Happy 50th birthday to Chez Panisse, the Berkeley restaurant that launched farm-to-fork eating

The entrance to Chez Panisse in Berkeley, California. Calton/Wikipedia, CC BY-SAWhen a small restaurant called Chez Panisse opened its doors 50 years ago in Berkeley, California, it wasn’t obvious that it would change how Americans thought about eating. The first menu on Aug. 28, 1971, was pâté baked in pastry, duck with olives, a salad and an almond tart, served for a fixed price of US$3.95. There were too many waiters and not enough utensils.But this seemingly quirky eatery&