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The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters

765: French Home Cooking and Baking with Jacques Pépin and Aleksandra Crapanzano

The Splendid Table: Conversations & Recipes For Curious Cooks & Eaters

American Public Media

Arts, Food

4.33K Ratings

🗓️ 29 September 2023

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

This week, we visit the legendary Jacques Pépin at home to talk about one of his favorite subjects, chicken! First, we dive into some of the French chicken classics and talk about his latest book, Art of the Chicken. Then we move over to his kitchen, where he invites us to taste his mother's egg specialty dish, Eggs Jeannette, a pan-crisped deviled egg. Then, we turn to French homebaking with Aleksandra Crapanzano, author of Gateau: The Surprising Simplicity of French Cakes. She talks about how to elevate À la Français a basic cake recipe by using the spirits and pantry items in your cabinet, and leaves us with her delicious recipe for Almond Yogurt Cake, a cake the French teach in preschool! 


Broadcast dates for this episode:


  • September 23, 2022 (originally aired)
  • September 29, 2023 (rebroadcast)




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Hey, it's Francis. You know, there is always going to be a place in my heart for French food. I was trained in it. The heights of the high end are amazing. But what I love most is the simple, old school, everyday cooking for France. And in this episode for a while back, the legend Jacques Papin had us in his home to talk about his love

1:45.8

of cooking chicken. And

1:47.9

my friend Alexandra Propenzano

1:49.7

tells us about the incredibly simple

1:52.0

baking Parisians do at home.

1:54.7

Check it out.

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2:07.9

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