Chef Alice Waters on "Edible Education" September 12, 2008

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Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/07/31/Alice_Waters_In_Conversation_with_Eric_Schlosser

Award-winning chef and founder of Chez Panisse Alice Waters discusses her interest in "slow food" and how this concept has inspired her program of "Edible Education."

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Help kick off our Third Annual Platforum Series, "How We Eat," with Waters, one of the most knowledgeable and dedicated slow-food advocates in the world.

This James Beard Award-winning chef and author will discuss the importance of sustainable agricultural methods and practices, as well as the joy and the pleasure of eating well - The Commonwealth Club of California

Alice Waters is a chef and the founder of Chez Panisse Restaurant and Cafe in Berkeley, California. An advocate of local farmers markets and sustainable agriculture, she features organic and seasonal foods and promotes the power of growing, cooking, and sharing food. She has also created the Chez Panisse Foundation, whose primary beneficiary is the Edible Schoolyard at Berkeley's Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School. Her books include the Chez Panisse Cafe Cookbook and, most recently, The Art of Simple Food.