Essential Ppin: More Than 700 AllTime Favorites from My Life in Food

For the first time ever, the legendary chef collects and updates the best recipes from his sixdecade career.In his more than sixty years as a chef, Jacques Ppin has earned a reputation as a champion of simplicity. His recipes are classics. They find the shortest, surest route to flavor, avoiding complicated techniques.Now, in a book that celebrates his life in food, the worlds most famous cooking teacher winnows his favorite recipes from the thousands he has created, streamlining them even further. They include Onion Soup LyonnaiseStyle, which Jacques enjoyed as a young chef while barcrawling in Paris; Linguine with Clam Sauce and Vegetables, a frequent dinner chez Jacques; Grilled Chicken with Tarragon Butter, which he makes indoors in winter and outdoors in summer; FivePeppercorn Steak, his spin on a bistro classic; Mms Apple Tart, which his mother made every day in her Lyon restaurant; and Warm Chocolate Fondue Souffl, part cake, part pudding, part souffl, and pure bliss.Essential Ppin spans the many styles of Jacquess cooking: homey country French, haute cuisine, fast food Jacquesstyle, and fresh contemporary American dishes. Many of the recipes are globally inspired, from Mexico, across Europe, or the Far East.This truly is the essential Ppin.