In this light-hearted memoir, acclaimed chef and food writer Jacques Pépin writes about his start in the food business, beginning as a 13-year-old apprentice. Before he was 23, he had cooked in a brasserie where Sartre was a regular, held a position as DeGaulle's cook, and traveled to America--where his career really took off. Pépin's story, it turns out, is very much a story of America and its appetites. A New York Times Notable Book for 2003.
- Genre: Biography + Autobiography
- Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
- Pages: 336
- Edition: Reprint
- Language: English
- Format: paperback
- Release Date: May 7, 2004
- Date Published: May 7, 2004
- Author: Jacques Pepin