it had a bumpy road at the beginning, but over time, became, for a number of reasons, a very important restaurant in this country. >> jeremiah: i didn't really know anything about chez panisse in berkeley when michael palmer saw the ad in the newspaper. he showed it to me and said, "go do it." well, if i hadn't been so broke, i would never have paid any attention. so when i landed in the entrance to the kitchen door, applied for a job at chez panisse in berkeley, it was alice waters' little dream restaurant. >> alice: it has to be a lot of fun, and that's why we always have had music and dancing and people eating with their hands and very -- a lot of informality. >> ken: a bunch of these berkeley students, kinda hippies, you know, it was a place for like, poetry readings. it was a coffee house, you know? there were no chefs involved early on.