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> [When I was a child, we always had wine on the table, no matter how simple the meal. The wine had no special identity; it was just 'the wine,' from the cellar cask. The rules were general: white with the…](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/)

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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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