Coming To My Senses: The makings of a counterculture cook

by Alice Waters

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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.

In Coming to My Senses Alice retraces the events that led her to 1517 Shattuck Avenue and the tumultuous times that emboldened her to find her own voice as a cook when the prevailing food culture was embracing convenience and uniformity.  

Moving from a repressive suburban upbringing to Berkeley in 1964 at the height of the Free Speech Movement and campus unrest, Alice was drawn into...Read more
  • ISBN13 9781743793862
  • Publish Date 5 September 2017
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 21 October 2024
  • Publish Country AU
  • Imprint Hardie Grant Books
  • Edition Hardback
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 320
  • Language English