{"id":29317,"date":"2016-12-06T10:03:29","date_gmt":"2016-12-06T15:03:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/?p=29317"},"modified":"2017-02-03T11:02:08","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T16:02:08","slug":"alice-waters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/developer83.wordpress-developer.us\/culturecheesemag\/alice-waters\/","title":{"rendered":"Voicings: Alice Waters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since opening Chez Panisse<\/a> in Berkeley, Calif., 45 years ago, Alice Waters has become a world-renowned chef, author, speaker, and food activist. She\u2019s the founder of The Edible Schoolyard Project<\/a>, which incorporates gardening and cooking into the academic curriculum, and is a leading force behind the School Lunch Initiative, a national push for free lunches made from organic ingredients to be served in public schools. Culture<\/strong> caught up with the septuagenarian caseophile\u2014who is currently working on a memoir about her early \u201cedible education\u201d in France and the Bay Area pre-Panisse\u2014to talk organic labeling, retirement, and California\u2019s role in the artisan cheese movement.<\/p>\n

ON URBAN FARMERS’ MARKETS<\/h3>\n
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I love going to the Saturday San Francisco Ferry Plaza Farmers\u2019 Market<\/a> to buy the freshest organic food from all of my favorite farmers in our area. It\u2019s the punctuation on my week and a time to connect with my friends. Having local food in our cities teaches people to eat with the seasons.<\/div>\n

ON WHAT IT MEANS TO BE ORGANIC<\/h3>\n
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Organic labeling is so important, especially when it comes to meat. I\u2019d love it to [encompass] much more, like fair wages for farm workers and biodynamic growing methods. I\u2019d like to think it\u2019s a term that the fast food industry can\u2019t hijack.<\/div>\n

ON SMALL FOOD BUSINESSES<\/h3>\n
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I have always thought that running a small business is a better way of life. There can be room for everyone at that scale and sourcing from these shops becomes a part of connecting to where our food comes from. It feels like nourishment that\u2019s both spiritual and physical.<\/div>\n

ON THE EVOLUTION OF AMERICAN CHEESEMAKERS<\/h3>\n
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The local cheese scene has multiplied exponentially over the years; there are so many different styles, and the subtleties of cheesemaking are much better understood across America. The Cowgirls<\/a> [Sue Conley and Peggy Smith, both former Chez Panisse cooks] helped start that in California back in 1994\u2014they knew about purity, and their shop became a place where people came from around the world to learn about cheesemaking, from Camembert to blues.<\/div>\n

ON HER FAMOUS GOAT CHEESE SALAD<\/h3>\n
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One of the first cheeses that we got at Chez Panisse was Laura Chenel\u2019s ch\u00e8vre<\/a>. It was about finding a locally sourced farm-to- table product and, since I was a Francophile, a French-style cheese! The baked goat cheese salad with garden lettuces is still on the caf\u00e9 menu and has never lost its appeal.<\/div>\n

ON FAVORITE CURDS<\/h3>\n
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I could probably eat mozzarella di bufala<\/a> every day, but a Vacherin Mont d\u2019Or<\/a> at peak ripeness is something pretty special\u2014it can make me cry.<\/div>\n

ON BUILDING A HEALTHIER FUTURE<\/h3>\n
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I think we know in our hearts that sharing good food, and knowing where that food comes from, brings us together and strengthens us as a people. The most important thing is to teach our children from a young age the value of sustainable nourishment and commitment to the land, or there won\u2019t be a future. We need to learn about farming when we\u2019re 5, not when we\u2019re in graduate school.<\/div>\n

ON GETTING OLDER<\/h3>\n
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I don\u2019t believe in retirement. Or at least, I just can\u2019t imagine retiring. I do think about growing older, of course, and I am committed to the idea of [moving into] a commune at some point, a multigenerational community with meaningful work.<\/div>\n

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