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A whole set of values comes with fast food: Everything should be fast, cheap and easy; there's always more where that came from; there are no seasons; you shouldn't be paid very much for preparing food. It's uniformity and a lack of connection. Alice Waters

I used to do calligraphy, and I'm afraid that has lapsed, but I've always been interested in book printing. Alice Waters

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If I weren't involved with food, I'd be working in architecture. Design is that critical to me. Alice Waters

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I wanted people to come to the restaurant and feel at home, so I put it in a house. Alice Waters

Home People Restaurant Put Feel Come House Wanted

My kitchen has a wood-burning oven, a large worktable, and windows all around, including one above the sink. I think whoever is washing the dishes needs to have a lot of beauty around. Alice Waters

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I know once people get connected to real food, they never change back. Alice Waters

Food Change People Back Once Never Know Real Get Connected

We all need to know how to cook. I can buy a chicken and have many meals come from it. Is it affordable? Yes. Cheap? No. I want to pay the farmers the right price for food. They deserve it. They are the most important people in the country besides our teachers. Alice Waters

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I used to think that I wanted to be a hat maker, but I don't think that would have worked out. Alice Waters

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My mother made a lot of things because she thought they'd be healthy for us. There were some very unfortunate experiences with whole wheat bread and bananas. I always tried to get rid of that sandwich and eat one of my friends' lunches. Alice Waters

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I once had an Early Girl tomato at my friend Jay's house, and I thought that was the best thing I'd ever had. But then I visited friends in Senegal, and I ate sea urchin pulled fresh out of the sea. It tasted like the ocean. Alice Waters

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A lot of equipment can get in the way of the connection with food, with touching and feeling. Alice Waters

Food Feeling Way Touching Equipment Lot Get Connection

First, kids should be involved in the production of their own food. They have to get their hands in the dirt, they have to grow things. They also have to become sensually stimulated, and the way to begin is with a bakery. Alice Waters

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Basically, the person in the White House should be principled, should have a philosophy about food that relates directly to organic agriculture. I will continue to push for that. Alice Waters

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I think you have to plan ahead. When I go to the market on a Saturday, and I'm buying for family and friends, I'm thinking about what I'm going to eat on the weekend but also about what I'm going to make for the following week. Alice Waters

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I'm focused on the next generation, because I think it's very hard to break the habit of adults who've got salt and sugar addictions and just ways of being in this world. It's very hard even for the most enlightened people at famous universities that are very wealthy to spend the money that it takes to feed the students something delicious. Alice Waters

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

Food Else Something Like Precious Commodity Anything Anything Else

I love those tiny little onions in the spring that are so small they're almost like a little chive. Alice Waters

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Americans don't have deep gastronomic roots. They wanted to get away from the cultures of Europe or wherever they came from. We stirred up that melting pot pretty quickly. Alice Waters

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I try not to do anything that's immoral. Alice Waters

Try Immoral Anything

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

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I eat meat, but no meat that isn't pastured is acceptable, and we probably need to eat a whole lot less. Alice Waters

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