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90 quotes by Alice Waters

Alice Louise Waters (born April 28, 1944) is 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. Waters opened the restaurant in 1971. It was consistently ranked among the World's 50 Best Restaurants from 2002 to 2008.[citation needed] Waters has been cited as one of the most influential...
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Create a garden; bring children to farms for field trips. I think it's important that parents and teachers get together to do one or two things... →

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Food should be cheap, and labor should be cheap, and everything should be the same no matter where you go; whether it's a McDonald's in... →

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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... →

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We've been so disconnected agriculturally and culturally from food. We spend more time on dieting than on cooking.

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I eat meat, but no meat that isn't pastured is acceptable, and we probably need to eat a whole lot less.

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I have a fireplace in my kitchen that I light every night, no matter what.

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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.

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I can't imagine leaving the restaurant. It's hard for me to separate my life from my work; I'm really thinking about what we're doing... →

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I'm an optimist. I'm hopeful.

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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... →

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I can remember the three restaurant experiences of my childhood. All I wanted to do on my birthday was to go to the Automat in New York... but I... →

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We need to have a course in school that teaches about ecology and gastronomy. I could imagine that all children could eat at school for free and that... →

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First, kids should be involved in the production of their own food. They have to get their hands in the dirt, they have to grow things. They also... →

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