Behind the scenes at banquet

When Alice Waters went to Austria to organize a food event, she specifically requested that local produce be used. But, she later found out the ingredients had all been imported from Italy.

She was not about to make the same mistake again.

That was the reason why verification for the opening banquet of the US-China Forum on the Arts and Culture started as early as July. Waters sent two people over to Beijing and made contact with food writer Lillian Chou, who took the team to visit the suppliers.