Alice Waters

Eating is an environmental act.

— Alice Waters

I try not to do anything that's immoral.

— Alice Waters

I'm an optimist. I'm hopeful.

— Alice Waters

Good food should be a right not a privilege.

— Alice Waters

I am an optimist of the first order.

— Alice Waters

I was a very picky eater.

— Alice Waters

I think health is the outcome of eating well.

— Alice Waters

How we eat can change the world

— Alice Waters

I'm always changing my work, as there are endless ways to think about food.

— Alice Waters

I really like having someone who knows about food and what goes well together make a meal for me.

— Alice Waters

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

— Alice Waters

“He understands that creating a meal means creating your own reality...”

— Alice Waters

I know once people get connected to real food, they never change back.

— Alice Waters

I have a fireplace in my kitchen that I light every night, no matter what.

— Alice Waters

We can't think narrowly. We have to think in the biggest possible way.

— Alice Waters

The problem with living in a fast-food nation is that we expect food to be cheap.

— Alice Waters

Americans don't have deep gastronomic roots. They wanted to get away from the cultures of Europe or wherever they came from. We…

— Alice Waters

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

— 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

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 have been talking nonstop about the symbolism of an edible landscape at the White House. I think it says everything about…

— Alice Waters

In Berkeley, we built the garden and a kitchen classroom. We've been working on it for 12 years. We've learned a lot…

— Alice Waters

I am disappointed because nobody is talking about food and agriculture. They're talking about the diets of children, but they're talking about…

— Alice Waters

We've been so disconnected agriculturally and culturally from food. We spend more time on dieting than on cooking.

— 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

I think Americas food culture is embedded in fast-food culture. And the real question that we have is: How are we going…

— Alice Waters

Hard-boiled eggs are wonderful when they're really done right. I bring the water to a boil, and then I put in the…

— 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

I think the biggest impediment to fixing the food system in the United States is that we expect food to be cheap.…

— Alice Waters

I once had an Early Girl tomato at my friend Jay's house, and I thought that was the best thing I'd ever…

— Alice Waters

I think you have to plan ahead. When I go to the market on a Saturday, and I'm buying for family and…

— Alice Waters

People cooked with a certain integrity before fast food, 50 or 60 years ago. When the cheap food arrived, and we didn't…

— Alice Waters

We're, as Carlos Petrini says, we're on a train and it's going off the edge of the cliff. We have to stop…

— Alice Waters

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

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

“1¼ cups white wine vinegar 1¾ cups water 2½ tablespoons sugar ½ bay leaf 4 thyme sprigs A pinch of dried chile…

— Alice Waters

Let things taste of what they are.

— Alice Waters

Let things taste the way they are.

— Alice Waters

To have a basic ingredient that can be prepared a million different ways is a beautiful thing.

— Alice Waters

If I weren't involved with food, I'd be working in architecture. Design is that critical to me.

— Alice Waters