Alice Waters Quotes
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Grass-fed cattle are leaner. But it's not true that they are less flavorful.
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First, kids should be involved in the production of their own food. They have to get their hands in the dirt, they have to grow things. They also have to become sensually stimulated, and the way to begin is with a bakery.
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Create a garden; bring children to farms for field trips. I think it's important that parents and teachers get together to do one or two things they can accomplish well - a teaching garden, connecting with farms nearby, weave food into the curriculum.
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Buy foods from nearby farms and have that food served in the cafeteria.
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I wanted people to come to the restaurant and feel at home, so I put it in a house.
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I have been talking nonstop about the symbolism of an edible landscape at the White House. I think it says everything about stewardship of the land and about the nourishment of a nation.
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I really like having someone who knows about food and what goes well together make a meal for me.
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I don't think it ever works to tell people what they can't eat. They can do it for so long, and then they fall off. You have to bring them into a new relationship with food.
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People have become aware that way that we've been eating is making us sick.
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If we don't preserve the natural resources, you aren't going to have a sustainable society. This is not something for Chez Panisse and the elite of San Francisco. It's for everyone.
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I think America's food culture is embedded in fast-food culture. And the real question that we have is: How are we going to teach slow-food values in a fast-food world? Of course, it's very, very difficult to do, especially when children have grown up eating fast food and the values that go with that.
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I used to think that I wanted to be a hat maker, but I don't think that would have worked out.
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Hard-boiled eggs are wonderful when they're really done right. I bring the water to a boil, and then I put in the eggs. And then I boil them for - well, it depends on the size of the egg - maybe eight minutes.
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I eat meat, but no meat that isn't pastured is acceptable, and we probably need to eat a whole lot less.
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We've been so disconnected agriculturally and culturally from food. We spend more time on dieting than on cooking.
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It's so important to that we go into the public schools and we feed all of the kids something that is really good for them.
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If we want children to learn to tend the land and nourish themselves and have conversations at the table, we need to communicate with them in ways that are positive.
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I came to all the realizations about sustainability and biodiversity because I fell in love with the way food tastes. That was it. And because I was looking for that taste I feel at the doorsteps of the organic, local, sustainable farmers, dairy people and fisherman.
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I used to do calligraphy, and I'm afraid that has lapsed, but I've always been interested in book printing.
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My real emphasis is on the farmers who are taking care of the land, the farmers who are really thinking about our nourishment.
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I was a very picky eater.
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Organize yourself so you aren't struggling to shop at the last minute. When you have real food, it's very easy to cook.
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I do feel like food should cost more, because we aren't paying farmers a living wage. It has to cost more.
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I think health is the outcome of finding a balance and some satisfaction at the table.