I am very excited by the this kitchen design for my Institute for Edible Education and Regenerative Agriculture at UC Davis Aggie Square campus. I wanted a kitchen of my dreams like the one I saw in England at the Royal Pavilion in Brighton. Architect Hans Baldauf understood and here it is! Now we are looking to fund it quickly so we can begin teaching and inspire public school cooking using only organic regenerative local food purchased directly from the farms and ranches and only in season ! What an important and delicious way to address climate change and health!
Join me and all the other wonderful Chefs for Unity tomorrow working with @dominiquecrenn to raise funds for @wckitchen and all the work they are doing in Ukraine. Thank you @suzannegoin for the nomination. I know I am a bit late to the game, but I nominate @reneredzepinoma, @ciaosamin, @chefroychoi, @darina_allen, @gabrielacamara, @ronfinleyhq, @apollonia_poilane, @jacquespepinfoundation, @massimobottura and anyone else who can join!
When I was looking through old photos, this one seemed so important to post. We need to change the procurement system for food in our public schools to local seasonal regenerative organic food. I call this idea School Supported Agriculture. If schools bought directly from the farmers, ranchers,and food producers without a middleman, they could could be paid the real cost of for their important work. At the same time schools would be addressing climate, the health of students, and bringing the values of equity, stewardship, community and nourishment right through the cafeteria doors. What an economic stimulus for every state and the only HOPEFUL and DELICIOUS solution for climate change!
I was so impressed with the Permaculture Garden created by the students at the University of Massachusetts. The signage and plantings were unique and to the point like this one. Thank you to Joanne Weir and everyone who brought me together with Jacques Pepin and Martin Yan. So hopeful!
My dear friends Massimo and Lara! They are doing such amazing work at @foodforsoul_it building REFETTORIOS around the world to reduce food waste and feed the communities where they’re based. There is a beautiful one in San Francisco, and I can’t wait to visit the one in Harlem some day! As Lara says, “Each is unique: they may look different but they feel the same.” That’s what happens when you lead with values and let everything else fall into place! It’s the only way!
Photo credit: Kathryn Davis, Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society
Although it is a little embarrassing to post this video of myself, I wanted you to know that School Supported Agriculture is, in my mind, the most positive and delicious way to address climate and health.
If organic regenerative school lunches were purchased locally, it would be an economic stimulus for every state in the country and around the world!
Happy Earth Day!
And thank you to @earth_gratitude for having me!
Tomorrow I’ll be joined by Al Courchesne from @froghollowfarm to talk about my book, WE ARE WHAT WE EAT, at the Ferry Plaza Farmer’s Market in the @foodwise classroom. Afterwards I’ll be signing books at @bookpassageferrybuilding – I hope to see you there!
I have such admiration for Dolores Huerta! Nothing better to post on the 4th of July than a farm worker activist in her 90’s and an ambassador of public education in California appointed by our Superintendent of Schools Tony Thurmond!
I was so inspired to see edible education is already happening in the Rhinebeck Central School District in upstate New York. Teachers and children in the elementary school environmental club and middle school civics program are taking action to change the food system in order to address climate and health. They gave me so much hope!
I look forward to returning soon to help dream up what’s possible across the whole Hudson Valley.
Please join me!
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San Francisco! Common Ground is coming Thursday 3/7 for a special 1-night premiere at @presidiotheatre followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers, @alicelouisewaters , and @urbantilth Executive Director Doria Robinson!
Learn how we can restore our soil, our health, and planet with regenerative agriculture!
Co-hosted by @presidiotheatre and @theredfordcenter , join us a powerful and uplifting evening centered around what’s possible when we build soil health! Screening starts at 7pm with Q&A to follow right after 👏🏼
See more showtimes across the country at the link in our bio!
#CommonGroundMovie is the award-winning highly anticipated sequel to #KisstheGround narrated by Laura Dern, @woodyharrelson , @prideofgypsies , @iansomerhalder , @rosariodawson , @donaldglover . It fuses journalistic expose’ with deeply personal stories from those on the front lines of the food movement, like @brownsranch , @soulfirefarm , @lylajune , @drmarkhyman , @glyphosategirl , @alderspring_ranch , and many, many others!
The film unveils a dark web of money, power, and politics behind our broken food system. It reveals how unjust practices forged our current farm system in which farmers of all colors are literally dying to feed us. Common Ground profiles a hopeful and uplifting movement of white, black, and indigenous farmers who are using alternative “regenerative” models of agriculture that could balance the
climate, save our health, and stabilize America’s economy – before it’s too late!
Thank you to @carootsofchange , @kisstheground , @regenerativeorganic , @regenified , @landtomarket for your support!
I wanted to open LULU because I am hoping that the University of California will really change its procurement to regenerative, organic food.
So, I named this restaurant after Lulu Peyraud—a dear friend and mentor. I met Lulu through a mutual friend way back in the mid 70s. I was invited to Domaine Tempier and just immediately fell in love. She had this sense of hospitality, that really made me think about everything differently.
She would make a lunch table and have her big meal of the day at lunch. She never knew what she was cooking until she came back from the farmers market. And if somebody just walked in that she didn’t expect, she’d invite them to the table and put down another place setting. She would bring the wood in for the fireplace first thing in the morning to make a fire, and we would tag team. She had two swings in the yard and we would go swinging together, which I loved. And it was that way, right to the end of her life.
And so I think about that as I get older, that I want to be doing meaningful work. And I talk about that always. —Alice
#storyreels #storytime #alicewaters #lulupeyraud #westwood #90210 #restaurantlife #hammermuseum
📷: @jayevan_photography
TOMORROW: Please join us at LULU for a magical evening with chef/artists Gerardo Gonzalez (@personal_pan_pizza_ ) and Maricela Vega (@chico_querico)
Their work explores the delicious possibilities found in clay and corn masa, boundary-pushing Latin flavors and wild local herbs.
Tuesday November, 14, 2023
Menu
Mexican appetizers and a sip of pechuga mezcal
Chayote squash salad with jicama and pomegranate
Line caught dayboat rockfish baked in a clay parcel
Spicy persimmon -pistachio pipian
Scarlet runner beans ranchero-style
Hand-made tortillas
Tangerine sponge cake with marigold
Gerardo’s wild herb amaro
….And a live musical surprise!
Prix fixe 85.
One night only!
This is my Kitchen Basket!It’s the newest addition to a little kitchen collection I’ve collaborated on with my daughter @fannysinger’s company @permanentcollection. The collection is a group of pieces modeled some of my favorite kitchen implements: my Egg Spoon, my mortar & pestle, my salad bowl, and now, my indispensable kitchen basket! This basket is permanently installed at the end of my butcher block, a place to keep onions and garlic and whatever else gathers there. I use it to harvest lettuces in my Victory Garden and take it out to transport all the food for an instant picnic. It makes everything look beautiful! Handwoven by Clair Murphy in England from rush gathered in the rivers of Somerset, it’s a reminder of our connection to the beauty of nature.
Never too early to read Lindsey’s wonderful book! It is the bible of Chez Panisse! XxAlice 🍁🧡🍁
HAPPY BIRTHDAY DEAREST TOM LUDDY! YOU ARE NOT WITH US ANYMORE BUT WILL ALWAYS BE IN OUR HEARTS! HE NAMED CHEZ PANISSE, CHEZ PANISSE!
It was such an honor to have a conversation at the USC Dornsife School with Doug Brinkley. His most recent book, SILENT SPRING REVOLUTION, is all about my hero Rachel Carson. She knew 60 years ago how destructive spraying toxic pesticides and herbicides is. We must continue her fight and go completely REGENERATIVE ORGANIC! There were so many students in attendance it gives me real hope. We can use school food system to be the economic engine for the farmers and producers!
It was such an honor to have a conversation at the USC Dornsife School with Doug Brinkley. His most recent book, SILENT SPRING REVOLUTION, is all about my hero Rachel Carson. She knew 60 years ago how destructive spraying toxic pesticides and herbicides is. We must continue her fight and go completely REGENERATIVE ORGANIC! There were so many students in attendance it gives me real hope. We can use school food system to be the economic engine for the farmers and producers!
I am headed to Washington DC to speak at this amazing event organized by the Asian Society and my dear friend Orville Schell. Please come and see the exhibition at the Kennedy Center and hear the important panel discussions.
As we prepare for our special dinner this Friday with Joan Nathan, @latimes just wrote a beautiful review of her memoir that we’ll be cooking recipes from.
“Zelig-like in her ability to observe notable people and events in the worlds of food and politics, but hardly ordinary herself even as she gently but persistently cajoles secret family recipes from home cooks around the world, Nathan’s life reflects the ever-broadening tastes of the American palate.” — written by @laurie.ochoa
#alicewaters #joannathan #booklover #bookrelease #bookevent #article #latimes #latimesfood
Food Inc 2—a film we love here at LULU because it illustrates, so powerfully, the way we eat matters now more than ever—premiered at our Food and Film series. We were honored to host filmmakers Robert Kenner and Melissa Robledo, producer Eric Schlosser, and Gerardo Reyes Chavez of Coalition of Immokalee Workers with Alice Waters at the Hammer Musuem’s Billy Wilder Theater. We also showcased a pop-up farmer’s market featuring our local fisherman Bailey who brought us some beautiful rockfish ✨
🎬: @participant @magnoliapics
🌻: @alicelouisewaters
🐟: @bailey_raith
🏢: @hammer_museum
🎥: @uclaftvarchive
📷: @jayevan_photography
#filmpremiere #uclafilmandtelevisionarchive #hammermuseum #westwoodvillage #filmandfood #alicewaters #lulurestaurant
Food Inc 2—a film we love here at LULU because it illustrates, so powerfully, the way we eat matters now more than ever—premiered at our Food and Film series. We were honored to host filmmakers Robert Kenner and Melissa Robledo, producer Eric Schlosser, and Gerardo Reyes Chavez of Coalition of Immokalee Workers with Alice Waters at the Hammer Musuem’s Billy Wilder Theater. We also showcased a pop-up farmer’s market featuring our local fisherman Bailey who brought us some beautiful rockfish ✨
🎬: @participant @magnoliapics
🌻: @alicelouisewaters
🐟: @bailey_raith
🏢: @hammer_museum
🎥: @uclaftvarchive
📷: @jayevan_photography
#filmpremiere #uclafilmandtelevisionarchive #hammermuseum #westwoodvillage #filmandfood #alicewaters #lulurestaurant
Food Inc 2—a film we love here at LULU because it illustrates, so powerfully, the way we eat matters now more than ever—premiered at our Food and Film series. We were honored to host filmmakers Robert Kenner and Melissa Robledo, producer Eric Schlosser, and Gerardo Reyes Chavez of Coalition of Immokalee Workers with Alice Waters at the Hammer Musuem’s Billy Wilder Theater. We also showcased a pop-up farmer’s market featuring our local fisherman Bailey who brought us some beautiful rockfish ✨
🎬: @participant @magnoliapics
🌻: @alicelouisewaters
🐟: @bailey_raith
🏢: @hammer_museum
🎥: @uclaftvarchive
📷: @jayevan_photography
#filmpremiere #uclafilmandtelevisionarchive #hammermuseum #westwoodvillage #filmandfood #alicewaters #lulurestaurant
Alice is very into spring. She wrote ‘Celebrating Spring’ on our menu because it’s the last moment of peas, favas, morels, asparagus and she wants to express how fleeting and special such things are. Last night, she was thanking our cooks for honoring the season so well and serving our guests delightful, wholesome meals. It’s indeed a special time here at LULU.
We look forward to welcoming you in for an evening spring supper and a nourishing meal in our beautiful courtyard. These longer days are a true blessing, as we get to dine together – al fresco under the setting sun.
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Photos: @jayevan_photography
BTS video: @jessemcb1971
#westwoodvillagefarmersmarket #westwoodvillage #laeats #hammermuseum #losangelesfood #alicewaters #ucla #uclaalumni
Tuesday, February 13th, Alice Waters will be hosting an intimate dinner party with her good friend and winemaker, Andrew Mariani. We’ll be pouring Scribe Winery’s newest releases, including their 2023 SCRIBE Rosé, alongside a special five-course meal by chefs David Tanis and Luis Sierra. You can still get tickets to our LULU X SCRIBE early Valentine’s dinner through the link in our BIO 🍷✨
We also wanted to share a few words (and a lovely memory) from Andrew Mariani in a letter he wrote to his winery members:
“I recently shared a glass of our rosé with Alice Waters and we reminisced about a trip I was lucky to take with her and her daughter Fanny over a decade ago, before we even made a rosé at Scribe. We went to Bandol to visit her dear friend and source of deep inspiration, Lulu Peyraud, the matriarch and iconic force behind Domaine Tempier whose wines put the region on the international map started in the 1950s.
Lulu was the queen of the estate, cooking and storytelling, always with a gracious but mischievous smile. Invariably with a glass of rosé in hand, even at breakfast, she told me she didn’t drink water because fish “fornicate” (that euphemism being mine) in water. At 90 years old she was full of fun, with the vivacious energy to host deliciously-laden tables surrounded by friends and the families of her seven children.
Today, one of our proudest placements is Scribe rosé by-the-glass at Chez Panisse, listed next to Domaine Tempier. It’s also the house rosé at The French Laundry in Napa and at our favorite local beachside cafe, Parkside – the gracious spirit of rosé is at home in any setting.
All coming full circle, we’ll celebrate the release of our 2023 vintage this month in Los Angeles at Alice’s newly-opened restaurant in the Hammer Museum – LULU.”
— Andrew Mariani
#scribe #scribewinery #alicewaters #event #winelovers #winewinewine #winedinner #lulurestaurant #davidtanis
