Chez Jacques: Traditions and Rituals of a Cook

Description

Of the 20-plus cookbooks Jacques Pépin has written, Chez Jacques is his most
personal and engaging. Now starring in his tenth PBS series, Pépin ranks among
America’s most beloved cooking teachers, and this book shows us why. The
book’s 100 recipes—for soups and appetizers, main courses, side dishes, and
desserts—are Pépin’s own favorites among the thousands he has created over a
lifetime of cooking. Using readily available ingredients and relying upon
familiar techniques, these are the dishes he makes when preparing food at his
Connecticut home. But Chez Jacques is more than a collection of well-liked
recipes; it’s also a captivating sentimental journey. Each dish is introduced
by a recollection—of picking dandelion greens for a spring salad, of buying
fresh eggs from the local farmer—that invites readers to share in the
traditions and rituals of Pépin’s most intimate circle. This treasury of great
food, lore, and memory is exquisitely illustrated with a sampling of Pépin’s
paintings, as well as hundreds of color photographs of the finished dishes and
of Pépin in all his “natural habitats”—pitching boules with a group of
friends, savoring a glass of chilled rosé in the afternoon sun, painting
landscapes, designing menus, and, of course, working in his kitchen. Read more

Features:

Product Details:

• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Stewart, Tabori & Chang; First Edition (April 1, 2007)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 272 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1584795719
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 11
• Reading age ‏ : ‎ 13 years and up
• Grade level ‏ : ‎ 8 and up
• Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.79 pounds
• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 10.25 x 1.13 x 11.5 inches
• Best Sellers Rank: #914,046 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #560 in French Cooking, Food & Wine #7,873 in Culinary Arts & Techniques (Books) #24,870 in Memoirs (Books)