Alice Waters
Backed Hard: The Best Stuff We (Actually) Bought in July
This month, we’re feeling ourselves with A+ bike tires, incense for people who hate incense, and a Cameo from 311’s Nick Hexum.
Alice Waters' Fascinating and Infuriating Quest for Perfection
There's no better time to both envy and reexamine the legendary Chez Panisse chef's quest for an impeccable fruit bowl.
September's Best Books, Comics, Movies, Video Games, and Music
From Alice Waters new memoir 'Coming to My Senses' to Dizzee Rascal's latest album, and more.
The Future of Food According to Alice Waters
We talked about potentially scary farming technology and why school lunches should qualify for academic credit around the US.
Your Christmas Cookies Will Taste Better with Coriander
“There’s a sourness to coriander that works really well in sweet stuff,” says American-born baker and owner of London’s Violet Bakery Claire Ptak, as she shows me how to prepare her festive ginger molasses cookies.
How a Chicken Restaurant Saved a Schoolyard Farm from Closing
After losing its funding, the schoolyard farm at Escuela Inglesa Kent in Mexico City was prepared to shut down. But a local restaurant soon came to its aid, proposing a symbiotic relationship between the two.
Mark Bittman Wants You to Eat More Weeds
On the occasion of his new video series California Matters, we spoke to Mark Bittman about eating foraged weeds in a vacant lot and why you shouldn’t care if a dog takes a piss on your salad greens.
The Restaurant World Is (Still) Sexist
Time magazine has pissed off the international restaurant world and alienated female chefs in their current issue, "Gods of Food." Chef Margot Henderson calls bullshit. Here's her response to <i>Time</i>, the reality of women...
The Restaurant World Is (Still) Sexist
Time magazine has pissed off the international restaurant world and alienated female chefs in their current issue, "Gods of Food." Chef Margot Henderson calls bullshit. Here's her response to Time, the reality of women in the kitchen, and...