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Title: The Apprentice: My Life In The Kitchen by Jacques Pepin ISBN: 0-618-19737-0 Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co Pub. Date: 10 April, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.17 (18 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: A JOY TO READ AND SAVOR
Comment: As satisfying as a 5-star meal, as delicious as his mother's cheese souffle, Jacques Pepin's autobiography is rich in scenes, friends, recipes, and anecdotes.
Surely one of the most famous chefs in the world who came into homes through his PBS cooking shows and popular cookbooks, Pepin now reveals the story behind the public face.
Born in prewar France to a cabinetmaker and an energetic woman who owned a small restaurant Pepin was enamored with the kitchen as a youth. He left his formal education behind at the age of 13 to sign on as an apprentice in the arduous training system then required. It was a difficult road he had chosen in a system reminiscent of feudal days. Yet the young man persevered, and before the age of twenty found himself in France's most elite restaurant. Next, he would become personal chef to Charles de Gaulle.
After coming to America he numbered among his friends those with like interests and gifts - Julia Child and James Beard. He also earned a degree from Columbia University, and began to work for Howard Johnson.
A serious automobile accident might have meant the end of anyone's career, but not Pepin's. When he was unable to keep up the daily routine in a kitchen he became a cooking teacher, and a television icon.
"The Apprentice: My Life In The Kitchen" is a joy to read and savor.
- Gail Cooke
Rating: 4
Summary: Better than hot chocolate....
Comment: Jacques Pepin is very unassuming. This comes through in his recipes and his autobiography "The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen." For anyone interested in cooking and learning more about those creative souls who bring new ideas to the 'family' kitchen, this is a great -- and very lite -- read. Jacques Pepin may very well represent a unique combination: a 'celebrity chef' who is above all well trained and truly dedicated to food ingredients in their most essential form: as elements of a creative process which at it's most essential is also most satisfying. Pepin's account of his life's journey combines bemusement -- in regard to his success -- and a certain amount of marvel at his naivete in regard to what it takes to be successful -- from when he left home, to when he journeyed to America, to his first (unsuccessful) forays into television. At the end of it all, you can't help both laughing and liking the guy. Unlike the recently published biography of Julia Child, "The Apprentice" is a warm and satisfying read... kind of like a good cup of hot chocolate.....
Rating: 5
Summary: Easily the Best Memoir I've Read this Year
Comment: The skills that make an awesome chef are the same skills that make an awesome writer, patience, a loving devotion to detail, an appreciation of the sensual - this has it all. It's a great slice of history and does what a great memoir is supposed to do - it allows you to enter the world of another.
Jacques Pepin's book, "The Apprentice : My Life in the Kitchen", is a light and compelling, can't put it down read.
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Title: The Short-Cut Cook : Make Simple Meals with Surprisingly Little Effort by Jacques Pepin ISBN: 0060936924 Publisher: William Morrow Pub. Date: 09 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $18.00 |
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Title: Letters to a Young Chef by Daniel Boulud ISBN: 046500735X Publisher: Basic Books Pub. Date: 02 September, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.50 |
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Title: Jacques Pepin's Complete Techniques by Jacques Pepin, Leon Perer ISBN: 1579121659 Publisher: Black Dog & Leventhal Pub Pub. Date: June, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Feeding a Yen : Savoring Local Specialties, from Kansas City to Cuzco by Calvin Trillin ISBN: 0375508082 Publisher: Random House Pub. Date: 06 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: Jacques Pepin Celebrates by Jacques Pepin ISBN: 0375412093 Publisher: Knopf Pub. Date: 18 September, 2001 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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