkeley, a former Montessori teacher named Alice Waters revolutionized American cooking by asking why the ingredients chefs werent as good as they used in Europe, and Chez Panisse was born from that simple idea. Still, the Provencal-Mediterranean style Chez Panisse exemplified became the culinary style of San Francisco, which it is to this day, but its ethnic enclaves had made the city rich in Japanese, Chinese, Thai, and Vietnamese food culture. (MSNBC -- Travel)
Food Faddism Jul 31, 2009
First, Catherine Friend's Compassionate Carnivore is perfectly timed oasis of moderation while we weather the furor over the Obamas' White House garden and Alice Waters' campaign for organic school lunches. As a sustainable sheep farmer for 15 years, Friend is smarter than the average bear when it comes to fixing what's wrong with America's dysfunctional food system. (The American Conservative)
Julia Child: A lasting legacy in American kitchens Jul 30, 2009
Chef Alice Waters of Chez Panisse said Child emphasized that cooking was important but need not be serious business. I think of her sense of humor, her joie de vivre about cooking and really about her interest in gastronomy her academic insistence on writing the recipe right, said Waters. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Meyer Lemons Don't Suck Jul 21, 2009
In the 70s, early pioneers of healthy, organic foods, like Alice Waters of the famed Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley, California, began touting the lemons as gastronomic wonders. They started becoming popular with chefs and specialty food stores. (Fox News)
Coastal meandering Jul 19, 2009
Susie Tompkins Buell, founder of Esprit, lives on a big spread here, and Alice Waters, the restaurateur, and Joel Coen, the movie director, supposedly live here. This is a beautiful, expensive place to live, and only one lovely hour from San Francisco. (Boston Globe)
Google maps celebs' fave spots Jul 16, 2009
Alice Waters raves about Greens Restaurant and Omnivore Books ... Alice Waters raves about Greens Restaurant and Omnivore Books. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
Q&A: Novella Carpenter Jul 12, 2009
Alice Waters doesn t speak for us. Why farming, why the city, why now. (Boston Globe)
How do we define our national cuisine? Jul 8, 2009
"Great, simple, intrinsic flavors really are the core of American cuisine," said Scheib, who attributes its roots to the 1970s, when food enthusiasts such as Alice Waters -- the California restaurateur known for promoting fresh, local and organic ingredients -- refocused on simplicity in cooking and ingredients over technique. These chefs and restaurateurs spread standards that influenced cooking across the country. (Sioux City Journal)
America's melting pot makes novel cuisine Jul 5, 2009
"Great, simple, intrinsic flavors really are the core of American cuisine," said Mr. Scheib, who attributes its roots to the 1970s, when food enthusiasts such as Alice Waters -- the California restaurateur known for promoting fresh, local and organic ingredients -- refocused on simplicity in cooking and ingredients over technique. These chefs and restaurateurs spread standards that influenced cooking across the country. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
The new breed of Boston restaurant has nothing to do with status and everything to do with what's growing in our backyard Jun 28, 2009
Inspired by the visions of legends like Alice Waters at Chez Panisse in California and buoyed by the percolating global interest in the slow food movement (dedicated to supporting local, incredibly fresh cuisine), Boston chefs like Steve Johnson and Jasper White, Peter Davis, Chris Douglass, and Ana Sortun brought fellow kitchen wizards together to form the Chefs Collaborative. The nonprofit group (still based in Boston, but now national), launched in 1996, aims to get more local, sustainably... (Boston Globe)
Breathing life into your local economy Jun 25, 2009
restaurateur Alice Waters pays local farms to fill her restaurant's needs rather than ordering meats and produce from outside the community. Invest in the community. (Paragould Daily Press, AR)
Fickle peas take root, flourish Jun 25, 2009
-- Adapted from "The Art of Simple Food" by Alice Waters (Clarkson Potter, 2007). Miriam Rubin, a cookbook author and food writer, tends her big kitchen garden in Greene County. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Simple, Versatile Toss-Together Meals for Delicious Summer Get-Togethers Jun 23, 2009
A fourth-generation professional cook, Joanne spent five years cooking with Alice Waters at Chez Panisse in Berkeley, CA after receiving her Master Chef Diploma. Her ultimate calling has been teaching, and she travels and teaches cooking classes throughout the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Thailand, South America, England, France, Italy and Spain. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Behind the food industry's iron curtain Jun 16, 2009
Locavores and organic mavens like Pollan (author of and ) or pioneering chef Alice Waters have long argued that the American diet is unhealthy, wasteful of resources and ecologically destructive. But for the vast majority of working Americans, the low prices achieved by the mass-market food industry outweigh their arguments. (Salon)
Go fix the world's problems, Jun 3, 2009
In a graduation ceremony that included the awarding of honorary degrees to actress Meryl Streep, sustainable chef Alice Waters, and actress and civil rights activist Ruby Dee Davis, Tilghman suggested that the monumental problems the world faces today also create vast opportunities. "At the risk of being accused of trying to turn the proverbial sow's ear into a silk purse, let me suggest there has never been a more opportune time to be a seeker after purpose and meaning," Tilghman said. (NJ.com -- Times)
Maldonado jumps into Aziza kitchen May 29, 2009
Thursday, May 28, 2009. The team at San Francisco's contemporary Moroccan restaurant, Aziza (5800 Geary Blvd.), has just gotten a little stronger. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Is Julie Gunlock for Real? May 19, 2009
But as you say, it s up to Gunlock to actually do the research here; and for heaven s sake, the back cover of my Alice Waters cookbook has Remember that food is precious among the handful of (elitist and condescending, no doubt) guidelines, so it s not as if these are matters that foodies are insensitive to. Joe, on Said. (The American Conservative)
More Farms Turning To Community Supported Agriculture May 17, 2009
The movement also is being pushed along by such celebrities as chef and eat-local guru Alice Waters, and Connecticut resident and award-winning food philosopher Michael Pollan, author of "In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto.". The state's farms already supply food to local grocery stores, and the Connecticut Department of Agriculture estimates that about 40 farms have started selling shares, although precise numbers are hard to come by. (FOX61, CT)
Kamala Harris grew up idolizing lawyers May 15, 2009
A: My favorite recent cookbook is Alice Waters' "The Art of Simple Cooking." I have taken on Julia Child recipes, for example, but you have to dedicate about two or three days to those. Alice Waters, in this latest cookbook, you can go to the grocery store or the farmers' market, pick up a few basic things and make a beautiful stew or whatever. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Robert Cole's last act at Cal Performances May 12, 2009
With a menu created by Alice Waters, the decor masterminded by Stanlee Gatti, and a planning committee co-chaired by Ann and Gordon Getty, Natalia Makarova and Edward Karkar, and Margery and William Zellerbach (given the Cal Performances Award of Distinction Saturday), this was an A-list gala all the way. Petra Michel and Maris Meyerson were co-chairs of the celebration. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Meet the food revolutionaries May 6, 2009
When first lady Michelle Obama took shovel to dirt last month to break ground on a White House vegetable garden, she may not have realized she was moving a mountain. That's likely how it felt to a group of people who for years have been vocal champions of quality food and sustainable agriculture. (Sioux City Journal, IO)
Chef James Haller Returns Apr 28, 2009
of Blue Strawbery fame (the restaurant that put Portsmouth on the culinary map, and the chef known as the Alice Waters of the East Coast) cooked a fantastic five course dinner last night in his old haunts--the kitchen that is now. On the menu a Parisian fish soup wit fennel and tomato broth. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Celebrity Organic Gardeners Apr 14, 2009
Alice Waters first passion stemming from her love of organic gardening was her legendary restaurant, Chez Panisse ... In an era of childhood obesity, the gardening outcome is as important as the process, and Alice Waters strives to reform school lunch programs through grants provided by her Chez Panisse Foundation. (Suite101.com)
Prepping, Growing Spring Veggie Gardens Apr 5, 2009
(CBS) A trend toward planting organic vegetable gardens to produce food for the table is gathering momentum, with renowned chef and author Alice Waters at the forefront. First lady Michelle Obama took the cue last week and invited a bunch of local school kids to the White House to help her plant a kitchen garden. (CBS News -- Early Show)
Berkeley school lunch program to be on its own Apr 1, 2009
Money wasn't an issue because Alice Waters' Chez Panisse Foundation, a private charity founded by the famous Berkeley restaurateur, was footing a good chunk of the bill. But in 2008, that gravy train stopped chugging - the foundation's three-year grant had run its course. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Planting the seeds of a revolution Mar 27, 2009
The idea of an edible landscape was fertilized by left coast chef Alice Waters and food guru Michael Pollan. But it was Roger Doiron, a modest Zone 6 gardener - my kind of guy - and head of Kitchen Gardeners International who began a lettuce-roots campaign last year to "Eat the View" at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.. (Boston Globe)
Discovery Communications and Planet Green Take a 360 Approach to Earth Day 2009 with a Month-Long, Company-Wide Celebration for the Planet Mar 26, 2009
From videos and quizzes to articles contributed by environmental visionaries including Bill McKibben and Alice Waters, PlanetGreen. com will serve up the news, events, and information readers need to take worthwhile action during Earth Month. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Push for backyard bees, chicken coops growing Mar 26, 2009
Similar movements, including the organic slow food method touted by San Francisco chef Alice Waters, hope to draw high-profile attention to the benefits of urban gardening. Waters, the so-called Mother of Slow Food who recently was profiled in an episode of 60 Minutes, successfully lobbied the Obama administration to build an organic garden on the White House lawn. (Denver Post)
PepsiCo puts Aquafina water in more eco-friendly bottle Mar 26, 2009
Mayors of 250 U.S. cities voted in June 2008 to stop using taxpayer money to buy bottled water, and prominent restaurateurs including Chez Panisse founder Alice Waters have stopped using it altogether. PepsiCo and Coke have faced other issues, such as their disclosure of the source of the water they sell. (USA Today -- Money)
Local-Food Maven Alice Waters Mar 25, 2009
Qal-Food Maven Alice Waters - TIME ... Food activist Alice Waters Sean Gallup / Getty ... When Michelle Obama broke ground on the new White House vegetable garden, there was probably no one in America more elated than Alice Waters. (Time.com)
The First Family's First Vegetables Mar 25, 2009
Michelle Obama at the groundbreaking of the White House kitchen garden The much-discussed Obama kitchen garden seems very noble and well-intentioned (despite Michelle Obama's ), and as an avid gardener, I was loving the whole project until I came across the following from an ecstatic Alice Waters ... Can someone please fire Alice Waters as the spokeswoman for vegetable gardens. (Slate)
* Bending the track for good food Mar 23, 2009
For instance, celebrity chef Alice Waters recommends that the federal government triple its budget for school lunches to provide youngsters with healthier food. And author Michael Pollan has called on President Obama to pursue a reform of the entire food system by focusing on a Pollan priority: diversified, regional food networks. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
A food revolution seems to be in season Mar 23, 2009
Alice Waters, the executive chef and owner of Chez Panisse in California, at a farmer's market in Washington on Jan. 18 ... The celebrity chef Alice Waters recommends that the federal government triple its budget for school lunches to provide youngsters with healthier food. (International Herald Tribune)
White House Gets Vegetable Garden Mar 21, 2009
(AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)Alice Waters, the culinary impresario from , must be a very happy woman ... My hope is that through children, they will begin to educate their families and that will, in turn, begin to educate our communities," she told the Times. In addition to dietary advantages, advocates for locally grown produce point to its environmental benefits. Organic foods don't rely on chemically based fertilizers. Moreover, by producing food locally, families leave a smaller carbon footprint... (CBS News)
White House to Get New Garden Mar 21, 2009
Such a White House garden has been a dream of noted California chef Alice Waters, considered a leader in the movement to encourage consumption of locally grown, organic food. She has been appealing for change through the taste buds since the 1960s. (W-USA News, DC)
Harvard Law's dean voted in as solicitor general Mar 20, 2009
Such a White House garden has been a dream of California chef Alice Waters, a leader in the movement to encourage consumption of locally grown, organic food. She has been appealing for change through the taste buds since the 1960s, and has lobbied Obama for the garden. (Boston Globe)
Took Federal Money? No Bonus for You. Mar 20, 2009
"Nothing could be more exciting," said Alice Waters, a celebrity chef who has been lobbying for it since the. The WSJ reports on the latest craze among today's troubled youth: "." Kids figured out that if you crush the tart candy and pour it in your mouth you can blow out a fine dust that looks an awful lot like smoke from a cigarette (confused. (Slate)
Tenderloin's heritage wins national notice Mar 18, 2009
75 (no, I didn't see Alice Waters at a table inside). Another block brings the Ben Hur, six stories of apartments from 1926 with a baby-blue chariot beneath each bay window. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Pick Your Poison Mar 17, 2009
But as Lesley Stahl Alice Waters into saying on 60 Minutes Sunday night, organic produce can be expensive. The Clean 15 List helps here. (Slate)
The company of strangers Mar 17, 2009
Chef Alice Waters, of California's famed Chez Panisse, began her career on the underground dining circuit in the late 1960s. Catering for fellow free-speech campaigners, Walters's community-conscious dinners became known as Alice's Restaurant. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Sustainable Eating--The Low-Carbon Diet Mar 17, 2009
And the virtues of local and seasonal foods are also territory well trodden by chef-writers such as Alice Waters. But the way that Stec and Cordero combine their perspectives on food is entirely novel and highly effective. (Scientific American)
Alice Waters' Crusade For Better Food Mar 16, 2009
Alice Waters has been preaching the virtues of cultivating fresh food for decades ... (CBS) When it comes to food, Alice Waters is a legend ... It's flavor that comes from serving only seasonal food, one of her hallmarks; say "frozen" and Alice Waters shudders. (CBS News)
Ben Bernanke's Greatest Challenge Mar 16, 2009
(43:09)With the weight of the U.S. economy falling largely on his shoulders, Scott Pelley speaks with Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke; Lesley Stahl profiles Alice Waters and her "slow food" revolution; And, Andy Rooney on the era of newspapers. (12:31). (CBS News)
Slow movement picks up speed in the Bay Area Mar 15, 2009
Slow Food in the Bay Area has its origins with a Berkeley restaurant owner, Alice Waters, who had the simple idea of growing her own herbs and sending out foragers to local farmers' markets. The fledgling grow-local movement also defined itself by what it wasn't, drawing on the inspired activism of Italy's Carlo Petrini and his opposition to the opening of a McDonald's in a central square in Rome. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Book Buzz: Womens History Month Mar 4, 2009
Try Rachel Carson, Jane Goodall or Alice Waters. This week s book list reflects the rich variety of women s history titles available at your local library. (Lihue Garden Island, HA)
Soul food, California style Mar 2, 2009
He initially imagined himself as a sort of Alice Waters of soul food, buying direct from local farms owned by African Americans and acknowledging them on his menu. But he couldn't find them. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Niman Ranch founder challenges new owners Feb 23, 2009
Three of the Bay Area's top restaurateurs - Alice Waters of Chez Panisse in Berkeley, Judy Rodgers of Zuni Cafe in San Francisco and Margaret Fox of Cafe Beaujolais in Mendocino - began serving Niman meat. The women took Niman under their wing, coaching him on what chefs looked for in a truly good cut of beef. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Get your mitts on some Meyers Feb 12, 2009
"Meyer lemons are sweet, thin-skinned and famous for their ethereal perfume. Although common in California backyards, they are just beginning to be commercialized. Ask your friends or relatives in California to send you some," Alice Waters wrote in her "Chez Panisse Cafe Cookbook" in 1999 ... On these pages you'll find recipes for Alice Waters' Meyer lemon relish, Meyer lemon marmalade, preserved Meyer lemons and a couscous dish to use them in, and an easy Meyer lemon pudding cake. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Chef Waters has high hopes for local, slow food Feb 8, 2009
This Aug. 6, 2008 file photo shows Alice Waters during an interview in her kitchen in Bolinas, Calif. To Alice Waters, change is a recipe cooked with ingredients fitting into the seasonal, local philosophy ... WASHINGTON To food guru Alice Waters, change tastes like lamb shoulder braised in white wine and root vegetables with bay leaves, red peas, fried rosemary and garlic. (Chippewa Falls Chippewa Herald, WI)
