Alice Waters’ roast chicken

The influential Californian restaurateur’s take on a classic dish

LAST UPDATED AT 15:16 ON Mon 29 Jun 2009

The website Cookstr.com lets you search by author, season or ingredient. Here is influential Californian restaurateur Alice Waters' take on roast chicken. "One trick is to salt and pepper the bird a day in advance, to cure it very lightly. This produces a bird thoroughly seasoned down to the bone." Serves four. ·