Background
Pépin, Jacques G. was born in December 1935 in Bourg-en-Bresse, France. Arrived in the United States, 1959.
(Of the 20-plus cookbooks Jacques Pépin has written, Chez ...)
Of the 20-plus cookbooks Jacques Pépin has written, Chez Jacques is his most personal and engaging. Now starring in his tenth PBS series, Pépin ranks among America’s most beloved cooking teachers, and this book shows us why. The book’s 100 recipes—for soups and appetizers, main courses, side dishes, and desserts—are Pépin’s own favorites among the thousands he has created over a lifetime of cooking. Using readily available ingredients and relying upon familiar techniques, these are the dishes he makes when preparing food at his Connecticut home. But Chez Jacques is more than a collection of well-liked recipes; it’s also a captivating sentimental journey. Each dish is introduced by a recollection—of picking dandelion greens for a spring salad, of buying fresh eggs from the local farmer—that invites readers to share in the traditions and rituals of Pépin’s most intimate circle. This treasury of great food, lore, and memory is exquisitely illustrated with a sampling of Pépin’s paintings, as well as hundreds of color photographs of the finished dishes and of Pépin in all his “natural habitats”—pitching boules with a group of friends, savoring a glass of chilled rosé in the afternoon sun, painting landscapes, designing menus, and, of course, working in his kitchen.
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390 pgs, 6 Chapters, Introduction & Index. 1. Equipment, 2. Basic Techniques, 3. Fish and Shellfish, 4. Vegetables, 5. Poultry and Meat, 6. Bread Pastry and Desserts
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Pépin, Jacques G. was born in December 1935 in Bourg-en-Bresse, France. Arrived in the United States, 1959.
Master of Arts in 18th Century French Literature, Columbia University, 1972.
Personal chef to three French heads of state, including Charles de Gaulle, 1956—1958. Employee Le Pavillon restaurant, New York City. Director of research and new development Howard Johnson Company.
Dean French Culinary Institute, New York City. Adjunct faculty member Boston University. Founder American Institute of Wine and Food.
Member National Association of Cooking Professionals. Board trustees James Beard Foundation.
(Of the 20-plus cookbooks Jacques Pépin has written, Chez ...)
(390 pgs, 6 Chapters, Introduction & Index. 1. Equipment, ...)
Married Gloria Pépin.