Acclaimed for the joyful ease with which he makes classic cuisine simple, healthy, quick to prepare, and even economical, Jacques Pepin has pioneered a contemporary approach that emphasizes a diversity of fresh ingredients, a light touch, and time spent at the table, not in the kitchen.

Low on drudgery, high on joie de vivre, Jacques Pepin's Table showcases Pepin's inimitable cooking and teaching style, presenting more than three hundred recipes from all three seasons of the popular Today's Gourmet series, along with complete menu and wine suggestions, and more than a hundred instructional tips and techniques on everything from butterflying chicken breasts or peeling asparagus to freezing and then baking a souffle. A nutritional analysis is provided for each dish, as are comments on the nutritional value of various ingredients. Gorgeous food photography and hundreds of Pepin's own delightful drawings are interspersed. From Corn Polenta with Mushroom Ragout to White Peach and Walnut Tart, Salmon in Savory Broth to Farmer Bread, these recipes epitomize Pepin's trademark attention to lower-calorie, health-minded, easy-to-prepare cuisine that includes more fiber, less saturated fat, lean meats, and vegetables cooked to preserve their vitamins and nutrients.

Informed throughout by Pepin's irresistible combination of simple sophistication and warm conviviality, Jacques Pepin's Table is an indispensable compendium of common sense and inspiration for both everyday family meals and special occasion entertaining.

"The French-born author-chef needs no gastronomical gimmicks to enchant. Pepin's modern French dishes are mouth-watering." New York Daily News

"Pepin's principles are straightforward: cooking can be healthy, fast, easy, and fun?. From festive Sunday-dinner and special guest menus to budget fare." Food Arts

"Pepin's recipes are consistently the best on television." San Francisco Examiner

"[Today's Gourmet with Jacques Pepin] is a cooking show for true foodies that will send sensualists straight into the kitchen." The New York Times

"Pepin is one of the finest of the TV chefs. His quiet elegance, genuine humor, and rock-steady authoritativeness simply outclasses his competition." Eating Well

"Pepin has perhaps the most impressive recipe of the TV cooks, but he also seems to be the hippest." American Way

The master chef and PBS superstar presents this comprehensive volume of more than 300 recipes presented on many of his public television shows. Dishes are brought to life through 72 stunning color photographs and hundreds of Ppin's own line drawings.

Contains over 300 recipes for every season and occasion.