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Are Alice Waters' gastronomic principles -- shop locally, eat organically -- too hard to live by? A frank talk with the renowned guru of fresh food.
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    Some of the letters seem to indicate an all or nothing attitude o n the part of the readers. If you can take her suggestions, write them into a simple numbered list and do 20% of them, you are taking a step in the right direction. The two things I do are to buy things that are local and buy things that are in season. If I do the first one, I am doing the second one automatically. I don't feel like I have a right to apples in February. There are other things I can eat. A few other things fall into place, such as not getting as many pre-processed meals. My trash can is never full anymore and food tastes better.