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Coming to My Senses: The Making of a Counterculture Cook by Alice Waters

January 23, 2020 by Halbs 1 Comment

A family friend gifted me a year-long membership to Master Class, the website containing video courses from experts in all kinds of fields. My favorite thus far has been Herbie Hancock on music and Gary Kasparov on chess. I’ve learned so much about being open to life and taking risks from both. One class my spouse and I have enjoyed watching together is about cooking. The class is taught by Alice Waters. Waters teaches in what appears to be her own home kitchen. It’s got […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Cooking/Food Tagged With: Alice Waters, cooking, counterculture, slow food

Halbs's CBR12 Review No:6 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Cooking/Food · Tags: Alice Waters, cooking, counterculture, slow food ·
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Feed me, Seymour; feed me.

June 27, 2017 by octothorp 2 Comments

So, like any new parent, I will take any opportunity to insert a story about my kid into a conversation.  At three months old he’s abnormally interested in food, which is fairly remarkable when his first-hand experience of it is limited to milk. The kid watches people eat like it’s the most fascinating thing anyone has ever done. It will sometimes calm him down when he’s fussy. He’s transfixed by the experience of eating, even when he isn’t able to  enjoy it directly. The kid […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Alice Waters, Chez Panisse, Thomas mcnamee

octothorp's CBR9 Review No:24 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Non-Fiction · Tags: Alice Waters, Chez Panisse, Thomas mcnamee ·
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