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Alice Waters & Chez Panisse, the romantic, impractical, often eccentric, ultimately brilliant making of a food revolution, Thomas McNamee ; foreword by R.W. Apple, Jr

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Alice Waters & Chez Panisse, the romantic, impractical, often eccentric, ultimately brilliant making of a food revolution, Thomas McNamee ; foreword by R.W. Apple, Jr

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-367) and index

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non fiction

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Alice Waters & Chez Panisse

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bibliography

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70775797

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Thomas McNamee ; foreword by R.W. Apple, Jr

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the romantic, impractical, often eccentric, ultimately brilliant making of a food revolution

Summary

The authorized biography of Alice Waters and the San Francisco 1970s counterculture food revolution that invented "American cuisine." Not so long ago it was nearly impossible to find a cappuccino or a croissant in this country, most people had no idea what "organic" food was, and even fewer thought about "sustainable farming." But in 1971, in Berkeley, a young Francophile opened a small restaurant for her friends and launched an entirely new way of thinking about and food in America. With no business sense or financial discipline, Alice relied on the coterie of devoted friends and followers who developed around her and on her strong principles of, among other things, using only locally grown and organic ingredients at the peak of their seasons, to keep her restaurant afloat. It was a reckless, extravagant, inexperienced venture that could have failed, but instead--somehow--turned into a revolution.--From publisher description

Table Of Contents

Opening night, 1971, 2006 -- Soup, 1944-1965 -- Very Sixties, 1965-1966 -- Montessori and a dream, 1967-1971 -- Very Berkeley, 1971-1973 -- Jeremiah, 1973-1975 -- Last birthday? 1976 -- Ennui and inspiration, 1977-1978 -- Creation and destruction, 1979-1982 -- Rebaptism by fire, 1982 -- A world for Fanny, 1983-1984 -- Alice takes flight, 1985-1986 -- Death and life, 1986-1987 -- Sustainability, 1987-1991 -- Star power, 1991-1994 -- Into the great world, 1995-2001 -- An extraordinary day in Italy, 2001-2002 -- An ordinary afternoon and evening at Chez Panisse, 2003-2006

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Alice Waters and Chez Panisse

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