Yellow CultureBus gets the green light Sep 25, 2008
Price and de Vera couldn't resist a quick stop for slow food at Alice Waters' Chez Panisse restaurant. Green building: West Coast Green 2008, the annual green building trade fair and conference, runs Thursday through Saturday, but the biomimicry, solar and other green-related pre-conference workshops begin today. (San Francisco Chronicle)
S.F. landlords threaten to sink hospital bond Sep 24, 2008
This Friday, celebrity chef Alice Waters will be co-hosting another Obama fundraiser in the East Bay burg. On Saturday, Al Gore will be up in the Napa Valley at a $28,500-a-head dinner for Obama at Staglin Vineyards. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Instead of eating to diet, they're eating to enjoy Sep 18, 2008
Alice Waters, of the restaurant Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California, and a prominent supporter of the Slow Food movement, said food habits change when a person begins to cook at home more. Her efforts to encourage home cooking include a new campaign of Internet cooking videos from the Slow Food Nation event, such as one from the chef Bryant Terry, who showed how to strip corn from the cob and saut. (International Herald Tribune -- Health)
Venice Architecture Biennale Sep 17, 2008
The American pavilion, intelligently organized by William Menking, is packed with substantive projects, such as a tribute to Alice Waters' Edible Schoolyard project as well as work by Rural Studio, Teddy Cruz and others, that aren't helped by a rather dull installation. And the Chinese pavilion, curated by a team led by Yung Ho Chang, dean of the architecture school at MIT, features handsome photographs, sealed under glass atop schoolroom desks, of what it calls "ordinary" architecture. (Los Angeles Times)
AP Analysis: Slow Food needs to ease off gourmet Sep 17, 2008
It's tough medicine that's almost a repudiation of Slow Food figurehead Alice Waters. She has worked long and hard to bring all to the table, and taste is her tool of choice. (Orangeburg Times and Democrat, SC)
Slow Food Nation Sep 11, 2008
Alice Waters, owner of Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley, Calif ... Alice Waters reminded us that the signing on that Thursday was the 37th anniversary of opening night at Chez Panisse, as well as the anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Schwarzenegger could soon face recall Sep 7, 2008
The movement is a blend of environmental consciousness, dieting and a dash of Oprah, with Alice Waters leading the charge. "It plays very well in Pacific Heights, Santa Barbara and other places that have money," our mayoral insider said. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Crime)
Trying to get up to speed, Slow Food makes US push Sep 2, 2008
"There are public consequences to every choice we make," organizer and sustainable food advocate Alice Waters said Friday. "For a long time we thought it was our own private business how we feed ourselves. But now we understand there are consequences.". (The Trentonian, NJ)
Slow Food menu draws crowds of tasters Sep 1, 2008
For Alice Waters, a Berkeley restaurateur and one of the key organizers of the festival, it's not about reinventing the wheel; it's about going back to basics. "This kind of thinking has been around since the beginning of time," she said. (San Francisco Chronicle)
This story of sugar isn't sweet Aug 29, 2008
Alice Waters and Bologna jury chief Dieter Kosslick, who is also chief of the Berlin International Film Festival, will be there. Thirty members of the YMCA of San Francisco family - youths, staff members and volunteers - are just back from Prague, where they attended the 2007 YMCA Europe Youth Festival. (San Francisco Chronicle)
The fast track guide to Slow Food Aug 28, 2008
Alice Waters, whose Berkeley restaurant, Chez Panisse, played a major role in bringing food straight from local farms to the table, is a key organizer of the event. Slow Food founder Carlo Petrini will speak on several panels during the festival. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Slow Food Nation event urges 'fresh' recipe, diet revolution Aug 28, 2008
That means foods that are "delicious, wholesome, fresh" and sustainably grown, says Alice Waters, owner of the world-famous Chez Panisse Restaurant in Berkeley and founder of Slow Food Nation. About 50,000 people are expected to gather throughout the city for three days of lectures, concerts and, of course, meals. (USA Today)
Group brings food message home Aug 27, 2008
--- Trailing Alice Waters through a Marin County garden, watching her gather fragrant pea blossoms and lemon verbena, it is easy to believe the tide is turning against America's mac-and-cheese culture. In this wealthy rural enclave, there are no Starbucks or Wal-Marts. (The Augusta Chronicle)
Slow Food Nation festival opens Friday in S.F. Aug 27, 2008
That's one of the reasons restaurateur Alice Waters and the organization Slow Food USA chose San Francisco for the first-ever Slow Food Nation, an ambitious four-day political food festival that begins Friday. Organizers of the event hope to change the country's food policy one stomach at a time by promoting foods that are produced using eco-friendly farming and fair labor practices. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Slow Food movement is gaining speed Aug 23, 2008
Associated Press Alice Waters, the grand dame of the "slow food" movement, is seen in her kitchen in Bolinas. BOLINAS Trailing Alice Waters through a Marin County garden, watching her gather fragrant pea blossoms and lemon verbena, it is easy to believe the tide is turning against America's mac-and-cheese culture. (San Diego Union-Tribune)
School Garden Program Faces Uprooting Aug 20, 2008
In districts throughout California -most notably at Berkeley Unified, with its Edible Schoolyard founded in part by local chef Alice Waters -teachers have found that gardens helped raise test scores by linking math, science and history lessons with hands-on learning. With his trusty plastic cart with buckets bursting with amaranth, gladiolus, roses and his signature dahlias by his side, Mud also has charted some wins for the district s gardening program. (Sioux Falls Tri-State Neighbor, SD)
Grey Goose Entertainment and Sundance Channel Announce Talent Pairings for Fourth Season of 'Iconoclasts' Premiering October 16 at 10 PM ET/PT Aug 19, 2008
Season two featured: Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder and big-wave surfer Laird Hamilton; dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov and chef Alice Waters; filmmaker Quentin Tarantino and singer/songwriter Fiona Apple; actress Isabella Rossellini and inventor Dean Kamen; music great Paul Simon and producer Lorne Michaels; and comedian Dave Chappelle and poet Maya Angelou. Season three featured: actor/filmmaker Sean Penn and author/adventurer Jon Krakauer; singer/songwriter Alicia Keys and actress Ruby Dee; actor Mike... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
A modest proposal for sustainable eating Aug 17, 2008
In 2001, I started working with the restaurateur and food activist Alice Waters on her campaign to feed American kids healthy and delicious meals and reinvent the public-school lunch program. The Edible Schoolyard is a hands-on gardening and cooking program integrated into the public-school curriculum, teaching kids the principles of ecology, the origins of food and the cycles of all living things. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
The Bay Area's visionary chefs Aug 14, 2008
When Alice Waters opened the restaurant in 1971, she was a Francophile and wanted to duplicate the experiences she remembered in Europe, but she quickly became the godmother of California cuisine and created more stars than Louis B. Mayer ... Alice Waters, Chez Panisse, 1517 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley; (510) 548-5525. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Tailored To The Seasons Aug 10, 2008
Another disciple of Alice Waters has gone forth and multiplied. In the past few years, we've seen Chez Panisse alumni Christopher Lee open Eccolo in Berkeley, Charlie Hallowell open Pizzaiolo in Oakland, and now Russell Moore and Allison Hopelain, who in May opened Camino on Grand Avenue in Oakland. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Dining Update: Coi's sophisticated menu earns Patterson four stars Aug 7, 2008
He'll use cutting-edge techniques but, much like Alice Waters, he is fanatically dedicated to ingredients; the techniques merely bolster the inherent qualities he finds in the food ... -- David Tanis, Jean-Pierre Moule and Alice Waters. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Slow Food US debut: San Francisco, Aug. 29-Sept. 1 Aug 4, 2008
A variety of high profile Slow Food advocates, including Alice Waters and writer Michael Pollan, plan to attend. Conferences will cover a range of issues, including climate change, sustainable agriculture and how to eat slow, sustainably harvested food on a budget. (Yahoo News)
Maureen Dowd: Mr. Darcy comes courting Aug 3, 2008
As Carol Marin wrote in The Chicago Sun-Times, The Lanky One is like an Alice Waters organic chicken - "sleek, elegant, beautifully prepared. Too cool" - when what many working-class women are craving is mac and cheese. In The Wall Street Journal, Amy Chozick wrote that Hillary supporters - who loved their heroine's admission that she was on Weight Watchers - were put off by Obama's svelte, zero-body-fat figure. (International Herald Tribune -- Ed/Op)
For The Love Of Local Food Jul 24, 2008
Renowned Chef Alice Waters Teaches Students To Cook - And Grow ... Alice Waters, chef, restaurant owner and cookbook author with a passion for all foods local ... Chef Alice Waters' love for good food started a culinary empire. (CBS News)
Slow food savors its big moment Jul 23, 2008
Alice Waters, foreground, and Jennifer Seibel at the Civic Center Plaza in San Francisco ... Slow Food's leaders, the chef Alice Waters chief among them, bristle at the criticism. (International Herald Tribune -- Travel)
How an organic movement born in Berkeley exemplifies conservative values Jul 20, 2008
ALICE WATERS SEEMS at first like an unlikely conservative. A veteran of Berkeley's Free Speech Movement who once cooked a $25,000-a-seat fund-raising dinner for Bill Clinton, she eagerly compares her campaign for "edible schoolyards" - where children grow, prepare, and eat fresh produce - with John F. Kennedy's attempt to improve physical fitness through mandatory exercise. (Boston Globe)
The chef with no taste Jul 20, 2008
The Tribune exalted the very dishes that the Times suggested were contrived or showy; soon, Ruth Reichl, of Gourmet, came to Chicago and called Achatz a successor to Alice Waters and Wolfgang Puck, who has helped define American cooking over the past three decades. She even claimed that Achatz had surpassed his mentor Thomas Keller in originality. (Guardian Unlimited)
Pros' guide to bargain shopping Jul 19, 2008
Jonathan Waters, wine director for Chez Panisse in Berkeley, prefers wines with the same sustainable, small-farm values embodied by restaurant founder Alice Waters (no relation). Our goal was not only to find enough wine to last a week - one bottle per night seemed like plenty - but also to strategize about how to stretch a variety of wines across a week's worth of meals. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Fresh philosophy Jul 17, 2008
Their other main inspiration is Alice Waters, one of the best-known and most influential American chefs, owner of Chez Panisse restaurant in California, author of numerous cookbooks and one of the first proponents in this country for cooking and eating fresh, nutritious meals made from food that is local, sustainably produced and high in quality. Julia Reich, of Scipio Center is owner of Julia Reich Design, a graphic design studio, and. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Eat well, and save the planet Jul 16, 2008
At last it has taken too long, according to Alice Waters, but the message is catching on ... But for Alice Waters, the highly regarded sustainable foodie, these are more than concepts, they are part of a broader philosophy which links food to the health of our planet ... At last … it has taken too long, according to Alice Waters, but the message is catching on. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Edgerly takes care of buddy on her way out Jul 13, 2008
Newsom, however, remains committed - noting that organic dining diva Alice Waters even won a commitment from Democratic presidential nominee-to-be Barack Obama to plant a similar garden at the White House if he's elected. "And we want to be the test case," Newsom said. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Food for Thought Jul 8, 2008
Alice Waters might not seem like a conservative ... Obviously this is especially easy to pull off in the hometown of Alice Waters and Michael Pollan, the birthplace of Chez Panisse and California cuisine. (The American Conservative)
Slow Food Nation comes to San Francisco Jul 1, 2008
Slow Food Nation founder Alice Waters, the Berkeley restaurateur who popularized the idea of serving food straight from local, organic farms to the table at her Chez Panisse restaurant, says the timing of the event, which kicks off on the eve of the presidential election, is no coincidence. "We want people to vote with their forks," she said. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Gardening for fun - and profit Jun 29, 2008
" How To Sell Your Homegrown Produce Bill Fujimoto at Monterey Market and Alice Waters at Chez Panisse are not the only ones who recognize that neighborhood gardeners can offer more delicate and riper fruits and vegetables than distant farmers. Gardeners, Fujimoto said, should feel free to approach any restaurant chef who is changing his or her menu daily or weekly. "Any restaurant - from the largest to the smallest - that doesn't print its menu months in advance will be open to buying from a... (San Francisco Chronicle)
The cocktail divide: West Coast and East Coast cocktail cultures couldn't be more different - right? Jun 28, 2008
"I think the trend started in the kitchen with the likes of Alice Waters and then over the years moved to the bar," he says. Good point, Jacques. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Nonfiction review: 'Bottlemania' Jun 26, 2008
The news media followed suit, and the ensuing public backlash was harsh: City governments from San Francisco to Santa Fe outlawed the spending of tax dollars on bottled water; Alice Waters dropped bubbling Italian Santa Lucia from the Chez Panisse menu. Shamed bottlers engaged in a greener-than-thou public relations battle that at times bordered on hilarity - Nestle shrank the packaging of its Poland Spring brand and started shipping it in biofuel-powered trucks, while favorite media whipping... (San Francisco Chronicle)
U.S. Mayors Vote to End Bottled Water at Meetings Jun 24, 2008
A number of prominent celebrity chefs, including Alice Waters of Chez Panisse and Mario Batali of Babbo, have banned bottled water, too, and instead switched to tap water. Critics of bottled water point to the energy wasted in production of plastic bottles and the shipping process. (Fox News)
Major organic restaurant planned for - where else? - Berkeley Jun 19, 2008
Although Derfel grew up in a restaurant family (and his brother, David Derfel, has been a chef for 25 years), he's tapping into some current luminaries such as Alice Waters of Chez Panisse, Charlie Hallowell of Pizzaiolo, and Tony Gulisano of Chow, all of whom, he says, are helping "so we don't repeat any previous mistakes.". Myth or fact: After weeks of denying rumors, Quince owner Lindsay Tusk fesses up that she and chef husband, Michael, have signed an agreement to take over the Myth space... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Music: Free For All Jun 15, 2008
Until Alice Waters and Michael Tilson Thomas start letting people in for nothing - and selling corn dogs - they must take second place to the geniuses who are giving us REO Speedwagon, B.B. King and Blue Oyster Cult this summer, with no charge beyond the price of fair admission. Some people stay in the Bay Area for the weather, others for the progressive social and political climate. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
First-time jitters, Oprah sightings at Auction Napa Valley Jun 14, 2008
Mondavi's legacy was commemorated with a massive lot that included a dinner for 90 at Copia, the American Center for Wine, Food rts, at $10,000 a head prepared by an all-star team of Charlie Trotter, Alice Waters, Julian Serrano, Gary Danko and Jean-Georges Vongerichten, plus wines from nine sponsoring wineries. The lot, which was initially planned as a 95th birthday tribute to Mondavi, raised $860,000. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Big Bites in the Big Apple: Tickets to Go on Sale for First-Ever Food Network New York City Wine & Food Festival Presented by Food & Wine and Travel+Leisure Magazines Jun 12, 2008
Panel discussions will feature the top minds of the culinary industry including Alice Waters, Anthony Bourdain, Ferran Adria, Gordon Ramsay and Nigella Lawson. -- On Saturday night (October 11), world-renowned, Michelin-starred chef Alain Ducasse will host J'adore Adour, a private dinner at Adour Restaurant, that promises to be a culinary event to remember. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
My favorite cookbook Jun 11, 2008
But a few of my favs are Vegetables by James Peterson (1998), The Art of Simple Food by Alice Waters (2007), and The New Basics Cookbook by Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins (1989). It's a book I always give for a wedding gift. (Christian Science Monitor)
Eating only what grows around you Jun 10, 2008
For years, the idea of eating only food grown locally and in season was reserved for upscale chefs like Alice Waters of Chez Panisse in Berkeley, Calif. or serious hippies living off the grid, while the rest of us didnt think twice about gulping down blueberries from Chile or avocadoes from Mexico. (MSNBC -- Terrorism)
A new restaurant that does everything right Jun 4, 2008
(The eggs are from Chip-in Farm in Bedford - Maiden is devoted enough to local, seasonal ingredients that it would be fair to paper another bathroom in pages by Alice Waters. Anything in a cornmeal batter - oysters, green tomatoes, catfish - is a beautiful thing, crisp and greaseless. (Boston Globe)
Local white and green asparagus tart May 29, 2008
Organizations such as Slow Food (started by Carlo Petrini in Italy in 1986) and chefs like Alice Waters from Chez Panisse in Berkeley, Ca., have been promoting a return to small-scale, sustainable food operations for some time. While some may argue that it costs a lot more to eat locally and in season, the true costs of continuing to supporting large-scale agribusiness can be seen in the negative impact on both the environment and our personal health. (Globe and Mail)
State honors Geisel, Pauling May 29, 2008
Other 2008 California Hall of Fame inductees include jazz musician Dave Brubeck, actress and activist Jane Fonda, artist Robert Graham, music producer and humanitarian Quincy Jones, fitness guru Jack LaLanne, documentary photographer Dorthea Lange, architect Julia Morgan, actor Jack Nicholson, former governor and Stanford University founder and industrialist Leland Stanford and pioneering chef Alice Waters. I have always believed that the greatest strength of California is our people, so it is... (San Diego Union-Tribune)
Simple cooking with fresh, organic ingredients May 28, 2008
Review of 'The Art of Simple Cooking,' a cookbook by Alice Waters ... When Alice Waters comes out with a new cookbook, home cooks and organic gardeners stop weeding and start reading. (Christian Science Monitor)
HOW CHRONIC ILLNESS THREATENS EDUCATION May 25, 2008
Celebrity chef Alice Waters, from the renowned Berkeley restaurant Chez Panisse, has established a foundation to "change the way children eat." Her foundation is among those that help school districts incorporate fresh and healthy foods into their school meals, and create learning connections between their school food environments and the classroom curriculum. The Starbright Foundation, a Los Angeles nonprofit group chaired by film director Steven Spielberg, produces videos that offer... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
SUSAN LEVIN: Oprah checks out the vegan diet: Will America follow? May 24, 2008
Food activists like Alice Waters have taught us the benefit of eating locally. And a recent undercover investigation at a California slaughterhouse exposed the cruelty that is endemic to the meat industry. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Napa wine pioneer Robert Mondavi dead at 94 May 18, 2008
Later the winery inaugurated a "Great Chefs" program, hosting Julia Child and Alice Waters, among others. That context was important. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Napa Valley wine patriarch dies at 94 May 17, 2008
This program featured such luminaries as Julia Child, Paul Bocuse, Alice Waters, Paul Prudhomme, Jean and Pierre Troisgros, Marcella Hazan and Joel Robuchon. During the latter half of the 1980s, Robert Mondavi launched the Mission Program to counteract the anti-alcohol campaign that was gathering force in America. (Helena Independent Record, MT)
Robert G. Mondavi Dies at 94 May 17, 2008
Under his tutelage, and with his wife Margrit, for four decades the winery has celebrated the pleasures of wine, food and the arts; and provided creative settings for jazz and classical concerts, art exhibits and comprehensive cultural and culinary programs including the Great Chefs program, which has featured such luminaries as Julia Child, Paul Bocuse, Alice Waters and Joel Robuchon. Never one to rest on his laurels, in l979, Robert joined forces with Baron Philippe de Rothschild, creating the... (PR Newswire)
Slowly does it - the sustainable way May 14, 2008
Some, such as Alice Waters of the US, or the Irish chef Darina Allen, are internationally known, but Prior finds the lesser-known tutors equally interesting: "I am inspired by people who take the time and care about what they do, like the cheese producers up in the mountains, normal people who show you exactly how they work.". The dedication to food quality is seen all over Italy, and it's a passion that movements like slow food are hoping to inspire in people of all ages. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Australia)
Return to the Frey May 8, 2008
Achatz, a molecular gastronomist whom critics have called "a successor to Alice Waters and Wolfgang Puck," refused to have his tongue removed in the conventional treatment for the disease to save his sense of taste. A of Barbara Walters' autobiography observes she is "among the few remaining on-air television journalists whose careers encompass almost the entire history of television news.". (Slate)
A garden of hope grows in post-Katrina schoolyard May 4, 2008
There are lessons in arithmetic and science, but chef Alice Waters said what's most important is the children's reverence for the food they eat. Waters helped create the Edible Schoolyard at Samuel J. Green Charter School 14 years after planting the first one in Berkeley, Calif. (USA Today -- News)
Make your own mozzarella May 4, 2008
(From The Art of Simple Food by Alice Waters. . (Winona Daily News, MN)
Get off the bottle Apr 16, 2008
legendary restaurateur Alice Waters of Chez Panisse cut out the bottle two years ago and offers tap water both filtered and carbonated in house. Many other cutting-edge restaurants have followed suit, including many in Boston (and the city of Boston as well) who have taken the pledge to stop using bottled water through an advocacy group called Think Outside the Bottle (www. (Seacoast New Hampshire)
Better Mental Health, Down on the Farm Apr 14, 2008
Check out the national CSA network and Alice Waters Edible Schoolyard site. Best to all Em. (New York Times)
A Lifetime Of Achievement Apr 12, 2008
General nonfiction: "The Science of Leonardo: Inside the Mind of the Great Genius of the Renaissance" by Fritjof Capra, "Oil on the Brain: Adventures From the Pump to the Pipeline" by Lisa Margonelli, "Alice Waters and Chez Panisse: The Romantic, Impractical, Often Eccentric, Ultimately Brilliant Making of a Food Revolution" by Thomas McNamee, "Supercapitalism: The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life" by Robert B. Reich and "Arsenals of Folly: The Making of the Nuclear Arms... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Bestsellers list Apr 9, 2008
The Art of Simple Food Alice Waters, Clarkson Potter, $35, 9780307336798 The new cooking standard from the queen of fresh, local ingredients. 12/26. (Scranton Times, PA)
Giants take 2nd in seawall design contest Apr 5, 2008
The Giants' proposal is an entertainment center tied to well-known names in food and music, such as chef Alice Waters and the House of Blues. It would have a 5,000-seat music hall and a 5-acre park. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Booksellers Cast Ballots Apr 5, 2008
Fiction: Daniel Alarcon for "Lost City Radio." Nonfiction: Alice Waters for "The Art of Simple Food." Poetry: Robert Hass for "Time and Materials." Poet to watch: Steve Dickison for "Disposed." Children's literature: Pat Murphy for "The Wild Girls." Children's illustrated literature: Bob Barner for "Penguins, Penguins Everywhere." Regional title: Derek Hayes for "Historical Atlas of California." ... " Nonfiction: Fritjof Capra for "The Science of Leonardo," Dahr Jamail for "Beyond the Green... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
Giants have big plans for parking lot Apr 2, 2008
House of Blues, Anchor Steam, the Mavericks surf competition, Lucky Strike Lanes and Alice Waters of Chez Panisse have already signed on for the restaurant, retail and cultural district, which would also include "Vinter's Alley" with tasting rooms showcasing wines from around the world. "We want to create a pedestrian experience that would be fun to hang out in," said Bair, who noted that ballpark patrons spending postgame time in the district would serve as a form of traffic metering to further... (MLB.com -- San Francisco Giants)
Eating out in the paddies near the center of Bali Mar 30, 2008
Alice Waters, eat your heart out. Warung Bodag Maliah Cafe, 011-62-0361-972-087 (0361-780-1839), Suback sok wayah, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia. (Boston Globe)
San Francisco Chronicle Best-Sellers March 23 / Mar 24, 2008
THE ART OF SIMPLE FOOD, Alice Waters (Clarkson Potter; 416 pages; $35): A cookbook with recipes for low-stress dishes and discussions of techniques and ingredients. 7. (San Francisco Chronicle)
