Alice Waters on Healthy Lunches and Her Favorite Places to Eat in Berkeley
Research from UCB’s Center for Weight and Health lends academic credence to edible experiment in schools
By SARAH HENRY, BERKELEYSIDE on October 22, 2010 - 6:18 p.m. PDT
Alice Waters at the King Middle School Edible Schoolyard
Do Berkeleyside readers even need an introduction to the mother of the American fresh, local, sustainable, organic food movement?
Alice Waters is a living legend. For four decades, the California cuisine innovator, Chez Panissechef, Edible Schoolyard founder, school food reformer, and Slow Food advocate, has influenced how people in this country buy, cook, eat, talk, and think about food.
As with any icon, Waters has her fans and foes. Some see her as a visionary on the food front, a friend to farmers and children, who helped lead a revolution in restaurant dining.
In the Bay Area many chefs and food artisans
In Santa Clara County, the Big Issue is Labor
The tug-of-war for influence between organized labor and businesses is emerging as a broad theme in the run-up to the November elections in the South Bay. The battle is being played out in a tight race for a City Council seat in East San Jose and is illustrated in several ballot initiatives that aim to dial down pension benefits and curb unions’ influence in labor disputes. Leading the charge is San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed who is challenging labor by promoting a platform of “fiscal responsibility.” Mayor Reed’s camp is at a slight disadvantage on the San Jose City Council, where labor still holds more sway. But labor’s advantage could evaporate depending on the outcome of the race for the District 5 City Council seat, said Larry Gerston, a political science professor at