The time-tested recipes in this volume teach everyone, from the greenest home cook to the most wizened professional, how to put techniques into practice. This completely revised edition includes color and black-and-white photographs and is redesigned to make it even easier to follow the step-by-step techniques.
Jacques Pépin is a chef, author, television personality, educator, and artist. He has starred in twelve acclaimed PBS cooking series including Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home which won a Daytime Emmy Award. The winner of sixteen James Beard Awards, including a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005, he is the author of over thirty cookbooks, including The Apprentice, Essential Pépin, and Jacques Pépin Quick & Simple. His dedication to culinary education led to the creation of the Jacques Pépin Foundation in 2016.