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Alice Waters: 'Coming to My Senses' book signing

Presented by Point Reyes Books at Toby's Feed Barn, Point Reyes Station CA

Oct 07 2017
Alice Waters: 'Coming to My Senses' book signing

The famed chef and founder of Chez Panisse signs copies of her memoir

Alice Waters signs copies of her memoir, Coming to My Senses: The Making of a Counterculture Cook at this benefit for the Point Reyes Farmers Market.

Priority will be given to those who preorder copies of the book.

 

 

About Coming to My Senses:

The long-awaited memoir from cultural icon and culinary standard bearer Alice Waters recalls the circuitous road and tumultuous times leading to the opening of what is arguably America’s most influential restaurant.

When Alice Waters opened the doors of her “little French restaurant” in Berkeley, California in 1971 at the age of 27, no one ever anticipated the indelible mark it would leave on the culinary landscape–Alice least of all. Fueled in equal parts by naivete and a relentless pursuit of beauty and pure flavor, she turned her passion project into an iconic institution that redefined American cuisine for generations of chefs and food lovers.

Moving from a repressive suburban upbringing to Berkeley in 1964 at the height of the Free Speech Movement and campus unrest, she was drawn into a bohemian circle of charismatic figures whose views on design, politics, film, and food would ultimately inform the unique culture on which Chez Panisse was founded.

Dotted with stories, recipes, photographs, and letters, Coming to My Senses is at once deeply personal and modestly understated, a quietly revealing look at one woman’s evolution from a rebellious yet impressionable follower to a respected activist who effects social and political change on a global level through the common bond of food.

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10:00 am - Noon

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Toby's Feed Barn

11250 CA-1, Point Reyes Station, CA 94956

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