Alice Waters (Chez Panisse founder, slow food movement high priestess, mafia Donna) is set to receive France's esteemed Legion of Honor (). Does she to it? Yes, she does. Maybe even one of those Nobel trinkets too. See, many moons ago, Waters took a plump clove of garlic to the tines of a fork so as not to bruise the oil (or so we like image) and, voila, history was made. Now the famous (and infamous) food philosopher, according to SF Weekly's Meredith Brody, could receive the medal at any moment. "As of this morning, assistant Varun Mehra didn't yet know when his boss would be getting the award or where -- he's been trying to get in touch with the French Consul General in S.F. to learn more," Brody reports. (Other notables who have received the Legion of Honor? Dwight Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur, Quincey Jones, Giorgio Armani, Clint Eastwood, Steven Spielberg, and-- but of course -- Celine Dion.) Congratulations, Alice. Shark fin soup for everybody!

Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur