You can't escape the taste of the food you had as a child. In times of stress, what do you dream about? Your mother's clam chowder. It's security, comfort. It brings you home. — 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 two short words: bust ass. Restaurant kitchens are the ultimate levelers. When you’re slammed and orders are starting to back up, you could care less about the color of the hands of the cook who is… — 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 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
