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 Chef, instructor, author, and TV personality, Jacques Pépin has brought exacting French culinary techniques down to earth for his loyal American following since 1976, when he released his step-by-step cookbook, La Methode. This native Frenchman is now one of the most influential culinarians in America for both expert and amateur chefs, offering insight into professional techniques and tricks of the trade. Developing an interest in his parents' restaurant and continuing with official training in his hometown's Grand Hotel de L'Europe as well as the Plaza Athénée in Paris, Jacques seemed destined to become a masterful chef. His varied career path has included service as the personal chef for three heads of state in France, working for Howard Johnson's as the Director of Research and Development, and taking time off to write his James Beard Award-winning cookbooks. All this experience has helped further his success as he has integrated his classic culinary know-how into a variety of circumstances outside of the traditional restaurant business. Equally charismatic in front of the camera and in the kitchen, in COOKING WITH MASTER CHEFS Jacques Pépin shows us how to triumph over the intimidating challenges of puffed pastry and fluffy soufflés. Jacques' most recent collaboration with Julia Child is their video series and companion cookbook, JULIA AND JACQUES COOKING AT HOME.
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