Overview
Readers learn along with Jacques Pepin's daughter, Claudine, as she takes cooking classes from her famous father. As the series of television shows and cookbooks progresses, the father-daughter duo continue what they started in the first round, and Jacques takes Claudine one step further in her culinary education. As always, he shares all the hallmarks of his cuisine: tasty and healthful food, perpared simply and elegantly.
In this new cookbook, Jacques teaches Claudine how to make delicious meals for all occasions in a way that is creative and resourceful. He takes into account the fact that most home cooks don't always keep a variety of specialized ingredients on hand, and that what we make is often determined by what is fresh and available at our local market, how the cooking time will fit into our busy schedules, and, of course, what we like to eat.
Editorials
From Barnes & Noble
In Jacques Pepin's Kitchen: Encore With Claudine, Claudine Pépin joins her star chef father for another course in cooking healthful, elegant, and seasonal cuisine in this companion volume to the duo's new PBS series of the same name. Comprised of 26 menus for casual family meals, simple entertaining, and special occasions, this follow-up to Cooking with Claudine combines practical advice and basic techniques with innovative and appealing recipes designed for the way we like to cook and eat today.Kate Murphy Zeman
Most food lovers know Jacques Pépin as a one of the great formally trained French chefs who was instrumental in bringing haute cuisine to America. But as the many fans who have followed his career as a cookbook author and host of PBS series like "Today's Gourmet" and the currently airing "Jacques Pépin's Kitchen" know, Pépin's food has become highly accessible to the home chef without straying overly far from his traditional French background. With an emphasis on fresh ingredients and simple techniques -- and a noticeably light and healthful style -- many of Pépin's recipes are updated versions of classic dishes or ingredient combinations. In his new book, Jacques Pépin's Kitchen: Encore With Claudine, a companion to his PBS series of the same name, he collects 110 of those appealing recipes into 26 menus for family meals, casual but elegant entertaining, and special occasions. In the series, Pépin teaches selected dishes to his daughter Claudine, a novice cook who learns basic techniques in each episode. Pépin's practical advice on is also included in the book.The menus are suited to a wide variety of occasions and draw heavily on seasonal ingredients. For a Heartwarming Winter Meal, for example, Pépin includes Cream of Turnip and Sweet Potato Soup with Leek Julienne, Chicken with Saffron Rice served with a side dish of spicy cauliflower, and a dessert of fresh pineapple slices in apricot sauce. An Everyday Cooking menu has dishes like Pita Pizzas and an eggplant-and-sausage stew; a menu for a special celebration features a smooth yellow pepper soup garnished with asparagus; Tournedos of Beef in Mushroom, Mustard, and Red Wine Sauce; stuffed tomatoes; and elegant individual apple tarts for dessert. The dishes are illustrated with gorgeous color photos; black-and-white snapshots of father and daughter enliven each section as well. This is a terrific book for anyone who'd like to learn to cook simple food that tastes sophisticated, but accomplished cooks will find inspiration here as well.
— Kate Murphy Zeman, barnesandnoble.com