Cooking Is The Art Of Adjustment.

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 Time Not Only Around The Table Eating With Their Parents, But In The Kitchen.

I Cooked At The White House For Easter, Last Year, With Michelle Obama. But It More Had To Do With Cooking From The Organic Garden, And Her Message. I Took My Daughter And Granddaughter There, And They Were Really Charming, It Was Great.

I Taped My First Series For Pbs In 1982 At Wjct-tv In Jacksonville, Florida. The Show, Called 'everyday Cooking With Jacques Pepin,' Was About Saving Time And Money In The Kitchen - And It Was A Celebration Of Simple And Unpretentious Food.

Most People Who Came Here Came For Economic Reasons Or Sometimes For Religious Or Political Reasons. I Didn't Have Any Of This. I Came Here, I Liked It, I Stayed. So I'm A Pure American - Even More Than People Who Are Born Here - Because I Did It By Choice As An Adult.

One Of The Biggest Problems With Young Chefs Is Too Much Addition To The Plate. You Put Cilantro And Then Tarragon And Then Olive Oil And Then Walnut Oil Or Whatever. It's Too Much.