Her revolution started with taste. Back in 1971 when Alice Waters opened Chez Panisse, she wasn’t so much interested in becoming a restaurateur, as she was provoked to open a restaurant that would cater to her values. She wanted to feed the Berkeley revolutionaries and build a revolutionary meeting place that would, as she says, […]

For some time now, I’ve felt like a bit of a pretender. I’ve masked a well of deep insecurity, worried I’d be discovered a fake, a phony, a foodie without credentials. Eeek…I had never eaten at Blue Hill! Neither in the city, nor in Pocantico, NY. That’s right, the bastion of haute barnyard, local, organic, […]