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false <![CDATA[Chez Jacques: Traditions and Rituals of a Cook]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175382315m/510150.jpg 510150 2 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 recipesfor soups and appetizers, main courses, side dishes, and dessertsare 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 recollectionof picking dandelion greens for a spring salad, of buying fresh eggs from the local farmerthat 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 habitatspitching 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. 498160 1 4 2007 Chez Jacques: Traditions and Rituals of a Cook total:22|5:5|4:12|3:4|2:1|1:0| 22 87 35 7 3 0 false false Thu Jun 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 14:00:40 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 14:00:40 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Jul 06 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Jun 06 07:57:59 -0700 2008 Sun Jul 06 04:50:09 -0700 2008 This may be a cookbook that is better read than cooked from, at least for me. As other reviewers have commented, this book has a heavy F...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 04 17:29:24 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 20 15:58:34 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Nov 10 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 10 08:55:11 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 10 09:00:04 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 27 14:38:42 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 27 14:40:46 -0800 2008 more...]]> 3 0 false false Mon Jan 21 08:56:05 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 21 08:58:05 -0800 2008
But somehow, I don't see myself making many of the other recipes any time soon. Don't love head cheese, and certainly don't want to see how ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Oct 29 09:12:03 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 28 15:06:54 -0700 2007 Sat Jul 28 15:08:12 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Mon Nov 09 10:53:33 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 09 10:53:33 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sat Aug 22 14:55:03 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 14:55:03 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Thu Jul 16 22:10:33 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 22:10:33 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jun 25 11:26:23 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 25 11:26:23 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jun 08 23:17:24 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 23:17:24 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat May 16 23:38:54 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 23:38:54 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sat Apr 18 17:53:23 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 17:53:23 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Wed Mar 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Mar 17 09:53:47 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 21 10:17:11 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Wed Jan 28 11:59:40 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 28 11:59:40 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Sun Nov 02 20:25:43 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 02 20:25:49 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Mon Sep 15 15:01:25 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 15 15:01:25 -0700 2008 0 0 false false Thu Sep 04 23:02:07 -0700 2008 Thu Sep 04 23:02:07 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Mon Aug 18 13:39:02 -0700 2008 Mon Aug 18 13:39:02 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=510150