This September, Dallas will play host to a culinary celebration unlike any other. On Friday, September 26, some of the city’s most acclaimed chefs will gather under one roof at Fearing’s Restaurant to honor one of the greatest living legends in the food world—Jacques Pépin—as he marks his 90th birthday.
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by Steven Doyle
This might be a bad week to be a chef, or a chef’s critic, depending on which side of the kitchen stadium you are sitting. The week began with a column penned by Jacques Pepin where he took a major chunk of reality chefs to task. Although not mentioned directly, much of the hullabaloo seemingly took Gordon Ramsay, king of the F-Bomb, to task.
The information that Pepin laid out was lined with a heart-felt indignation over the fact that on these programs chefs demoralize their staff, something that is hardly done in reality. Pepin went on to say in his article, “For the good of his or her restaurant, the chef should be a role model, an educator who probes and advises his cooks”. Continue reading
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Remember when you said you wanted to live in Jacques Pepin’s summer home in Playa del Carmen? And remember you said you wanted him to leave behind all the furnishings, much which is one of a kind artisan pieces? Now you can own or lease the beautiful one bedroom home with the awesome private roof top terrace with fantastic ocean views.
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