Alice Waters: The Garden Revolutionary Who Forever Changed American Dining

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This botanical history post was featured on The Daily Gardener podcast: Click here to see the complete show notes for this episode. August 27, 1971 My darling garden enthusiasts, today in 1971, the incomparable Alice Waters—a culinary revolutionary disguised as a humble restaurateur—opened her now-legendary Chez Panisse restaurant in Berkeley, California. What a delicious milestone…

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August 27 – National Banana Day, Maria van Oosterwijck, Edwin James, Emil Christian Hansen, Brian Lawrence Burtt, Alice Waters, Sarah Orne Jewett, Nueva Salsa by Rafael Palomino, Tall Herbs, and Cut Flowers with Ruth Cameron

The Daily Gardener Podcast Album Cover with a pot of rosemary - the herb for remembrance - beckoning gardeners to remember to listen to the show. Updated September 2025.

Subscribe Apple | Google | Spotify | Stitcher | iHeart Support The Daily Gardener Buy Me A Coffee  Connect for FREE! The Friday Newsletter |  Daily Gardener Community Monologue Today is National Banana Lovers Day. Botanically speaking, the banana is a berry – a many-seeded fruit. And, banana trees are not trees. The banana plant…

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