GQ essay re Jacques Pepin interaction

[heidih]

I enjoyed this recent article about the author's life changing moment with Jacques Pepin.  The sharing of joie de vivre (tempered with a heck of a lot of hard work)

 

"Here is the story of The Day Jacques Pépin Saved My Life. That’s how I tell it, anyway —at parties, over dinner, on those occasions when a friend finds himself drowning in his own life and I’m cast as an unlikely dispenser of wisdom."

 

http://www.gq.com/story/food-and-life

Edited July 5, 2015 by heidih (log)

[PattyO]

Thank you for sharing that, heidh! 

[Okanagancook]

Ditto, what a great story. I LOVE JP.

[Ashen]

great article but this especially entertained me.  

 

"    "I've been in restaurants where they bring over a carrot and say ‘This carrot was born the ninth of September. His name is Jean-Marie…' Just give me the goddamned carrot!'" Young chefs, he said, had become overly concerned with self-expression. Nouvelle cuisine had been about many things: fresher ingredients, new techniques, a sensitivity to place and season, healthier preparations, creativity, innovation. Out of all those mandates, chefs sometimes seemed to have only heard the final two. "That's how you wind up with a slice of rock salt in a bowl of raspberry ice cream," he said.  "

[ElsieD]

Great article. Thank you.

[rotuts]

thanks.  enjoyed the article.

 

looking foreword to his fall ( ? ) PBS series.

[blue_dolphin]

Thank you for sharing this.  I clicked the link yesterday then got distracted by soccer and dinner.  It was a treat waiting for me this AM and I enjoyed reading it with my first cup of coffee.  Great read.

[Toliver]

I have grown to adore him and his cooking philosophy. Thank you for the link to the article.

[blue_dolphin]

I really liked this one of JP's home kitchen design tips from that article, "there should be good light, good music and a good view, if possible, and a place for your guests to perch to drink wine and watch you work."

 

Unfortunately, I've only got the music part sorted out thus far !