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title: "2 Apprenticeship Quotes By Jacques Pépin"
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> [You know, my parents had a restaurant. And I left home, actually, in 1949, when I was 13 years old, to go into apprenticeship. And actually when I left home, home was a restaurant - like I said, my mother…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-p-pin/you-know-my-parents-had-a-restaurant-and-i-left-home-actually-in-1949/)

[Jacques Pepin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-p-pin/)

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> [When I left to go into apprenticeship in 1949, it was only four years after the war, and people don't realize, we still had tickets for butter, meat and so forth in France until 1947. It's not like the end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-p-pin/when-i-left-to-go-into-apprenticeship-in-1949-it-was-only-four-years/)

[Jacques Pepin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-p-pin/)

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## More by Jacques Pépin

> [“Fortunately, I knew the cardinal rule of getting on with one’s fellow cooks. It applies in any kitchen and can be summed up in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-p-pin/fortunately-i-knew-the-cardinal-rule-of-getting-on-with-one-s-fellow/)

[Jacques Pépin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-p-pin/)

> [When I was a child, we always had wine on the table, no matter how simple the meal. The wine had no special identity;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-p-pin/when-i-was-a-child-we-always-had-wine-on-the-table-no-matter-how/)

[Jacques Pepin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-p-pin/)

> [When I wrote 'Fast Food My Way' in 2004, I hoped that my friends would prepare my recipes. Now, more people cook from that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-p-pin/when-i-wrote-fast-food-my-way-in-2004-i-hoped-that-my-friends-would/)

[Jacques Pepin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-p-pin/)

> [This is what a family is all about - one another, sitting around the table at night. And it's very, very important, I think,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-p-pin/this-is-what-a-family-is-all-about-one-another-sitting-around-the/)

[Jacques Pepin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-p-pin/)

> [I say: If you don't know how to cook, I'm sure you have at least one friend who knows how to cook. Well, call…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-p-pin/i-say-if-you-don-t-know-how-to-cook-i-m-sure-you-have-at-least-one/)

[Jacques Pepin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-p-pin/)

> [Just because I am a chef doesn't mean I don't rely on fast recipes. Indeed, we all have moments when, pressed for time, we'll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-p-pin/just-because-i-am-a-chef-doesn-t-mean-i-don-t-rely-on-fast-recipes/)

[Jacques Pepin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-p-pin/)

> [When you are at home, even if the chicken is a little burnt, what's the big deal? Relax.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-p-pin/when-you-are-at-home-even-if-the-chicken-is-a-little-burnt-what-s-the/)

[Jacques Pepin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-p-pin/)

> [Fortunately, I knew the cardinal rule of getting on with one's fellow cooks. It applies in any kitchen and can be summed up in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-p-pin/fortunately-i-knew-the-cardinal-rule-of-getting-on-with-one-s-fellow-2/)

[Jacques Pepin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-p-pin/)

> [Children never lie...I remember my daughter standing in her crib the first time I gave her caviar. I put it on bread. She ate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-p-pin/children-never-lie-i-remember-my-daughter-standing-in-her-crib-the/)

[Jacques Pepin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-p-pin/)

> [The idea of old was to conform yourself to a style of cooking, it was not to create a style of cooking. Now the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-p-pin/the-idea-of-old-was-to-conform-yourself-to-a-style-of-cooking-it-was/)

[Jacques Pepin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-p-pin/)

> [The menus that remain, for me, are really the menus that you have with your good friends, with your wife, with your mother, with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-p-pin/the-menus-that-remain-for-me-are-really-the-menus-that-you-have-with/)

[Jacques Pepin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-p-pin/)

> [You know, my parents had a restaurant. And I left home, actually, in 1949, when I was 13 years old, to go into apprenticeship.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-p-pin/you-know-my-parents-had-a-restaurant-and-i-left-home-actually-in-1949/)

[Jacques Pepin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-p-pin/)

> [This June, I'll travel once again to the Food and Wine Magazine Classic in Aspen, Colorado. For many years, my dear friend Julia Child…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-p-pin/this-june-i-ll-travel-once-again-to-the-food-and-wine-magazine/)

[Jacques Pepin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-p-pin/)

> [After 45 years of marriage, when I have an argument with my wife, if we don't agree, we do what she wants. But, when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-p-pin/after-45-years-of-marriage-when-i-have-an-argument-with-my-wife-if-we/)

[Jacques Pepin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-p-pin/)

> [When I left to go into apprenticeship in 1949, it was only four years after the war, and people don't realize, we still had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jacques-p-pin/when-i-left-to-go-into-apprenticeship-in-1949-it-was-only-four-years/)

[Jacques Pepin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jacques-p-pin/)

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