Cooking Is The Art Of Adjustment.

After 45 Years Of Marriage, When I Have An Argument With My Wife, If We Don't Agree, We Do What She Wants. But, When We Agree, We Do What I Want!

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.

All The Great Chefs I Know - Thomas Keller, Jean-georges Vongerichten - They Are Technicians First.

Food Can Be Utilized For Economic Reasons, Like The Grain Embargo Of Carter 40 Years Ago. You Have A Political Decision, You Are Going To Move The Flow Of Food In A Part Of The World And Not Another Part Of The World. And Certainly Now, With The Way The Country Is Polarized And All That, You Wouldn't Want To Have A French Menu, With A French Thing - You'd Be Crucified! Or Anything Like That. You Have To Be A Real American And Apple Pie And This And That.

This June, I'll Travel Once Again To The Food And Wine Magazine Classic In Aspen, Colorado. For Many Years, My Dear Friend Julia Child And I Have Teamed Up To Teach Classes Together At The Event; For The Past Seven Years, My Daughter, Claudine, Has Been My Cooking Partner On Stage.