Alice Waters

Born: 1944-04-28

Alice Louise Waters is an American chef, restaurateur, and author. She is the owner of Chez Panisse, a Berkeley, California, restaurant famous for creating the farm-to-table movement and for pioneering California cuisine, which she opened in 1971. Waters has authored and co-authored many books, including "Chez Panisse Cooking" (with Paul Bertolli), "Chez Panisse Vegetables", "Chez Panisse Fruit", "The Art of Simple Food I and II", "In the Green Kitchen: Techniques to Learn by Heart", "40 Years of Chez Panisse", and her memoir, "Coming to my Senses: The Making of a Cook". Waters created the Chez Panisse Foundation in 1996, and the Edible Schoolyard program at the Martin Luther King Middle School in Berkeley; a school garden initiative that today involves over 4,000 schools. 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. Since 2002, Waters has served as a vice president of Slow Food International, an organization dedicated to preserving local food traditions, protecting biodiversity, and promoting small-scale quality products around the world.


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Food and Country

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Released: 2024-10-02

America’s policy of producing cheap food at all costs has long hobbled small independent...

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Werner Herzog Eats His Shoe

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Released: 1980-11-19

Directors Werner Herzog and Errol Morris make a bet which results in Herzog living up to his...

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Garlic Is as Good as Ten Mothers

as Self - Chez Panisse Restaurant, Berkeley
Released: 1980-10-12

A zesty paean of praise to the greater glories of garlic. This lip-smacking foray into the...

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Dirt! The Movie

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Released: 2009-08-07

A look at man's relationship with Dirt. Dirt has given us food, shelter, fuel, medicine,...

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Alice Waters and Her Delicious Revolution

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Released: 2003-03-18

Every great cook secretly believes in the power of food. Alice Waters just believes this more...

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Food Fight

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Released: 2008-03-27

A fascinating look at how American agricultural policy and food culture developed in the 20th...

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James Beard: America's First Foodie

as Herself
Released: 2017-04-23

Food in the 21st century has become much more than “meat and potatoes” and canned soup...

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Robert Scheer: Above the Fold

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Released: 2019-01-28

A documentary on the six-decades long career of a muckraking journalist, who was involved with...

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Waging Change

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Released: 2020-11-08

Waging Change weaves the stories of individual workers such as Nataki Rhodes of Chicago and...

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Diana Kennedy: Nothing Fancy

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Released: 2019-03-09

Cookbook author and environmental activist Diana Kennedy reflects on an unconventional life...

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Alice Waters: How To Start A Food Revolution

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Released: 2021-10-23

On August 28, 1971, Chez Panisse opened its doors in Berkeley, Calif. The restaurant merged fine...

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Real Time with Bill Maher

as Herself
First aired: 2003-02-21

Each week Bill Maher surrounds himself with a panel of guests which include politicians, actors,...

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The View

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First aired: 1997-08-11

ABC Daytime's morning chatfest, currently featuring Whoopi Goldberg, Joy Behar, Sunny Hostin,...

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Somebody Feed Phil

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First aired: 2018-01-12

"Everybody Loves Raymond" creator Phil Rosenthal travels the globe to take in the local cuisine...

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Iconoclasts

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First aired: 2005-11-17

Iconoclasts is a Sundance Channel show. Each episode pairs two "creative visionaries" who...

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In Julia's Kitchen with Master Chefs

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First aired: 1995-04-01

Cooking with Master Chefs was a PBS television cooking show that featured Julia Child visiting...

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