Some people, places and
things I think you should know about …
The People
Alice Waters
www.chezpanisse.com/pgalice.html MFK Fisher
www.mfkfisher.net
Elizabeth David
www.waitrose.com/food_drink/wfi/foodpeople/ The Places
Chez Panisse
www.chezpanisse.com
Edible Schoolyard
www.chezpanissefoundation.org/edible.html Center for Urban
Education about Sustainable Agriculture
www.cuesa.org Edible Plant Database
www.pfaf.org
Foraging
www.tastethewild.co.uk
The Things
Slow Food
www.slowfood.com
Project
for Public Spaces
www.pps.org/markets/
Organic Trust
http://ireland.iol.ie/~organic/trust.html GM Free Ireland
www.gmfreeireland.org
Irish Organic Farmers & Growers Association
www.iofga.org
Websites
Slow Food Ireland
www.slowfoodireland.com
Slow Food UK
www.slowfood.org.uk
Centre for Urban Education about Sustainable Agriculture
www.cuesa.org
Ferry Building Marketplace
www.ferrybuildingmarketplace.com
Pikes Place Market
www.pikeplacemarket.com
Sustainable Ireland
www.sustainableireland.com
Great Food
www.greatfood.ie
Blogs
In the Kitchen and on the Road with Dorie
Brillaint food writer and baker.
www.doriegreenspan.com/
Stir the Pots
Jeremy Shapiro, a New York Chef
passionate about food, came up with the brilliant idea
of interviewing the great bakers and chefs of our
industry and is kind enough to make these interviews
available to all of us. Well worth a visit and a listen.
www.stirthepots.com
Olliesplace:
Organic, food, farming, research news and views http://olivermoore.blogspot.com
What’s on my shelves ...
I am not a classically trained baker. Most of what I know is from being fortunate enough to be surrounded by great chefs and bakers and by what I have read. In fact the books I have read are my biggest trade secret. Here are a few books I think are a great. (Many of these titles are not available locally, but you can get them at Amazon.co.uk)
About the Food
“The Art of Eating” by M.F.K. Fisher
“Physiology of Taste” by M.F.K. Fisher
“Alice Waters and Chez Panisse: The Romantic, Impractical, Often Eccentric, Ultimately Brilliant Making of a Food Revolution”
“An Omelette and a glass of Wine” by Elizabeth David
Cookbooks
“The Chez Panisse Café Cookbook” by Alice Waters
“Chez Panisse Desserts” by Lindsey Shere
“English Bread and Yeast Cookery” By Elizabeth David
“Bread Alone” by Daniel Leader, Judith Blahnik, & Patricia Wells
"Cooking by Hand" by Paul Bertolli
"The Art of Simple Food" by Alice Waters
"The Essence of Chocolate" by John Scharffenberger & Robert Steinberg
Business Books
"The Success Principles" by Jack Canfield
"The 100 Absolutely Unbreakable Laws of Business Success"
By Brain Tracy
"Anyone Can Do It" by Sahar and Bobby Hashemi
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