Chez Panisse and its founder, Alice Waters, helped forge a new path for — and awareness of — what seasonal cooking can be, thanks to her dedication to local farmers and organic agriculture. She ...
On Aug. 28, 1971, a 27-year-old former Montessori teacher named Alice Waters opened a restaurant on Shattuck Avenue in Berkeley. Waters had studied abroad in France six years earlier and, back home, ...
Forget SoHo’s always booked-up Corner Store. The city’s hottest restaurant — and the hardest to get into — is miles uptown on staid East 74th Street. Chez Fifi has been the toughest ticket since it ...
Welcome to Housemade, a Chronicle column by culinary scientist Ali Bouzari. Here, we will take diners on a guided tour of the silent science, brilliant ideas and awesome techniques behind your ...