| Alice Waters and Chez Panisse: The Romantic, Impractical, Often Eccentric, Ultimately Brilliant Making of a Food Revolution Contributor(s): McNamee, Thomas (Author) |
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ISBN: 0143113089 ISBN-13: 9780143113089 Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $22.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2008 Annotation: McNamee was selected by Waters to document her story and was given exclusive access to her and her closest friends, to the Chez Panisse archives, and to private collections and memorabilia in order to tell the inside story behind the restaurant that changed American cooking. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Women - Cooking | History - Biography & Autobiography | Culinary |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 5.54" W x 8.44" (0.78 lbs) 400 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 - Chronological Period - 21st Century - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |