Jacques Pépin's Table: The Complete "Today's Gourmet"

by Jacques Pépin

Emphasizing lower-calorie, health-conscious cooking, a collection of more than three hundred recipes from all three seasons of the PBS series, "Today's Gourmet," includes menu and wine suggestions and culinary techniques.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Food

519 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1995

About the author

Librarian note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name. For the epidemiologist, see Jacques Pepin.

Jacques Pépin (born December 18, 1935) is a French-born American chef, author, culinary educator, television personality, and artist. Since the late 1980s, he has appeared on American television and has written for The New York Times, Food & Wine and other publications. He has authored over 30 cookbooks, some of which have become best sellers. Pépin was a longtime friend of the American chef Julia Child, and their 1999 PBS series Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home won a Daytime Emmy Award. He has been honored with 24 James Beard Foundation Awards, five honorary doctoral degrees, the American Public Television’s lifetime achievement award, the Emmy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 2019 and the Légion d'honneur, France's highest order of merit in 2004. --Wikipedia

Reviews

[Beatrice · Rating 3 out of 5]

In my younger days, I had a boyfriend who was an apprentice chef. When he told me that he read cookbooks like novels, I laughed so hard I cried. But he's right….there's plenty of character and suspense to be found in a cookbook after all, and now I do enjoy reading them (almost) like novels. I bought this one because I've had the honor of participating in a dinner demonstration given by Jacques Pepin at the Mas de Cornud, and I wanted to learn more about his style. Some intriguing ideas and in general a "lightening up" of traditional French cuisine.

[Stacey Adams · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love this cookbook - everything is very yummy and not difficult to make! My paella recipe is in here :)