I was born on the eighteenth of December, 1935, in the town Bourg-en-Bresse, about thirty miles northeast of Lyon, the second of three sons of Jeanne and Jean-Victor Pepin. Weighing only two and one half pounds, I nearly died at birth.
Probably a mistake, you know, that people make in America, to think that all great chefs are a male... I'm still the only male in the family who went… - Jacques Pepin
Probably a mistake, you know, that people make in America, to think that all great chefs are a male... I'm still the only male in the family who went…
- Jacques Pepin
If you have extraordinary bread and extraordinary butter, it's hard to beat bread and butter. - Jacques Pepin
If you have extraordinary bread and extraordinary butter, it's hard to beat bread and butter.
My mother likes what I cook, but doesn't think it's French. My wife is Puerto Rican and Cuban, so I eat rice and beans. We have a place in Mexico, bu… - Jacques Pepin
My mother likes what I cook, but doesn't think it's French. My wife is Puerto Rican and Cuban, so I eat rice and beans. We have a place in Mexico, bu…
I have an immigrant story. Most people come here for economic reasons, or religious reasons, or racial reasons, or gender reasons, or one of those th… - Jacques Pepin
I have an immigrant story. Most people come here for economic reasons, or religious reasons, or racial reasons, or gender reasons, or one of those th…
This is what a family is all about - one another, sitting around the table at night. And it's very, very important, I think, for the kid to spend tim… - Jacques Pepin
This is what a family is all about - one another, sitting around the table at night. And it's very, very important, I think, for the kid to spend tim…
Great cooking favors the prepared hands. - Jacques Pepin
Great cooking favors the prepared hands.
When you become a good cook, you become a good craftsman, first. You repeat and repeat and repeat until your hands know how to move without thinking … - Jacques Pepin
When you become a good cook, you become a good craftsman, first. You repeat and repeat and repeat until your hands know how to move without thinking …
Fortunately, I knew the cardinal rule of getting on with one's fellow cooks. It applies in any kitchen and can be summed up in two short words: bust … - Jacques Pepin
Fortunately, I knew the cardinal rule of getting on with one's fellow cooks. It applies in any kitchen and can be summed up in two short words: bust …
When you are at home, even if the chicken is a little burnt, what's the big deal? Relax. - Jacques Pepin
When you are at home, even if the chicken is a little burnt, what's the big deal? Relax.
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