Before "farm-to-table" was a menu boast, Chez Panisse ran on a Rolodex and a phone. Alice Waters' real innovation in 1971 wasn't a dish — it was calling the same Berkeley growers until the network held. #FoodHistory #FarmToTable #ChezPanisse #Cooking #TheStockpot

Alice Waters wasn't a trained chef when she opened Chez Panisse in 1971 — she was a 27-year-old former Montessori teacher. No apprenticeship, no toque lineage. What she changed wasn't technique but where the food came from.

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