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NICK GOES ROGUE


"His age, his battered good looks, his accent, the slight sibilance in his voice, his culinary erudition worn lightly, his finely honed knife skills, and the ’70s-era funk of his wood-paneled kitchen: It is somehow a mesmerizing package." Dwight Garner

OK, the holidays are upon us and Nick is approaching his 60th year trying to find the perfect gift for Julie.

I've been jealous of Jacques Pepin every year since, Dwight Garner's review of Pepin's new cookbook, Quick & Simple, explains why. It's not just his recipes, it's him!


                       Julie & Jacques, oh my! 

He's the complete package as Garner describes him, a man who brings the art of french cooking to the masses. Pepin isn't a Michelin Chef, he's everyman's cook who understands that a kitchen is an operating room, not a Michelin fine art studio.

All this combined with a french accent that drives women back to the kitchen after their clandestine affair with factory-prepared dinners that always ends badly.

Quick & Simple is the antidote for kitchen neurosis during a pandemic, lockdown with Jacques Pepin and keep your husband out of the kitchen.




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