Some of you foodies may have heard that Alice Waters, the godmother of the American localvore and slow food movements, is in town this week. If you don't have reservations to Saturday's sold-out farm-to-table brunch at North Pond Restaurant, you can still catch Chef Waters at Green City Market at 9 a.m. Saturday, where she'll be signing copies of her book The Art of Simple Food: Notes, Lessons and Recipes from a Delicious Revolution. She'll also be at Borders on North Michigan at 7 p.m. this evening signing copies.

Additionally, Chef Waters will be the featured guest at a reception and five-course benefit dinner for Slow Food Chicago and Slow Food Nation. The cost for the event is $150, and reservations can be made here. If that's a bit pricey, then you can catch Chef Waters 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Northwestern University's Thorne Auditorium, where she'll be reading from her book and hosting a discussion on the slow food movement. Tickets for that are $10 and available here.

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