The books all sound alike on Amazon. I'm very familiar with him and have used a lot of his recipes over the years, but I do not have one of his cookbooks. I read cookbooks for inspiration in meal planning. I'd just rather have most of the recent recipes in a nice book instead of on a FB video. You can't make notations on a Kindle book, either.

I don't have any Jaques Pepin cookbooks, but I do love his videos and any other food video.

You could visit the library and take a look at their selection.

C'mon Sushipup, are you impatient? Here's a sampling of what I found.

Heart Healthy

Fast Food - two volumes

Techniques - several

His Favorite Recipes - two different ones

Cooking with his granddaughter

Simple and Healthy

Economical Cooking

Art of the Chicken

Chicken and Vegetable recipes

Quick and Simple

Best Bread Ever

What are you looking for?

Most books on Amazon have the ”look inside” or “read sample” feature, that allows you to preview a portion of the contents. For cookbooks, you should also be able to see the Table of Contents to see what recipes are included. And, even if you don’t have a Kindle, you can ”send a free sample” to your Kindle library and then use the free Kindle app on your computer to read the sample. Cookbook samples virtually always include a few complete recipes.

I don’t have any of his books. Judi’s library suggestion sounds good. A quick search pulled up this FWIW. Maybe someone here will know more.

https://www.reddit.com/r/CookbookLovers/comments/15qeyqr/whats_your_favorite_jacques_pepin_book/?sort=new

A recent birthday gift was The French Laundry Cookbook. Many of the recipes aren’t anything I’d attempt, but it’s fun to browse through. I do admire Thomas Keller. It’s also a nice coffee table book.

I was also going to suggest checking some out from the library. Your library can probably access many through interlibrary loan in addition to what they have in house. Eta: I just checked my library and they have 9 different cookbooks of his, so I’ll bet your library will have some.

I think there may be one at my mother’s house. If so, im happy to send it to you. ill let you know.

I would recommend Julia and Jacques Cooking At Home because that is my favorite of all of the shows he has been on.

If you want just Jacques, then Essential Pépin: More Than 700 All-Time Favorites from My Life in Food might be a better choice, and it is fairly comprehensive, and it comes with a DVD.

I like watching his shows, but most of what he makes I already know how to do and/or have versions in cookbooks that I already have. My grandmother was from Alsace, and her cooking was very similar. I have several Julia Child cookbooks, and I was much more interested in French cooking when I was much younger. My last roommate in San Francisco used Julia Child's Mastering the Art of French Cooking for everything that he made.

I'm still a fan of Thomas Keller, and he was also from Alsace, like my grandmother, but I don't like any recipes that have tarragon, which I used to grow before I knew I didn't like it.

I do not know where the videos you watch originate from. But he has a LOT of cooking videos on YouTube. If you click to expand the description under the video on YouTube, it lists the ingredients needed. A lot of his recipes are online already. So if you see a video you like, you could just search for and print the recipe. Its what I do sometimes instead of buying a wholoe cookbook. Cooking videos irk me sometimes too, because I don't like to watch someone chop or stir or shake a pan. I get impatient. I want the next step!

I don't have any of his cookbooks but his biography: Apprentice, My Life in the kitchen is a really good read.

I agree with you on watching videos! I only watch when I need specific instructions for something that I have to see. Otherwise, I'd rather read and look at pictures, which I can do at my own pace.

Watching him handle raw chicken puts you at greater risk for salmonella poisoning than eating recalled Quaker products, as far as I’m concerned. 😂

I just watched a couple of his videos cooking chicken and noticed he had a piece of plastic wrap on the cutting surface, under the chicken. I thought this looked like a great idea. I'm always paranoid about raw chicken. I season it while it's still sitting in the packaging and wash my hands about a dozen times while seasoning. Next time I'm going to use his method, because I really want to try cutting next to the thighbone before cooking.

Dedtired, that would be lovely, thank you,. Let me know if you find one.

I only asked for a book recommendation, friends!

Wow. How dare people have a conversation. 🙄

No problem with conversations, but I was hoping for a recommendation. Lars had some ideas, thank you!

My suggestion to use the library was to peruse different books to find one that you might want to purchase. I have been given cookbooks before that the giver loved, but didn’t fit my tastes, so am always hesitant to recommend cookbooks to others. But, admittedly, I don’t have any of his!

Definitely a library or bookstore. My library lists 18 books; one is a combo Jacques and Julia. I doubt a bookstore would have as wide a selection.