"The idea of old was to conform yourself……" — Jacques Pepin
"The idea of old was to conform yourself to a style of cooking, it was not to create a style of cooking. Now the chef is so much into 'I want to sign that dish and say I am the one who made that dish."
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30 Quotes by Jacques Pepin
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This June, I'll travel once again to the Food and Wine Magazine Classic in Aspen, Colorado. For many years, my…
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Cooking is the art of adjustment.
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I cooked at the White House for Easter, last year, with Michelle Obama. But it more had to do with…
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All the great chefs I know - Thomas Keller, Jean-Georges Vongerichten - they are technicians first.
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After 45 years of marriage, when I have an argument with my wife, if we don't agree, we do what…
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Basically, I go to the local farmer's market and decide to what to cook then, depending on what I find.…
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Great cooking favors the prepared hands.
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I am a glutton. I'll eat whatever is there. Pizza. I love hot dogs anywhere. I've got nothing against any…
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I tell a student that the most important class you can take is technique. A great chef is first a…
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I was born on the eighteenth of December, 1935, in the town Bourg-en-Bresse, about thirty miles northeast of Lyon, the…
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You can't escape the taste of the food you had as a child. In times of stress, what do you…
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When I pair food and wine, I start with the food. If I have a beautiful roasted bird, I might…
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