Jacques Pepin's Kitchen: Cooking with Claudine [Hardcover]

Jacques Pepin (Author)

Book Description

Series: Jacques Pepin's Kitchen | Publication Date: November 1996

The master chef and his daughter present the basics of creating healthy, easy-to-prepare, gourmet meals while living on a budget, covering everything from kitchen equipment to shopping tips and including seventy-five delicious recipes. Original. TV tie-in. 50,000 first printing. IP.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 267 pages
• Publisher: Kqed Books (November 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0912333847
• ISBN-13: 978-0912333847
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 8.4 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #325,074 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Jacques Pepin is the author of twenty-one cookbooks, including the best-selling The Apprentice and the award-winning Jacques Pepin Celebrates and Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home (with Julia Child). He has appeared regularly on PBS programs for more than a decade, hosting over three hundred cooking shows. A contributing editor for Food & Wine, he is the dean of special programs at the French Culinary Institute in New York City. Before coming to the United States, he served as personal chef to three French heads of state.

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If you want to make esquisite fabulous food, buy this book!, April 4, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Jacques Pepin's Kitchen: Cooking with Claudine (Hardcover)

Recipes are simple and yet show stopping. Delicious recipes I have made are Flan a'la Vanille,Peking Style Chicken, Warm Chocolate Fondue Souffle, Chocolate Paris-Brest, Chocolate Walnut and Apricot Cookies, and Potato and Watercress Salad to name a few.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great if you can follow a recipe!, September 30, 2003

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This review is from: Jacques Pepin's Kitchen: Cooking with Claudine (Hardcover)

I was given this book as a gift; never saw the show. The recipes are excellent but don't allow for much improvisation (in my experience!)--the low-fat adjustments he makes really need to be followed to the letter in order for the dishes to come out as well as they should. That said, if you are a recipe-follower, he does amazing things with short ingredient lists, easy cooking techniques, and interesting combinations of ingredients. I especially like the potato-crusted fish recipe and the "spicy ginger chicken" (which is not at all spicy, but very tasty). There's also a great cole slaw recipe that uses curry powder--sounds weird, but it's delicious!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Delicious Recipes, Easy to Understand, Great Illustrations, March 15, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Cooking With Claudine (Jacques Pepin's Kitchen) (Paperback)

If you love to eat but are afraid to cook gourmet, Jacques Pepin and Claudine shows you how to have a gourmet meal every day. The recipes are easy to follow and delicious. Its handy if you cook for yourself or a small family. The book is an absolute must if you follow the show on PBS. I never thought I could cook such wonderful dishes until I used this book.