Jacques Pépin Complete Techniques 50th Anniversary Edition: A Culinary Master Class from the Legendary Teacher-Over 600 Techniques, 1,000 Photographs, 160 Recipes
Jacques Pépin is universally hailed by professional chefs and home cooks as the grand master of cooking skills and methods. His classic seminal work, Jacques Pépin's Complete Techniques, is celebrating its 50th anniversary as a staple in both home and professional kitchens around the world. 

Comprehensive, authoritative, but never intimidating, Jacques Pepin’s Complete Techniques—which combines the master chef’s landmark works, La Methode and La Technique—includes more than 600 cooking techniques and methods along with 160 recipes. Each recipe and technique is explained using step-by-step instructions accompanied by more than 1,000 photographs featuring Pépin himself. Follow along as this culinary legend demonstrates every aspect of classic cooking, from start to finish, teaching readers how to bone a chicken, poach an egg, whisk a perfect hollandaise, knead a crispy baguette, or bake an exquisite meringue with the perfection and efficiency of a professional. Throughout the book are Pepin’s classic recipes, which offer budding masters the opportunity to put lessons into practice with extraordinary results.

The time-tested recipes in this volume teach everyone, from the greenest home cook to the most wizened professional, how to put techniques into practice. This completely revised edition includes color and black-and-white photographs and is redesigned to make it even easier to follow the step-by-step techniques.

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Jacques Pépin Complete Techniques 50th Anniversary Edition: A Culinary Master Class from the Legendary Teacher-Over 600 Techniques, 1,000 Photographs, 160 Recipes
Jacques Pépin is universally hailed by professional chefs and home cooks as the grand master of cooking skills and methods. His classic seminal work, Jacques Pépin's Complete Techniques, is celebrating its 50th anniversary as a staple in both home and professional kitchens around the world. 

Comprehensive, authoritative, but never intimidating, Jacques Pepin’s Complete Techniques—which combines the master chef’s landmark works, La Methode and La Technique—includes more than 600 cooking techniques and methods along with 160 recipes. Each recipe and technique is explained using step-by-step instructions accompanied by more than 1,000 photographs featuring Pépin himself. Follow along as this culinary legend demonstrates every aspect of classic cooking, from start to finish, teaching readers how to bone a chicken, poach an egg, whisk a perfect hollandaise, knead a crispy baguette, or bake an exquisite meringue with the perfection and efficiency of a professional. Throughout the book are Pepin’s classic recipes, which offer budding masters the opportunity to put lessons into practice with extraordinary results.

The time-tested recipes in this volume teach everyone, from the greenest home cook to the most wizened professional, how to put techniques into practice. This completely revised edition includes color and black-and-white photographs and is redesigned to make it even easier to follow the step-by-step techniques.

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Jacques Pépin Complete Techniques 50th Anniversary Edition: A Culinary Master Class from the Legendary Teacher-Over 600 Techniques, 1,000 Photographs, 160 Recipes

Jacques Pépin Complete Techniques 50th Anniversary Edition: A Culinary Master Class from the Legendary Teacher-Over 600 Techniques, 1,000 Photographs, 160 Recipes

by Jacques Pépin
Jacques Pépin Complete Techniques 50th Anniversary Edition: A Culinary Master Class from the Legendary Teacher-Over 600 Techniques, 1,000 Photographs, 160 Recipes

Jacques Pépin Complete Techniques 50th Anniversary Edition: A Culinary Master Class from the Legendary Teacher-Over 600 Techniques, 1,000 Photographs, 160 Recipes

by Jacques Pépin

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Jacques Pépin is universally hailed by professional chefs and home cooks as the grand master of cooking skills and methods. His classic seminal work, Jacques Pépin's Complete Techniques, is celebrating its 50th anniversary as a staple in both home and professional kitchens around the world. 

Comprehensive, authoritative, but never intimidating, Jacques Pepin’s Complete Techniques—which combines the master chef’s landmark works, La Methode and La Technique—includes more than 600 cooking techniques and methods along with 160 recipes. Each recipe and technique is explained using step-by-step instructions accompanied by more than 1,000 photographs featuring Pépin himself. Follow along as this culinary legend demonstrates every aspect of classic cooking, from start to finish, teaching readers how to bone a chicken, poach an egg, whisk a perfect hollandaise, knead a crispy baguette, or bake an exquisite meringue with the perfection and efficiency of a professional. Throughout the book are Pepin’s classic recipes, which offer budding masters the opportunity to put lessons into practice with extraordinary results.

The time-tested recipes in this volume teach everyone, from the greenest home cook to the most wizened professional, how to put techniques into practice. This completely revised edition includes color and black-and-white photographs and is redesigned to make it even easier to follow the step-by-step techniques.


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ISBN-13: 9798894141800
Publisher: Workman Publishing Company
Publication date: 04/07/2026
Pages: 736
Product dimensions: 8.00(w) x 9.25(h) x (d)

About the Author

About The Author
Jacques Pépin is a chef, author, television personality, educator, and artist. He has starred in twelve acclaimed PBS cooking series including Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home which won a Daytime Emmy Award. The winner of sixteen James Beard Awards, including a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005, he is the author of over thirty cookbooks, including The ApprenticeEssential Pépin, and Jacques Pépin Quick & Simple. His dedication to culinary education led to the creation of the Jacques Pépin Foundation in 2016.

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