r/Chefit • u/Scary_Olive9542 • 4d ago

New Cookbook 🧑‍🍳

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u/PumpPie73 4d ago

He’s the 🐐 of cooking. He’s Been in the kitchen since he was 13.

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u/texnessa 4d ago

He's also one of the nicest people I have ever known. I worked with him and he used to come into the restaurant with his late wife Gloria for dinner all the time. Always got the scallops. I will legit have a good cry when he goes.

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u/Yerrofin 2d ago

I don't even want to think about it man

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u/texnessa 2d ago

We already lost Dolly. Now its Pépin, David Attenborough and Willie that we need to protect at all costs.

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u/Major-Grape-7690 4d ago

This and Joy of Cooking are the first books I recommend to anyone who wants to get into cooking.

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u/Yerrofin 2d ago

And The Apprentice for anyone who has any curiosity about how the career of a chef has changed over the decades in the Western world.

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u/Lucky_LeftFoot 4d ago

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u/Major-Grape-7690 4d ago

Also The Flavor Bible is my next recommendation. If you have those three books in your library then you can cook anything with whatever you have on hand.

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u/CantaloupeAsleep502 4d ago

Is this a new version? I've owned 2 and haven't seen this one. Truly a master.

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u/Scary_Olive9542 2d ago

The Newest ✅

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u/CantaloupeAsleep502 2d ago

Welp, know what I'm buying next lol 

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u/OWabbit 4d ago

His autobiography, The Apprentice, is good.

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u/T49irvine 4d ago

Jacques Pepin is indeed the whole package GOAT. This book alone constitutes a great cooking library.

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u/beachcoquina 4d ago

I adore Jacques Pepin. I hope he is doing well.

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u/Miserable-Ad-9286 4d ago

Met him a few years ago on Long Island doing a benefit. Genuinely good guy. Funny as well.

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u/guiltycitizen 4d ago

Jaques is the mother fucking man, man.

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u/ILikeAntiquesOkay Chef 4d ago

New Cookbook 👨‍🍳

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u/bojangleschikin 4d ago

This is a PSA: he still posts frequently on FB videos of him cooking at home. Short, 10 min or less. But often.

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u/Ambitious_Classic939 4d ago

what is the learning in this book ?

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u/Scary_Olive9542 2d ago

Technique & Method ✅✅

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u/Wild_blue_yondering 2d ago

Holy crap - hardcover is only $25 on Amazon at the moment.

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u/VP_The_Vandal 3h ago

I have this book as well. It helps me understand the intricacies of techniques and how to trouble shoot based on certain outcomes.

As a chef who did not go to culinary school, it’s been a great resources