A lot of equipment can get in the way of the connection with food, with touching and feeling. — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
Food isn't like anything else. It's something precious. It's not a commodity. — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
It's a comfort to always find pasta in the cupboard and garlic and parsley in the garden. — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
Grass-fed cattle are leaner. But it's not true that they are less flavorful. — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
You have to take it upon yourself and preserve and can foods that you'll want for the winter. — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
Buy foods from nearby farms and have that food served in the cafeteria. — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
Whenever I want to know how to cook something, I can't ask one chef - I have to ask six. — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
I feel it is an obligation to help people understand the relation of food to agriculture and the relationship of food to… — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
Food culture is like listening to the Beatles - it's international, it's very positive, it's inventive and creative. — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
Everything tastes better with butter. Meat that has fat in it is tender in a certain way, flavorful in a certain way.… — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
I want every child in America to eat a nutritious, delicious, sustainably sourced school lunch for free. — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
I am confident that we will see a growing consensus about the most effective way to transform food in America: building a… — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
We have to bring children into a new relationship to food that connects them to culture and agriculture. — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
When you're really considering all the qualities of food, purity is right there at the top of the list. I'm unwilling to… — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
It is a fundamental fact that no cook, however creative and capable, can produce a dish of a quality any higher than… — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
Food should be cheap, and labor should be cheap, and everything should be the same no matter where you go; whether it's… — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
Cooking creates a sense of well-being for yourself and the people you love and brings beauty and meaning to everyday life. And… — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
Go to the farmers market and buy food there. You'll get something that's delicious. It's discouraging that this seems like such an… — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
I think America's food culture is embedded in fast-food culture. And the real question that we have is: How are we going… — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
We have to understand that we want to pay the farmers the real price for the food that they produce. It won't… — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
If I've gone to the market on Saturday, and I go another time on Tuesday, then I'm really prepared. I can cook… — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
My mother made a lot of things because she thought they'd be healthy for us. There were some very unfortunate experiences with… — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
I believe there should be breakfast, lunch and afternoon snack, all for free and for every child that goes to school. And… — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
“1¼ cups white wine vinegar 1¾ cups water 2½ tablespoons sugar ½ bay leaf 4 thyme sprigs A pinch of dried chile… — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
When 85% of the kids in America don't have one meal with their family, just imagine what that means. Just imagine, life… — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
If our public school system is a truly democratic institution. It's the place where we can reach every child in this county… — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
People have become aware that way that we've been eating is making us sick. — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
Always explore your garden and go to the market before you decide what cook. — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
I know once people get connected to real food, they never change back. — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
The problem with living in a fast-food nation is that we expect food to be cheap. — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
To have a basic ingredient that can be prepared a million different ways is a beautiful thing. — Alice Waters Copy Share Image
It's a pleasure to talk to the farmers. That's my favorite part, always was. It's really the communication and exchange that builds communities. It's… — Alice Waters Copy Share
I think if you buy from people who are taking care of the land, you're supporting the future of this country. — Alice Waters Copy Share
I believe that every child in this world needs to have a relationship with the land...to know how to nourish themselves...and to know how… — Alice Waters Copy Share
I feel like old age in America is a very sad thing. I have been many different places around the world where getting older… — Alice Waters Copy Share
It's around the table and in the preparation of food that we learn about ourselves and about the world. — Alice Waters Copy Share
I don't want food that comes from animals that are caged up and fed antibiotics. I am really suspicious of that kind of production… — Alice Waters Copy Share
I wanted people to come to the restaurant and feel at home, so I put it in a house. — Alice Waters Copy Share
We make decisions every day about what we're going to eat. And some people want to buy Nike shoes - two pairs, and other… — Alice Waters Copy Share
The act of eating is very political. You buy from the right people, you support the right network of farmers and suppliers who care… — Alice Waters Copy Share
I think health is the outcome of finding a balance and some satisfaction at the table. — Alice Waters Copy Share
I eat meat, but no meat that isn't pastured is acceptable, and we probably need to eat a whole lot less. — Alice Waters Copy Share
Food should be cheap, and labor should be cheap, and everything should be the same no matter where you go; whether it's a McDonald's… — Alice Waters Copy Share
Whenever I want to know how to cook something, I can't ask one chef - I have to ask six. — Alice Waters Copy Share
Our full humanity is contingent on our hospitality; we can be complete only when we are giving something away; when we sit at the… — Alice Waters Copy Share
