SIGNED: Everyday Cooking with Jacques Pepin (Jacques Pepin)

Harper & Row Publishers, New York, 1982. First Edition Paperback. SIGNED.

Before Alison Roman gave us Something from Nothing, there was Jacques Pepin’s Everyday Cooking. This paperback edition was published as a companion to the PBS mini-series of the same name where Jacques demonstrated techniques to create economical, recipeless, french inflected meals from whatever homecooks had on hand. While lettuce soufflé and chicken liver pâté might not be the first things that come to mind for a weeknight pantry dinner, Jacques’ patient optimism and step-by-step instructions invite you to a world in which whipping up a Mayonnaise of Fish on a Tuesday is as second nature as putting a pot of water on to boil.