Legendary Chez Panisse restaurateur and Slow Food icon Alice Waters and one of our greatest living food writers, Ruth Reichl, came together for a rare and intimate conversation about culinary culture. The two dished on Waters’ latest cookbook, The Art of Simple Food II, and questioned why the US has passively chosen fast food as the national cuisine. Through her work for the Edible Schoolyard Project, Waters offers hope for the future by educating a new generation of students to understand that eating is an ethical act and bring culture back to agriculture. This program is presented in partnership with Green City Market, the Edible Schoolyard Project, and the Art Institute of Chicago. This program was recorded on April 10, 2014.