Jacques Pepin, one of my all-time favorite chefs, is turning ninety this month. His skills would be almost intimidating if he wasn't such a nice person and so down to earth. He can cut up a chicken in thirty seconds and he'll show the rest of us how to do it too. Maybe it'll take … Continue reading Cooking With (Another) French Chef: Three Favorite Jacques Pepin Recipes
Hanging Out In Julia Child’s Kitchen
"Julia Child's kitchen" is a truly magical phrase, right up there with "Aladdin's cave" or "the lost city of Atlantis." Or maybe even "Powell's City of Books," but I digress. Anyway, America has plenty of iconic chefs, and after Hannah Glass, Amelia Simmons, and Fannie Farmer, Julia Child is a towering presence in more ways … Continue reading Hanging Out In Julia Child’s Kitchen
Taking Up Room 