The first authorized biography of "the mother of American cooking" (The New York Times)

This adventurous book charts the origins of the local "market cooking" culture that we all savor today. When Francophile Alice Waters opened Chez Panisse in Berkeley in 1971, few Americans were familiar with goat cheese, cappuccino, or mesclun. But it wasn't long before Waters and her motley coterie of dreamers inspired a new culinary standard incorporating ethics, politics, and the conviction that the best-grown food is also the tastiest. Based on unprecedented access to Waters and her inner circle, this is a truly delicious rags-to-riches saga.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
Published: 03/01/2008
ISBN: 9780143113089
Pages: 400
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.44h x 5.54w x 0.85d

Review Citations: New York Times Book Review 03/30/2008 pg. 28