View of the entrance of Chez Panisse in Berkely, Calif., photographed in 2019. (San Francisco Chronicle / Hearst Newspapers via Getty Images ) On Aug. 28, 1971, a 27-year-old former Montessori teacher ...

Plant-forward, local food is now synonymous with good eating — but these values weren’t always so clear cut. Without Alice Waters, American cuisine might be in a very different place. The pioneering ...

In the 1960s, Alice Waters studied abroad in France – and discovered a culinary world far from the processed food popular in America. When she returned to California, she tried to find restaurants to ...

Welcome to Housemade, a Chronicle column by culinary scientist Ali Bouzari. Here, we will take diners on a guided tour of the silent science, brilliant ideas and awesome techniques behind your ...

Chez Panisse in Berkeley is set to reopen June 21, more than three months after a fire destroyed much of the electrical systems and plumbing of the 42-year-old restaurant. It isn’t the first time the ...

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 ...

Chez Panisse, Alice Waters' acclaimed Berkeley fine dining restaurant, is now trading its signature four-course, upwards of $100 dinner menus for to-go sandwiches. Since March, the restaurant has been ...

“My friends called to say, ‘I hope you’re not worried about that,’ ” Waters told the Post. “I knew, certainly, the old writer, who’s a good friend of mine,” she added, appearing to refer to Michael ...