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Alice Waters
American chef, restaurateur, and author / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Alice Louise Waters (born April 28, 1944) is an American chef, restaurateur 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]
Alice Waters | |
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![]() Waters at the U.S. Embassy in Berlin, February 2015 | |
Born | (1944-04-28) April 28, 1944 (age 80) |
Culinary career | |
Cooking style | California |
Current restaurant(s)
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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]