I was born on the eighteenth of December, 1935, in the town Bourg-en-Bresse, about thirty miles northeast of Lyon, the second of three sons of Jeanne and Jean-Victor Pepin. Weighing only two and one half pounds, I nearly died at birth. — Jacques Pepin Copy Share Image
Thirty, 40 years ago, more than that now, even, the cook was certainly at the bottom of the social scale. And any mother would've wanted their child to marry a doctor, a lawyer, an architect, not a cook. Now, we… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
When you are at home, even if the chicken is a little burnt, what's the big deal? Relax. — 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 Pepin Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
