Posts Tagged ‘Alice Waters’

Alice, say hello to Michelle

Mar 19, 2009 farming, general food, sustainable agriculture

Ironically, where Alice Waters doesn’t quite grasp how to relate to the masses–by encouraging them to eat better on the terms they can afford–in today’s New York Times, Michelle Obama actually seems to.

…sitting in her office in the East Wing, Mrs. Obama stressed that she doesn’t want people to feel guilty if they don’t have the time to have a garden: there are still many small changes they can make.

“You can begin in your own cupboard by eliminating processed food, trying to cook a meal a little more often, trying to incorporate more fruits and vegetables,” she said.

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It’s not Nikes vs heirloom grapes, it’s food vs hunger.

Mar 18, 2009 farmers' markets, farming, slow food, sustainable agriculture

With Slow Food constantly taking a hit for being elitist, I feel a great opportunity was lost to further our cause as I watched in horror while Alice Waters cooked her “quick” breakfast on 60 Minutes.

If food is a right–and I believe it is–how can we can we, as Slow Food co-leaders, defend our stance, when even our most outspoken leaders are accentuating these points of elitism? The average American does not make a quick breakfast of a fireplace baked egg and heirloom tomato salad, and the image or thought that they would is completely absurd.

Using the same ingredients, we would have been better served having her cook a breakfast of scrambled eggs with tomatoes and chives. Now that’s a meal most any American can cook, and the bonus: it doesn’t require a lavishly expensive home with a kitchen fireplace. It just requires a stove.

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