Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home: A Cookbook. (Julia Child & Jacques Pepin with David Nussbaum) Barcelona Buddhist temple priest and chef

Buddhist temple priest and chef Koyu Iinuma shares the simple and delicious plant-based meals he prepares in the kitchens of Fukushoji temple in Yokohama

and butter bean hummus

Essential Pépin spans the many styles of Jacques’s cooking: homey country French

and other delights

Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home: A Cookbook. (Julia Child & Jacques Pepin with David Nussbaum) Barcelona Buddhist temple priest and chefChild & Pepin demonstrate techniques (on which they dont always agree), discuss ingredients, improvise, balance flavors to round out a meal, and conjure up new dishes from leftovers. Center stage are carefully spelled out recipes flanked by Julias and Jacquess commentsthe accumulated wisdom of two lifetimes of honing their cooking skills. Fine.