Alice Waters in Houston: 'Shelling Peas' for the Greater Good

Emily Deprang:

Alice Waters, the famed chef, author, and activist, addressed a packed house at the Wortham Center's Cullen Theater in Houston on Monday night, sharing her values and advocating for an "edible education" in public schools.

Waters is widely credited with revolutionizing New American cuisine through her Berkeley, Calif., restaurant, Chez Panisse, which has focused on organic, local, seasonal foods prepared simply ever since its inception in 1971. Her influence as an early champion of farmers markets and school lunch reform can hardly be overstated, though she's been well recognized along the way. Chez Panisse was named Best Restaurant in America by Gourmet magazine, Waters was named Best Chef in America by the James Beard Foundation, and in 2009, Waters became the only American chef to receive the French Legion of Honor.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at March 6, 2012 2:19 AM
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