Jacques Pépin picks chanterelles every summer in the backyard of his Connecticut home. They pop from the ground, wavy golden goblets waiting for him in the shade. Those chanterelles, prized by chefs ...

Jacques Pépin sits on a stool in the kitchen of his Madison home with a pegboard wall of cooper pots as a golden backdrop and his black miniature poodle, Gaston, at the alert by his side. Pépin shows ...

Jacques Pépin, an artist in the kitchen who has parlayed his extraordinary cooking skills to become world famous, is also an artist with a paintbrush.

Minute Recipe: Fried Capers Lobster Roll Medallions on Spinach Salad show off Jacques' new presentation of a summer seafood favorite. He proves that a craving for hearty food can be satisfied in ...

"I am very often considered the quintessential ‘French chef,'" he says with an unmistakable French lilt. "My accent is very Yankee," he jokes.

The beloved chef, who brought French cooking skills to the American masses, is celebrating his upcoming birthday with 90 parties around the country. The chef Jacques Pépin won’t turn 90 until Dec. 18, ...

Jacques Pépin stands in the walkway to the kitchen that he built behind his Madison home for filming purposes. SHAHRZAD RASEKH / CT MIRROR Jacques Pépin picks chanterelles every summer in the backyard ...