Alice Waters Quotes

Alice Waters is an American chef, restaurateur, and food activist. She is known as one of the pioneers of the farm-to-table movement and for her acclaimed restaurant, Chez Panisse. Waters' emphasis on fresh, locally sourced ingredients and sustainable food practices has influenced the culinary world.

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

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

Food isn't like anything else. It's something prec... -Alice Waters

Food isn't like anything else. It's something precious. It's not a commodity.

I don't think it ever works to tell people what they can't eat. They can do it for so long, and then they fall off. You have to bring them into a new relationship with food.

I came to all the realizations about sustainability and biodiversity because I fell in love with the way food tastes. That was it. And because I was looking for that taste I feel at the doorsteps of the organic, local, sustainable farmers, dairy people and fisherman.

I know once people get connected to real food, the... -Alice Waters

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

Whenever I want to know how to cook something, I c... -Alice Waters

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

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 in Germany or one in California, it should be the same. And this message is destroying cultures around the world. Needless to say, agriculture goes with it.

People have become aware that way that we've been ... -Alice Waters

People have become aware that way that we've been eating is making us sick.

My kitchen has a wood-burning oven, a large worktable, and windows all around, including one above the sink. I think whoever is washing the dishes needs to have a lot of beauty around.

I'm an optimist. I'm hopeful.... -Alice Waters

I'm an optimist. I'm hopeful.

We have to understand that we want to pay the farmers the real price for the food that they produce. It won't ever be cheap to buy real food. But it can be affordable. It's really something that we need to understand. It's the kind of work that it takes to grow food. We don't understand that piece of it.

I really am at a place where I think we need to feed every child at school for free and feed them a real school lunch that's sustainable and nutritious and delicious. It needs to be part of the curriculum of the school in the same way that physical education was part of the curriculum, and all children participated.

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 of meat and poultry.

In countries around the world, people spend more m... -Alice Waters

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

We all need to know how to cook. I can buy a chicken and have many meals come from it. Is it affordable? Yes. Cheap? No. I want to pay the farmers the right price for food. They deserve it. They are the most important people in the country besides our teachers.

Basically, the person in the White House should be principled, should have a philosophy about food that relates directly to organic agriculture. I will continue to push for that.

Food can be very transformational, and it can be more than just about a dish. That's what happened to me when I first went to France. I fell in love. And if you fall in love, well, then everything is easy.

I do feel like food should cost more, because we aren't paying farmers a living wage. It has to cost more.

You do need some dispensation for local farmers, because the fast food industry will promote the unsanitary conditions of farming. With vegetables, you have to be careful where they come from; you have to know the farmers and trust them. If you buy from the farmers' market, it's already been investigated.

You have to take it upon yourself and preserve and... -Alice Waters

You have to take it upon yourself and preserve and can foods that you'll want for the winter.

This is the power of gathering: it inspires us, delightfully, to be more hopeful, more joyful, more thoughtful: in a word, more alive.

My real emphasis is on the farmers who are taking care of the land, the farmers who are really thinking about our nourishment.

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

I love those tiny little onions in the spring that... -Alice Waters

I love those tiny little onions in the spring that are so small they're almost like a little chive.

First, kids should be involved in the production of their own food. They have to get their hands in the dirt, they have to grow things. They also have to become sensually stimulated, and the way to begin is with a bakery.

My mother made a lot of things because she thought they'd be healthy for us. There were some very unfortunate experiences with whole wheat bread and bananas. I always tried to get rid of that sandwich and eat one of my friends' lunches.

Organize yourself so you aren't struggling to shop at the last minute. When you have real food, it's very easy to cook.

We eat every day, and if we do it in a way that doesn't recognize value, it's contributing to the destruction of our culture and of agriculture. But if it's done with a focus and care, it can be a wonderful thing. It changes the quality of your life.

I have been talking nonstop about the symbolism of an edible landscape at the White House. I think it says everything about stewardship of the land and about the nourishment of a nation.

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