Alice Waters

Alice Waters, 2007

Alice Louise Waters (born April 28, 1944 in Chatham , New Jersey ) is an American restaurateur and co-owner of the Californian restaurant Chez Panisse in Berkeley, which is considered the origin of California cuisine . She also owns Cafe Fanny in West Berkeley. Waters is a pioneer of the organic food movement ( organic food ) in the United States.

Life

Alice Waters calls for the consistent use of fresh and healthy agricultural products that come from the region. Together with Jeremiah Tower , who was head chef at Chez Panisse from 1972 to 1978, she founded this trend. She has written several books on her own and with others that deal with this topic. This includes the cookbook Chez Panisse Cooking , which she wrote together with the Chez Panisse chef at the time, Paul Bertolli . Today she primarily calls for better nutritional education for children. As part of this, she launched the Edible Schoolyard program in Berkeley . Her food education ideas are being pursued by all schools in the Berkeley, California area today. They have met with great interest from the US public.

Alice Waters is primarily committed to using only food that is grown in the region. In their view, the long-range transport of mass-produced food is harmful to the environment and leads to poor quality products for the consumer.

Awards (selection)

• 2009: Honorary Doctorate from Princeton University .
• 2009: Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur (Legion of Honor).
• 2009: Eckart Witzigmann Prize for Innovation.
• 2014: 100 Most Influential People by Time Magazine .
• 2014: National Humanities Medal
• 2015: Berlinale Camera of the 65th Berlin International Film Festival .

Memberships

• She has been a Vice President of Slow Food International since 2002 .
• In 2007 she became a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
• In 2014 she was accepted into the American Philosophical Society .
• 2014 Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters .

Publications

• Alice Waters: The Art of Simple Food. Recipes and happiness from the kitchen garden. Prestel Verlag, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-7913-4991-6 .
• with Gina Gallo et al. : California Fresh Harvest: A Seasonal Journey through Northern California. Series: California Fresh. Favorite Recipes Press 2001, ISBN 978-0961374419 .
• Alice Waters: Chez Panisse Cafe Cookbook , ISBN 0-06-017583-4 .
• Alice Waters, Paul Bertolli: Chez Panisse Cooking , ISBN 0-8446-7110-X .
• Alice Waters: Chez Panisse Fruit 2002, ISBN 978-0-06-019957-9 .
• Alice Waters: Chez Panisse Vegetables 1996, ISBN 978-0-06-017147-6 .
• Alice Waters: Chez Panisse Menu Cookbook 1995, ISBN 978-0-679-75818-1 .
• Alice Waters: Chez Panisse Pasta, Pizza, Calzone 1984, ISBN 978-0-679-75536-4 .
• Alice Waters: Fanny at Chez Panisse. A Child's Restaurant Adventures with 46 Recipes , ISBN 978-0-06-092868-1 . A storybook and cookbook for children
• Alice Waters, Carlo Petrini , William McCuaig: Slow Food: The Case for Taste (Arts and Traditions of the Table: Perspectives on Culinary History) , ISBN 978-0-231-12845-2 .
• Alice Waters: The Art of Simple Food , ISBN 978-0-307-33679-8 .
• Alice Waters: The Edible Schoolyard , ISBN 978-0-8118-6280-6 .

literature

• Joan Reardon: MFK Fisher , Julia Child and Alice Waters - Celebrating the pleasures of the table. Harmony Books, New York 1994, ISBN 0-517-57748-8 .
• Thomas Mcnamee: Alice Waters and Chez Panisse: The Romantic, Impractical, Often Eccentric, Ultimately Brilliant Making of a Food Revolution. Penguin Press, New York 2007, ISBN 978-1-59420-115-8 , biography.

Movie

• Happiness is on the plate. California - Berkeley. (OT: Le bonheur est dans l'assiette. La Californie. ) Documentary, France, 2016, 25:53 min., Script and director: Philippe Allante, production: Petit Dragon, Ten2Ten Films, arte France, series: Das Glück Lies on the plate , (OT: Le bonheur est dans l'assiette. ), first broadcast: November 16, 2016 on arte, synopsis by ARD .

Web links

• Alice Waters on the restaurant website Chez Panisse (English)
• Alice Waters' Edible Schoolyard (English)
• Alice Waters in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Single receipts

1. ^ The Grassroots Revolution. In: Slow Food , October 27, 2012, accessed November 16, 2016.
2. ↑ Maureen Dowd: The Aura of Arugulance. In: New York Times , April 18, 2009, abstract .
3. ↑ Terra Madre - Alice Waters Speaks. In: Slow Food , November 9, 2004, accessed November 16, 2016.
4. ↑ Eric Quiñones: Princeton awards five honorary degrees. ( Memento of June 9, 2009 in the Internet Archive ). In: Princeton University , June 9, 2009.
5. ↑ Meredith Brody: Alice Waters to Receive France's Highest Honor. In: SF Weekly , August 4, 2009.
6. ↑ PRIZE WINNER 2009 - International Eckart Witzigmann Prize. Retrieved on December 19, 2017 (German). 
7. ↑ Ruth Reichl: The activist chef who pioneered good food for all. In: Time Magazine , April 23, 2014, with video, 4:13 min.
8. ↑ Photo: Festival director Dieter Kosslick with food activist Alice Waters and Slow Food President Carlo Petrini at the award ceremony. In: Berlinale 2015 , February 8, 2015.
9. ^ Katja Zimmermann: The Art of Simple Food - Alice Waters. In: Flavor Magazin , February 9, 2015, (German).
10. ↑ Honorary Members. American Academy of Arts and Letters, accessed January 13, 2019 .