Cooking Quotes 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…

— Alice Waters

I think if you buy from people who are taking care of the land, you're supporting the future of this country.

— 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…

— Alice Waters

Cooking and shopping for food brings rhythm and meaning to our lives.

— 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…

— Alice Waters

It's around the table and in the preparation of food that we learn about ourselves and about the world.

— 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…

— Alice Waters

I wanted people to come to the restaurant and feel at home, so I put it in a house.

— 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…

— 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…

— Alice Waters

I think health is the outcome of finding a balance and some satisfaction at the table.

— Alice Waters

I eat meat, but no meat that isn't pastured is acceptable, and we probably need to eat a whole lot less.

— 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…

— Alice Waters

Whenever I want to know how to cook something, I can't ask one chef - I have to ask six.

— 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…

— Alice Waters