Alice Waters Cooks Up a Food Revolution

From the award-winning team behind Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science comes a delicious and "effervescent" nonfiction picture book biography of Alice Waters, the pioneering chef who jump-started the organic food movement.

Whenever young Alice Waters tasted something delicious—like a sun-warmed berry plucked from her own backyard garden, or a crisp, ripe apple, picked right from the tree—she remembered it for the rest of her life. Later, as she tasted more wonderful foods, she realized what made them so good—they were fresh and ripe, grown or made the old-fashioned way.

When Alice grew up, she opened a restaurant called Chez Panisse. In pursuit of delicious food, Alice sought out small, local farmers for meat, dairy, and produce. That restaurant made her famous, but it did more than that—it started a food revolution. Today, home cooks and professional chefs alike are discovering the simple secret to the best! food! ever! This book is a celebration of food, cooking, and the woman whose curiosity and dedication to flavor sparked America’s interest in buying local and organic.