Author: Alice Waters

Quotes

Food isn't like anything else. It's something precious. It's not a commodity.

Food isn't like anything else. It's something precious. It's not a commodity.

- Alice Waters

The act of eating is very political. You buy from the right people, you support the right network of farmers and suppliers who care about the land and what they put in the food.

The act of eating is very political. You buy from the right people, you support the right network of farmers and suppliers who care about the land and what they put in the food.

- Alice Waters

When you have good ingredients, cooking doesn't require a lot of instruction because you can never go very wrong.

When you have good ingredients, cooking doesn't require a lot of instruction because you can never go very wrong.

- Alice Waters

I feel that good food should be a right and not a privilege, and it needs to be without pesticides and herbicides. And everybody deserves this food. And that's not elitist.

I feel that good food should be a right and not a privilege, and it needs to be without pesticides and herbicides. And everybody deserves this food. And that's not elitist.

- Alice Waters

The problem with living in a fast-food nation is that we expect food to be cheap.

The problem with living in a fast-food nation is that we expect food to be cheap.

- Alice Waters

Food culture is like listening to the Beatles - it's international, it's very positive, it's inventive and creative.

Food culture is like listening to the Beatles - it's international, it's very positive, it's inventive and creative.

- Alice Waters

Usually, cheap food is not nutritious. You're feeding people, but you're not really feeding people something that is good for them.

Usually, cheap food is not nutritious. You're feeding people, but you're not really feeding people something that is good for them.

- Alice Waters

It's around the table and in the preparation of food that we learn about ourselves and about the world.

It's around the table and in the preparation of food that we learn about ourselves and about the world.

- Alice Waters

I have a love affair with tomatoes and corn. I remember them from my childhood. I only had them in the summer. They were extraordinary.

I have a love affair with tomatoes and corn. I remember them from my childhood. I only had them in the summer. They were extraordinary.

- Alice Waters

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