Art of the Chicken

Closed, opens at 10amIndependent shop in DowntownDirections

Available from Watson Kennedy when we last checked, in the last two days. Sold from the shop’s own store; the price there is the one that counts.

Chicken may not be an extravagant ingredient, but for master chef Jacques Pépin, it is the one he turns to most frequently to cook and to paint. In this beautifully illustrated book, Jacques reminisces on his life through the lens of the humble bird, from his childhood in rural France, where he chased chickens and watched as his maman turned them into her poulet ŕ la creme, to his demanding apprenticeship and long, illustrious career cooking Chicken Chasseur for Charles de Gaulle and his family,