Bread

In addition to wine, bread is often the only constant within an entire meal. “However, I don’t like the way bread is treated in most American restaurants,” says Alice Waters. “When you get served a big pile of bread with a plate of butter the minute you are seated in a restaurant, it takes away the appetite. And people use it to clean up the plate. I think for the most part we need to get back to a light baguette being served with a meal. And I do love things like tandoori breads served with Indian dinners, where they seem to play an integral role in the meal.”