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One of the best food memoirs I ve read Readers interested in French culture cooking and food history or the evolution of a profession should put this at the top of their lists I found it particularly compelling as a work narrative as it tells the story of how a passion for cooking grew out of family and fellowship and into an extraordinary career Food historians and gossips will love the intimate portraits of Howard Johnson Julia Child Craig Claiborne Pierre Franey and James Beard among others I particularly enjoyed Pepin s descriptions of his foraging missions and home renovations on Long Island and in Connecticut as well as his insightful commentary on food trends and especially his summary of his academic career at Boston University If I ever decide to return to graduate school the first place I will turn is to the M A program in gastronomy that he helped launch there in 1992 I look forward to reading the selections he lists as part of his dissertation proposal on French literature and food Excellent memoir all around 0618197370 What an amazing man and artist Jacque Pepin is inspiring not only because he is a great chef but because he sees possibility and makes something of it throughout his life. The tiger's apprentice book Mr Pepin writes of kinship with African American cuisine and culture He shares his regret that many people were not promoted up through the culinary ranks as their similarily talented White co workers As someone who recognizes this inequality and one with such great influence I hope that Jacque Pepin will address this issue and correct the inequality 0618197370 3. The sorcerer's apprentice book 5 starsWhat a nice autobiography I liked that it had a mixture of culinary history with Pepin s life history I also liked how this book was unpretentious and humble which is always refreshing in a celebrity book It was not about showing off or name dropping but about telling the story as it should be This book also felt very honest and was very well written and entertaining Pepin has had a remarkable life You feel like one of Pepin s friend while reading the book which I greatly appreciate. Ranger's apprentice book order Pepin really loves food and his love for the culinary arts shines in this book from beginning to end He quit school at a young age and worked his way up starting as an apprentice in French kitchens His parents also owned and operated restaurants during the war He ended up working for the President of France After that job he came to America and wanting the American cooking experience worked for a fast food company called Howard Johnson s Then he worked for I guess the first ever soup kitchen From there he ended up writing cookbooks working with Julia Child on TV and even opening a restaurant with his wife for a short while He is a highly motivated man He went back to school as an adult because he wanted a college degree He even thought about having a career in academia He eventually started teaching others about food after a horrible car accident which he miraculously recovered from but which made it hard for him to work in a commercial kitchen. The apprentice book release date I loved reading about his culinary adventures although his adventuresome eating made me a little squeamish basically only one chapter I love love love when a book like this includes recipes because chef autobiographies are greatly enhanced with this addition Plus pictures are included There was one small typo in the book though which isn t such a big deal but it always bothers me when a published book has a typo 0618197370 It s hard for me to give this book anything but five stars because I absolutely love Jacques Pepin I have been been watching him on TV for years I have a few of his cookbooks and he actually signed my copy of The Apprentice when I met him after a cooking demonstration. The apprentice you're fired host So yes I gave this book five stars because I have a very pro Pepin bias If I didn t know Pepin I might have given this four stars However there is a lot to love here even if you don t know Pepin Pepin s life story is quite incredible and his fun loving personality shines through in The Apprentice Growing up in World War II France with little food he learned a lot from his mother who was also an inspiring figure Pepin worked in and by busting his chops achieved notoriety at some of the biggest restaurants of Paris and the US JFK offered him the job of white house chef And Pepin turned it down because he had already cooked for the government in France and didn t think it would be worth the work He was in the the US at the exact time that food and cooking exploded into the mainstream He also helped make that explosion possible through his work alongside food legends like James Beard Julia Child and Craig Claiborne He had so many awesome life experiences that I couldn t even list them all here. The apprentice book tess gerritsen Through it all Pepin became the quintessential American chef and I highly recommend The Apprentice to anyone interested in food or cooking 0618197370 The baby picture of an eight month old Jacques Pepin found in between the pages of this delightful if safe autobiography is beyond adorable He doesn t even look real but like a doll with a full head of hair While enjoyable I hope one day a definitive substantive biography will be written about this fascinating chef As a side note unsurprisingly but still a bit unsettling is the frequent descriptions of butchering animals Granted I totally get it but it still didn t make those parts particularly appealing for me to read about 0618197370 Librarian note There is than one author in the Goodreads database with this name For the epidemiologist see site_link Jacques Pepin. EBook The apprentice meaning Jacques P pin 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 P pin 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 li Librarian note There is than one author in the Goodreads database with this name For the epidemiologist see site_link Jacques Pepin. The apprentice new host Jacques P pin 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 P pin 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 L gion d honneur France s highest order of merit in 2004 Wikipedia site_link In this captivating memoir the man whom Julia Child has called the best chef in America tells the story of his rise from a frightened apprentice in an exacting Old World kitchen to an Emmy Awardwinning superstar who taught millions of Americans how to cook and shaped the nation s tastes in the bargain. The apprentice meme We see young Jacques as a homesick six year old boy in war ravaged France working on a farm in exchange for food dodging bombs and bearing witness as German soldiers capture his father a fighter in the Resistance Soon Jacques is caught up in the hurly burly action of his mother s caf where he proves a natural He endures a literal trial by fire and works his way up the ladder in the feudal system of France s most famous restaurant finally becoming Charles de Gaulle s personal chef watching the world being refashioned from the other side of the kitchen door. The apprentice book cast When he comes to America Jacques immediately falls in with a small group of as yet unknown food lovers including Craig Claiborne James Beard and Julia Child whose adventures redefine American food Through it all Jacques proves himself to be a master of the American art of earning a graduate degree from Columbia University turning down a job as John F Kennedy s chef to work at Howard Johnson s and after a near fatal car accident switching careers once again to become a charismatic leader in the revolution that changed the way Americans approached food Included as well are approximately forty all time favorite recipes created during the course of a career spanning nearly half a century from his mother s utterly simple cheese souffl to his wife s pork ribs and red beans. The apprentice zip zap The Apprentice is the poignant and sometimes funny tale of a boy s coming of age Beyond that it is the story of America s culinary awakening and the transformation of food from an afterthought to a national preoccupation The Apprentice My Life in the KitchenHave never seen his show but have tried his recipes This was a very enjoyably memoir The apprenticeship process of becoming a chef in France was enlightening I especially liked Pepin s many references to French country cooking using game and foraging to create the masterpieces France is so known for An easy well written and honest memoir 0618197370 This definitely wasn t a bad book but without a doubt it re re re inforced my complete lack of interest in the entire autobiography genre I mean I guess lots of people have heard of him and are interested in his story But I definitely hadn t and was moderately underwhelmed as I usually am when I read autobiographies with his life Nice to see that he did all that cooking and whatnot but it didn t strike me as a particularly weighty life BUT at least it read fast always a winning aspect for any book club read for me And I wish I had any desire whatsoever to try to cook any of the recipes included There seems to be some delights therein and maybe I ll try to do some Hahahahahaha never 0618197370 Gregarious devoted to family an avid skier and a student of French literature who once considered an academic career are not the traits one might associate with one of the most well known and influential contemporary American chefs However these are some of the surprising qualities to be found in Jacques P pin As a child he experienced the privations of World War II He was a locavore long before the term even existed During the summer he was sent to the Lyon countryside as farm labor in exchange for food The experience nurtured an abhorrence for waste as well as a keen appreciation for quality ingredients A vivid passage recollecting his apprenticeship describes true free range chickens It was natural that the first real dish I prepared on my own at Le Grand H tel de l Europe would be chicken Fertile with gentle hills scattered groves and small rivers and lakes the Bresse region is known for producing the best chickens in France Its soil low in phosphoric acid and calcium yields a great variety of worms and insects choice food for these free range birds which are distinguished by their blue feet white plumage and red cockscomb the colors of the French flag p. The apprentice zip zap 64 He completed the traditional 3 year apprenticeship in 1952 learning to judge the meat s doneness by touch the chef there did not believe in puncturing the meat in order to test it and in another lyrical tribute to the humble chicken he states When le poulet chante the chicken sings I knew that the layers of fat had clarified signifying that the chicken was nearly done p. The apprentice meme 59 Of course the real action was in Paris and he finally gained a position at Le Plaza Ath n e which he likens to the big leagues There he learned the formidable techniques handed down from the time of Escoffier When drafted into the Navy he was saved from the front lines of the Algerian War though not from the ire of martinets by his chef s credentials and the French officer corp s insistence on edible food His official cook s exam required the preparation of eggs b n dictine a poached egg on a toast slice of brioche lined with ham and capped with hollandaise sauce garnished with a slice of truffle only in France In a convoluted move he was able to get assigned to the Secretary of the Treasury and later to the President of France At the time of his discharge he was personal chef to President de Gaulle. The tiger's apprentice book He could have stayed in Paris but restless curiosity drove him elsewhere this time to the United States working under Pierre Franey at Le Pavillon in New York City P pin makes some interesting observations about American food He found the produce and herbs to be milder It was his first exposure to a supermarket He was surprised at the limited types of vinegar oil and mustards and when he asked about mushrooms he was directed to the canned goods aisle The food world of the early 1960 s was very different P pin embraced the new opportunities and became part of a generation of American tastemakers James Beard Craig Claiborne Julia Child and Helen McCully P pin s contributions to the American culinary revolution began in the commissaries of Howard Johnson and spread to the authorship of cookbooks teaching and television appearances endeavors that continue through the present If you are already familiar with Jacques P pin or have seen his telecasts this book will prove enjoyable despite its lack of literary drama P pin maintains a controlled emotional detachment from these events that contrast with his enthusiasm for food and technique However each chapter concludes with a recipe which illustrates the ways he combines his professional training with the limitations of the home cook 0618197370 actually read The Apprentice last year after picking up the book at the CIA Culinary Institute of America in Napa Valley while on vacation Both Roy and I read it and both loved it I have always liked Jacque Pepin s TV shows most memorable moment was when he was fixing some giblet dish and for the liver he said in his French accent this you feed to the dog He is one of those people who has had an amazing talent and has picked his course in life not just going the direction that tradition would take him I recommended this for our book club for this month with the incentive that I would cook some of the recipes So I picked up the book and had a hard time picking recipes because I would start reading the book again completely derailing plans for choosing a recipe or two But I have finally picked recipes and will do the Egg s Jeanette Mussels Ravigote and Roast Leg of Lamb Provincial as well as a Tomato and Zucchini Salad and an Apple Tart from other Jacque Pepin recipe books yes I have several And in honor of my recent trip to Italy we will start with Bellini s So Pagerturners please come hungry on Wednesday 0618197370 This was a really nice bio of Jacques Pepin s life it highlighted his early enthusiasm for cooking Lots of nice photos round out the verbiage 0618197370