Alice Waters
Alice Waters was born in New Jersey, USA. In 1971, she opened her restaurant Chez Panisse, in Berkeley, California. Waters has written fifteen books, including The New York Time s bestsellers The Art of Simple Food and The Art of Simple Food II, and the memoir, Coming to My Senses. In 1995, she founded the Edible Schoolyard Project, which is dedicated to building a national edible-education curriculum. Waters' work has been widely recognised, earning her seven James Beard Awards, a National Humanities Medal in the United States, in 2014, and induction into the French Legion of Honour, in 2010.