I believe there should be breakfast, lunch and afternoon snack, all for free and for every child that goes to school. And all food that is good, clean and fair. – Alice Waters
It’s hard to come into a new relationship with food unless you’re engaged in an interactive way at an early age; it’s hard to change your values. – Alice Waters
I think America’s food culture is embedded in fast-food culture. And the real question that we have is: How are we going to teach slow-food values in a fast-food world? Of course, it’s very, very difficult to do, especially when children have grown up eating fast food and the values that go with that. – Alice Waters
We need to have a course in school that teaches about ecology and gastronomy. I could imagine that all children could eat at school for free and that the cafeteria would become part of the school’s curriculum. – Alice Waters
The way we subsidize food makes it cheaper to go to McDonald’s and get a hamburger than a salad, and that’s insane. It’s pure government policy. – Alice Waters
I can’t imagine leaving the restaurant. It’s hard for me to separate my life from my work; I’m really thinking about what we’re doing every day. – 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. – Alice Waters
I think health is the outcome of finding a balance and some satisfaction at the table. – Alice Waters
I really am at a place where I think we need to feed every child at school for free and feed them a real school lunch that’s sustainable and nutritious and delicious. It needs to be part of the curriculum of the school in the same way that physical education was part of the curriculum, and all children participated. – Alice Waters
This is the power of gathering: it inspires us, delightfully, to be more hopeful, more joyful, more thoughtful: in a word, more alive. – Alice Waters
A lot of equipment can get in the way of the connection with food, with touching and feeling. – Alice Waters
To have a basic ingredient that can be prepared a million different ways is a beautiful thing. – Alice Waters
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
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
The fact that most kids aren’t eating at home with their families any more really means they are eating elsewhere. They are eating out there in fast food nation. – Alice Waters
In Berkeley, we built the garden and a kitchen classroom. We’ve been working on it for 12 years. We’ve learned a lot from it. If kids grow it and cook it, they eat it. – Alice Waters
Food culture is like listening to the Beatles – it’s international, it’s very positive, it’s inventive and creative. – Alice Waters