there are always going to be three meals that completely changed my thought process, and chez panisse was my first. [music] peter: alice waters was a teenager in a tiny midwest town when she got her first restaurant job. alice: i was a car-hop at a restaurant called "the country cousin" when i was-- when i was 15. it was right at the beginning of the car-hop days. and we had roller skates. peter: from that humble start, she moved with her family to los angeles, where she worked inside bullock's tea room. alice: and my friend eleanor and i got a job making sandwiches for-- i believe her name was ms. wanda. and we had to do them just so. i mean, it was an incredible place of learning for me. we made crab sandwiches, i remember. we just had to do the toast just right. peter: that attention to detail with food was not the only lesson learned. alice: especially when you're working for tips, you're trying to please people. and i knew that if i really talked to them about the food, and got them to order more, and that they liked me, that they would leave a tip. peter: waters' next move was t