When Alice Waters opened Chez Panisse on Aug. 28, 1971, the Berkeley restaurant served pâté en croûte, roast duck with olives and plum tart for its first night of service. The 50th anniversary ...

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When a small restaurant called Chez Panisse opened its doors 50 years ago in Berkeley, California, it wasn’t obvious that it would change how Americans thought about eating. The first menu on Aug. 28, ...

Alice Waters is an icon of California cuisine who revolutionized the concept of farm-to-table cooking in America when she opened her landmark restaurant Chez Panisse in 1971 in Berkeley, California.

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Thank Alice Waters and her Berkeley, California, restaurant Chez Panisse—celebrating its 50th anniversary this year—for the farm-to-table movement that changed how America eats. When a small ...

Alice Waters gained celebrity fame in the San Francisco Bay Area after opening Chez Panissse restaurant in Berkeley. Now, she's bringing her farm-to-table California cuisine to the land of A-list ...