“Fortunately, I knew the cardinal rule of getting on with one’s fellow cooks. It applies in any kitchen and can be summed… — Jacques Pépin Copy Share Image
One of the biggest problems with young chefs is too much addition to the plate. You put cilantro and then tarragon and… — Jacques Pepin Copy Share Image
All the great chefs I know - Thomas Keller, Jean-Georges Vongerichten - they are technicians first. — Jacques Pepin Copy Share Image
“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… — Jacques Pépin Copy Share
When I was a child, we always had wine on the table, no matter how simple the meal. The wine had no special identity;… — Jacques Pepin Copy Share
When I wrote 'Fast Food My Way' in 2004, I hoped that my friends would prepare my recipes. Now, more people cook from that… — Jacques Pepin Copy Share
This is what a family is all about - one another, sitting around the table at night. And it's very, very important, I think,… — Jacques Pepin Copy Share
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… — Jacques Pepin Copy Share
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… — Jacques Pepin Copy Share
When you are at home, even if the chicken is a little burnt, what's the big deal? Relax. — Jacques Pepin Copy Share
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… — Jacques Pepin Copy Share
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… — Jacques Pepin Copy Share
The idea of old was to conform yourself to a style of cooking, it was not to create a style of cooking. Now the… — Jacques Pepin Copy Share
The menus that remain, for me, are really the menus that you have with your good friends, with your wife, with your mother, with… — Jacques Pepin Copy Share
You know, my parents had a restaurant. And I left home, actually, in 1949, when I was 13 years old, to go into apprenticeship.… — Jacques Pepin Copy Share
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… — Jacques Pepin Copy Share
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… — Jacques Pepin Copy Share
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… — Jacques Pepin Copy Share
