Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen

Title: Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen Author: Jacques Pepin ISBN: 9780618197378 Publisher: Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Published: 2003 Binding: Hardcover Language: English Condition: Used: Good Moderate edge wear. Binding good. May have marking in text. We sometimes source from libraries. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders. H 1670796 Publisher Description: In this captivating memoir, the man whom Julia Child has called "the best chef in America" tells the story of his rise from a frightened apprentice in an exacting Old World kitchen to an Emmy Awardwinning superstar who taught millions of Americans how to cook and shaped the nation's tastes in the bargain.We see young Jacques as a homesick six-year-old boy in war-ravaged France, working on a farm in exchange for food, dodging bombs, and bearing witness as German soldiers ca