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The Apprentice : My Life in the Kitchen by Jacques Pépin is a cooking available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Apprentice : My Life in the Kitchen about?
A culinary legend tells his story, from boyhood in wartime France to stardom in America, and shares favorite recipes: “A delicious book...a joy.”—The New York Times Book Review In this memoir, the man Julia Child called “the best chef in America” tells of his rise from a frightened apprentice in an exacting Old World kitchen to an Emmy Award-winning superstar who taught millions of Americans how to cook and shaped the nation's tastes in the bargain. We see Jacques as a homesick six-year-old in war-ravaged France, working on a farm in exchange for food, dodging bombs, and bearing witness as German soldiers capture his father, a fighter in the Resistance. Soon Jacques is caught up in the hurly-burly action of his mother's café, where he proves a natural. He endures a literal trial by fire and works his way up the ladder in the feudal system of France's most famous restaurant, finally becoming Charles de Gaulle's personal chef, watching the world being refashioned from the other side of the kitchen door. When he comes to America, Jacques falls in with a small group of as-yet-unknown food lovers, including Craig Claiborne, James Beard, and Julia Child, whose adventures redefine America
Who reads The Apprentice : My Life in the Kitchen?
It is typically read by readers building habits, skills, productivity or wellbeing.
Common subject areas: self-improvement, productivity, wellness.
- Author
- Jacques Pépin
- Publisher
- A Rux Martin Book, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Published
- 2003
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780544657496
- Category
- cooking
- Subjects
- Memoir, Fiction, Home & Lifestyle
- Rating
- 4.16 / 5 (5,947 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-13