In the U.S., Alice Waters is a superstar. Founded in 1971 in Berkeley, California, her restaurant Chez Panisse has become a legend. It is a meeting place, a place of “pilgrimage”, and the epicentre of the good food freedom movement in the kingdom of junk food.
A mentor of many young chefs, and the author of ten best sellers, Alice Waters, who has been awarded by President Obama, is also Vice President of the Slow Food International organisation, which defends “good, clean and fair food”. Right from the start, Waters has always fought for local, healthy, in-season produce; good, simple dishes; small-scale, organic farming; and “taste education”. She takes us to visit her farmers’ market, as well as her own garden. She also takes us to meet her favourite producer, the guru of “wild” crops in Sonoma, and introduces us to her “Edible Schoolyard”, a vast vegetable patch and kitchen for children.
