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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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…

— 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,…

— Alice Waters

The act of eating is very political. You buy from the right people, you support the right network of farmers and suppliers…

— 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…

— 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…

— Alice Waters

In countries around the world, people spend more money on food because they know how precious it is.

— Alice Waters

The things most worth wanting are not available everywhere all the time.

— Alice Waters

Because only slow food can teach us the things that really matter - care, beauty, concentration, discernment, sensuality, all the best that…

— Alice Waters

We still need to learn how to talk about food and education, because they haven't been talked about together, really. Education depends…

— Alice Waters

I came to all the realizations about sustainability and biodiversity because I fell in love with the way food tastes. That was…

— Alice Waters

Usually, cheap food is not nutritious. You're feeding people, but you're not really feeding people something that is good for them.

— Alice Waters

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

The decisions you make are a choice of values that reflect your life in every way.

— Alice Waters

We eat every day, and if we do it in a way that doesn't recognize value, it's contributing to the destruction of…

— Alice Waters

I used to do calligraphy, and I'm afraid that has lapsed, but I've always been interested in book printing.

— Alice Waters