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title: "2 Berkeley Quotes By Alice Waters"
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> [In Berkeley, we built the garden and a kitchen classroom. We've been working on it for 12 years. We've learned a lot from it. If kids grow it and cook it, they eat it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/in-berkeley-we-built-the-garden-and-a-kitchen-classroom-we-ve-been/)

[Alice Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-waters/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/245/alice-waters-3447_been_in-berkeley-we-built-the-garden-and-a-ki_2662587.png)

> [I really appreciate the many neighbourhoods of Berkeley. There is still the butcher, the baker and the candlestick maker. And it has the University of California, which is the greatest gift, to my mind, to be close to it. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/i-really-appreciate-the-many-neighbourhoods-of-berkeley-there-is/)

[Alice Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-waters/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d84/alice-waters-3447_alive_i-really-appreciate-the-many-neighbourho_2962709.jpg)

## More by Alice Waters

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/it-s-a-pleasure-to-talk-to-the-farmers-that-s-my-favorite-part-always/)

[Alice Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-waters/)

> [I think if you buy from people who are taking care of the land, you're supporting the future of this country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/i-think-if-you-buy-from-people-who-are-taking-care-of-the-land-you-re/)

[Alice Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-waters/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/i-believe-that-every-child-in-this-world-needs-to-have-a-relationship/)

[Alice Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-waters/)

> [Cooking and shopping for food brings rhythm and meaning to our lives.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/cooking-and-shopping-for-food-brings-rhythm-and-meaning-to-our-lives/)

[Alice Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-waters/)

> [I feel like old age in America is a very sad thing. I have been many different places around the world where getting older…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/i-feel-like-old-age-in-america-is-a-very-sad-thing-i-have-been-many/)

[Alice Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-waters/)

> [It's around the table and in the preparation of food that we learn about ourselves and about the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/it-s-around-the-table-and-in-the-preparation-of-food-that-we-learn/)

[Alice Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-waters/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/i-don-t-want-food-that-comes-from-animals-that-are-caged-up-and-fed/)

[Alice Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-waters/)

> [I wanted people to come to the restaurant and feel at home, so I put it in a house.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/i-wanted-people-to-come-to-the-restaurant-and-feel-at-home-so-i-put/)

[Alice Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-waters/)

> [We make decisions every day about what we're going to eat. And some people want to buy Nike shoes - two pairs, and other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/we-make-decisions-every-day-about-what-we-re-going-to-eat-and-some/)

[Alice Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-waters/)

> [The act of eating is very political. You buy from the right people, you support the right network of farmers and suppliers who care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/the-act-of-eating-is-very-political-you-buy-from-the-right-people-you/)

[Alice Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-waters/)

> [I think health is the outcome of finding a balance and some satisfaction at the table.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/i-think-health-is-the-outcome-of-finding-a-balance-and-some/)

[Alice Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-waters/)

> [I eat meat, but no meat that isn't pastured is acceptable, and we probably need to eat a whole lot less.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/i-eat-meat-but-no-meat-that-isn-t-pastured-is-acceptable-and-we/)

[Alice Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-waters/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/food-should-be-cheap-and-labor-should-be-cheap-and-everything-should/)

[Alice Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-waters/)

> [Whenever I want to know how to cook something, I can't ask one chef - I have to ask six.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/whenever-i-want-to-know-how-to-cook-something-i-can-t-ask-one-chef-i/)

[Alice Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-waters/)

> [Our full humanity is contingent on our hospitality; we can be complete only when we are giving something away; when we sit at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-waters/our-full-humanity-is-contingent-on-our-hospitality-we-can-be-complete/)

[Alice Waters](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-waters/)

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