Samin Nosrat is a veritable poster girl for the current trend (some would say necessity) of workplace reinvention. Since the shuttering last summer of Eccolo, an acclaimed Italian eatery on 4th Street, that restaurant’s one-time sous chef now juggles an impressive number of part-time jobs in the culinary world. Nosrat is the co-creator (along with [...]
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How to spend $321 at Chez Panisse
When Felix Salmon and Michelle Vaughan wrote about their evening at Chez Panisse the other week, it provoked a flood of comments (78 at the last count). One of the things that raised some eyebrows was the cost of the meal. How do you end up spending $350 for two on a prix fixe dinner [...]
Alice Waters on kitchen fear, streakers and why she wanted to feed Bill Clinton a peach
Alice Waters appeared on Real Time with Bill Maher on Friday to promote her new book, In the Green Kitchen. She presented Maher with a basket of fresh produce, including lemons picked from Berkeley’s Edible Schoolyard. She talked about slow food and how it doesn’t necessarily mean slow-cooked food. “I could have a slow-food hot [...]
Five Berkeley restaurants make Top 100
Only five of the Chronicle’s Top 100 restaurants in the Bay Area are in Berkeley, the birthplace of the locavore movement and the home of the doyenne of slow food in the United States, Alice Waters. Of the five chosen ones — revealed in the paper’s annual league table yesterday, one is relatively new. The [...]
Toxic sludge demonstrators picket Chez Panisse
A small group of picketers from the Organic Consumers Association took up position directly in front of Chez Panisse at lunchtime today, in an attempt to raise awareness of what it terms “toxic sewage sludge”. This followed remarks made by the OCA criticizing Chez Panisse owner Alice Waters, and Francesca Vietor, the executive director of [...]
Elmwood Cafe makes an immediate impact
It’s only day two at Elmwood Cafe, a newly opened French-style brasserie in the old Ozzie’s space on College, and the place is packed. Owner Michael Pearce says business has been great and he didn’t expect it. He shouldn’t be so surprised. Elmwood locals have been monitoring the careful restoration of the old soda fountain for months [...]
Pourquoi Chez Panisse?
Today we discover, through a story in The Atlantic, why Alice Waters named her restaurant Chez Panisse. We knew about the Marcel Pagnol connection (you only need to visit the restaurant’s website to be immersed in the mood of 1930s French film). Corby Kummer digs deeper and looks at the many associations the name Panisse has [...]
Chez Panisse chefs team up for brunch fundraiser
Chefs from Chez Panisse and Pizzaiolo are teaming up for a one-off, morning brunch this Sunday, January 31, to raise money for Sprouts Cooking Club, which provides scholarships to East Bay kids so they can learn how to cook. The menu will include Pizzaiolo’s signature donuts as well as frittatas (pictured), rillettes, homemade jams and lots of [...]
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Our (not so) excellent Chez Panisse adventure
Michelle Vaughan and Felix Salmon are Berkeleyside friends who live in New York City. Michelle is an artist and Felix is a finance blogger for Reuters. They’re passionate about their food so when we heard they were coming to Chez Panisse for the first time, we asked them to record their thoughts. Here’s their tale: [...]