Richard Olney
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Sep 23, 2026
Morgan NevilleGUEST
Mm-hmm.
Chris YingHOST
It was brought to America by Richard Olney, James Beard.
Chris YingHOST
They all made it popular.
Chris YingHOST
Julia Child.
Alice WatersGUEST
$95 a semester.
Alice WatersGUEST
And I first went to Santa Barbara because my friends were going, but then we heard something was going on at Berkeley, and we all said, "We're gonna transfer up there."
Dan ImhoffHOST
And at what, what year was that?
Alice WatersGUEST
1964.
Alice WatersGUEST
Well, I-
Dan ImhoffHOST
... campuses around the country.
Alice WatersGUEST
Yeah, but UC Berkeley was, was my home away from home, and, uh, I had many friends from that time.
Alice WatersGUEST
And one was an incredible food- uh, film connoisseur, Tom Luddy.
Poppy TookerHOST
Well, the material takes us all on a wild ride.
Poppy TookerHOST
And, you know, what is fairly predictable in the book are all of the food celebrities, people who we're not not going to be entirely surprised by, like Alice B. Toklas, Gertrude Stein, Craig Claiborne, Richard Olney, Edna Lewis even.
Poppy TookerHOST
But the unknowns who I met, I loved.
Poppy TookerHOST
Let's start off with the story of Harry Baker and his fudge and eventually his invention of the chiffon cake.
Kevin Marino CabreraSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
But these were defensive applications, keeping European powers out, not asserting American control over the hemisphere's affairs.
Kevin Marino CabreraSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
That changed in 1895, when Secretary of State Richard Olney invoked the doctrine, declaring that the United States was practically sovereign over the Western Hemisphere and demanded Britain submit to American arbitration.
Kevin Marino CabreraSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
He had redefined the doctrine.
Kevin Marino CabreraSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
It was no longer just a warning.