Sweet Simplicity: Jacques Pépin's Fruit Desserts

by Jacques Pépin

One of America's favorite chefs shares the secrets of his kitchen, offering one hundred of his own dessert recipes for everything from Banana-Mint Ice with Rum-Raisin Sauce to Roasted Carmelized Pears and Apricot-Fig Souffle. 50,000 first printing. Good Cook/BOMC. Tour. IP.

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking

224 pages, Hardcover

First published April 1, 1999

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

[Dray · Rating 4 out of 5]

Jacques Pepin has produced a number of cookbooks and this is one of his finest. Who doesn't like fruit desserts? As always Jacques presents refined recipes with a french flair. The book is organized by type of fruit and has some amazing entries. Well worth reading.