I came to all the realizations about sustainability and biodiversity because I fell in love with the way food tastes. That was it. And because I was... →
Alice Waters
Basically, the person in the White House should be principled, should have a philosophy about food that relates directly to organic agriculture. I... →
Food can be very transformational, and it can be more than just about a dish. That's what happened to me when I first went to France. I fell in... →
I just hope Americans come to understand that food isn't something to be manipulated by our teeth and shoved down our gullet, that it's our... →
The fact that most kids aren't eating at home with their families any more really means they are eating elsewhere. They are eating out there in... →
We all need to know how to cook. I can buy a chicken and have many meals come from it. Is it affordable? Yes. Cheap? No. I want to pay the farmers... →
When I first went to Paris in 1965, I fell in love with the small, family-owned restaurants that existed everywhere then, as well as the markets and... →
I don't think it ever works to tell people what they can't eat. They can do it for so long, and then they fall off. You have to bring them... →
A lot of equipment can get in the way of the connection with food, with touching and feeling.
I'm always changing my work, as there are endless ways to think about food.