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This comprehensive, authoritative presentation includes more than 500 techniques and 160 recipes, demonstrated by master chef Jacques Pepin in thousands of step-by-step photographs.; A comprehensive culinary course on every aspect of classic cooking, from the basics (how to sharpen a knife or peel an onion), to the practical (how to properly bone a chicken), to the whimsical (how to make decorative swans and flower out of fruits and vegetables), to the complex (how to lard a pheasant pate and encase it in a decorative crust of breading, or how to break a saddle of lamb).; Pepin´s time-tested recipes show budding chefs, from the greenest home cook to the most seasoned professional, how to put techniques into practice.; This completely revised and updated edition is also completely redesigned, with hundreds of full-colour photographs making it even easier to follow the step-by-step techniques.

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Jacques Pépin is universally hailed by professional chefs and home cooks as the grand master of cooking skills and methods. Now, his classic seminal work, Jacques Pépin´s Complete Techniques, is completely revised and updated with more than 1,000 color photographs and 30% new techniques.

A culinary masterclass taught by the master himself, Jacques Pépin´s New Complete Techniques 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 photographs featuring Pépin himself.

Follow along as this culinary legend demonstrates every aspect of classic cooking, from start to finish. Whether you´re a home cook interested in learning basic skills, or a seasoned professional looking for pro-tips, Jacques Pépin´s New Complete Techniques has something for everyone. An example of the range of topics covered includes:
How to sharpen a knife
How to peel an onion
How to bone a chicken
How to make decorative swans and flowers out of fruits and vegetables
How to use an old refrigerator as a smoker for trout
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 thousands of 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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"There has never been anything like it anywhere."
-Julia Child

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Jacques Pépin has published 26 cookbooks and hosted 12 public television cooking series. One of the best-known culinary teachers in the world, he´s earned a place in the James Beard Foundation´s Cookbook Hall of Fame, captured the foundation´s Who´s Who of Food and Beverage in America award, been recognized for Best TV Cooking Segment and Best Culinary Video, and earned the foundation´s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2005. Chef Jacques won a daytime Emmy award for a television show he co-hosted with Julia Child and is among an elite group that has received the Chevalier de L´Ordre des Arts et des Lettres and Chevalier de L´Ordre du Agricole, two of the highest honors bestowed by the French government. The founder of the American Institute of Wine and Food, he shares his knowledge through teaching at The French Culinary Institute. He lives with his wife in Madison, CT.

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