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Alice Louise Waters (born April 28, 1944) is an American chef, restaurateur, activist, and humanitarian. She is the owner of Chez Panisse, the world-renowned restaurant in Berkeley, California famous for its organic, locally-grown ingredients and for pioneering California cuisine.

Waters opened the restaurant in 1971 at age 27. Since then, it has become one of the most awarded and renowned restaurants in the world, and has consistently ranked among the World’s 50 Best Restaurants. Waters has been cited as the most influential person in food in the past 50 years, and has been called the mother of American food.She is currently one of the most visible supporters of the organic food movement, and has been a proponent of organics for over 40 years. She believes that eating organic foods, free from herbicides and pesticides, is essential for both taste and the health of the environment and local communities.

In addition to her restaurant, Waters is involved in a variety of other projects. She has authored several books on food and cooking, including Chez Panisse Cooking (with Paul Bertolli) and The Art of Simple Food, and is one of the most well-known food activists in the United States and around the world. Waters’ work and philosophy is based on the principle that access to sustainable, fresh, and seasonal food is a right, not a privilege,and believes that the food system needs to be “good, clean, and fair”

With this vision, she founded the Chez Panisse Foundation in 1996, and created the Edible Schoolyard program at the Martin Luther King Middle School in Berkeley, CA Waters also serves as a public policy advocate on the national level for school lunch reform and universal access to healthy, organic foods, and the impact of her organic and healthy food revolution is typified by Michelle Obama’s White House organic vegetable garden.

Early Life   more

Free Speech Movement   more

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Chez Panisse   more

Activism and Public Policy Influence   more

The Edible Schoolyard and Edible Education   more

Slow Food   more

Film   more

Personal   more

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Influence on Other Chefs   more

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Total Books: 28
We Are What We Eat A Slow Food Manifesto
Coming to My Senses The Making of a Counterculture Cook
2018 - Coming to My Senses the Making of a Counterculture Cook (Paperback)Hardcover, Audio CD
ISBN-13: 9780307718297
ISBN-10: 0307718298
Genres: Biographies & Memoirs, Cookbooks, Food & Wine
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 1

Fanny in France With French Adventures and French Recipes
2016 - Fanny in France with French Adventures and French Recipes (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780670016662
ISBN-10: 0670016667
Genre: Children's Books
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My Pantry Homemade Ingredients That Make Simple Meals Your Own
2015 - My Pantry Homemade Ingredients That Make Simple Meals Your Own (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780804185288
ISBN-10: 080418528X
Genre: Cookbooks, Food & Wine
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El arte de la comida sencilla
2013 - El Arte De La Comida Sencilla [Spanish Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781451696639
ISBN-10: 1451696639
Genres: Cookbooks, Food & Wine, Reference
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The Art of Simple Food Volume II From the Ground to the Table  Choosing Growing and Cooking in All Seasons
Forty Years of Chez Panisse The Power of Gathering
2011 - Forty Years of Chez Panisse the Power of Gathering (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780307718266
ISBN-10: 0307718263
Genre: Cookbooks, Food & Wine
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An Autobiography of the San Francisco Bay Area Parts 1  2 Part 1 San Francisco Plays Itself
In the Green Kitchen Techniques to Learn by Heart
2010 - In the Green Kitchen Techniques to Learn By Heart (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780307336804
ISBN-10: 0307336808
Genre: Cookbooks, Food & Wine
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 1

Edible Schoolyard A Universal Idea
2008 - Edible Schoolyard a Universal Idea (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780811862806
ISBN-10: 0811862801
Genres: Cookbooks, Food & Wine, History, Reference
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
 2

The Art of Simple Food Notes Lessons and Recipes from a Delicious Revolution
2007 - The Art of Simple Food Notes Lessons and Recipes From a Delicious Revolution (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780307336798
ISBN-10: 0307336794
Genre: Cookbooks, Food & Wine
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
 14

Chez Panisse Fruits and Vegetables TwoBook Set Chez Panisse Fruits and Chez Penisse Vegetables
Chez Panisse Fruit
2002 - Chez Panisse Fruit (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780060199579
ISBN-10: 0060199571
Genre: Cookbooks, Food & Wine
  • Currently 3.8/5 Stars.
 5

Chez Panisse Cooking
2001 - Chez Panisse Cooking (Hardcover)Paperback, Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9780844671109
ISBN-10: 084467110X
Genre: Cookbooks, Food & Wine
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Chez Panisse Pasta Pizza
1997 - Chez Panisse Pasta Pizza (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780517197332
ISBN-10: 0517197332
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Chez Panisse Pasta Pizza and Calzone
1996 - Chez Panisse Pasta Pizza and Calzone (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781857939460
ISBN-10: 1857939468
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Fanny at Chez Panisse
1992 - Fanny at Chez Panisse (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780060168964
ISBN-10: 006016896X
Genres: Children's Books, Cookbooks, Food & Wine
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
 1

Chez Panisse Menu Cookbook
1982 - Chez Panisse Menu Cookbook (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780609000977
ISBN-10: 0609000977
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The Chez Panisse Menu Cook Book
The Chez Panisse Menu Cook Book (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780701128203
ISBN-10: 0701128208
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Art of Simple Food
Art of Simple Food (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780718154387
ISBN-10: 071815438X
Genre: Cookbooks, Food & Wine
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Vegetables of Chez Panisse 2003 Engagement Calendar
Vegetables of Chez Panisse 2003 Engagement Calendar (Other)
ISBN-13: 9780811835220
ISBN-10: 0811835227
Genre: Cookbooks, Food & Wine
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