Coming to My Senses: The Making of a Counterculture Cook
By Alice Waters
Categories: Biographies & Memoirs
In Coming to My Senses, Alice Waters retraces the road that led her to open Chez Panisse in Berkeley in 1971, at age 27. She describes leaving a repressive suburban upbringing for Berkeley in 1964, at the height of the Free Speech Movement, and joining a bohemian circle whose views on design, politics, film and food shaped the restaurant. She tells how she found her own voice as a cook while the prevailing food culture embraced convenience and uniformity.
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- Seth Godin: “After that, I bought a few foundational books: Think Like a Chef, some books from Alice Waters, Daniel Leaders' groundbreaking books on baking. I didn't buy books of recipes. I bought books where someone who understood how to cook had a narrative about how it all fits together.”