Jacques Pépin

The world renowned French cooking instructor teams up with his granddaughter to prepare plain but elegant dishes, including curly hot dogs with pickle relish, marinated Chinese mushroom salad, and blueberries in honey sauce.

In this captivating memoir, the man whom Julia Child has called "the best chef in America" tells the story of his rise from a frightened apprentice in an exacting Old World kitchen to an Emmy Award-winning superstar who taught millions of Americans how to cook and shaped the nation's tastes in the bargain.

"In the companion book to his final PBS series, the world-renowned chef shows his close relationship to the land and sea as he cooks for close friends and family, "--Amazon.com.

"For the first time ever, the legendary chef collects and updates the best recipes from his six-decade career. With a searchable DVD demonstrating every technique a cook will ever need. In his more than sixty years as a chef, Jacques Pepin has earned a reputation as a champion of simplicity. His recipes are classics. They find the shortest, surest route to flavor, avoiding complicated techniques. Now, in a book that celebrates his life in food, the...

Presents easy, economical, homemade stocks, sauces, and dressings that store well, plus provides recipes for many imaginative appetizers, main courses, side dishes, and sweets. Includes hand-drawn illustrations and eighty-eight color photographs.

Recipes with step-by-step directions and photographs present the most important cooking techniques, covering charcuterie and salads, breads, pastries, cakes, and other desserts.