Jacques Pepin: More Fast Food My Way
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Actor: Jacques P?pinBrand: PBS
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 780 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2009-01-06
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: PBS (DIRECT)
Movie Reviews of Jacques Pepin: More Fast Food My Way
Movie Review: An excellent follow-up to the first series.
Summary: 4 Stars
If you liked the first Fast Food My Series, this certainly won't let you down. Especially since, for some unknown reason, this entire 3-disc series costs 1/3 as much as first series. Additionally, the annoying audio problem that was present on the DVD's of the first series has thankfully been fixed. This is all good news.
Other good news is that there are a whole new set of recipes here that you're going to be able to work into every day life. To be honest, the first time I watched this series I wasn't terribly impressed - I didn't think it was going to stand up to the original. But upon second viewing I wondered what I was thinking. There's a lot of simple dishes here that prepare really well. So far I've successfully done the mustard crust chicken, the cod with an olive & tomato crust, the instant Tibetan flatbread, the stuffed pork tenderloin with tomatoes, the pork medallions with pomegranate reduction, the broccoli stem risotto, the corn parfait, and a couple of the fruit desserts (there are about 9,000 of these) and a few others I can't think of off the top of my head. I've yet to have a recipe that was a loser, and honestly these are pretty easy. (Yes, you have to make some adjustments to cooking times, liquid levels, etc. depending on your ingredients/stove/etc., but nothing that wouldn't be expected when dealing with any cookbook.)
So why'd I dock this a star? Well, a couple of things: First, 1/3 of this book is desserts. Really nice, easy desserts that involve a lot of fruit and fruit preserves. These are good recipes! But the problem is that they pushed out other dishes like soups and salads in order to fit a dessert into EVERY episode. (Pepin himself says he rarely eats dessert at home!) So while I like the dessert recipes that are here, there are almost no soups or salads compared to the last series. I'd find soups & salads much more useful on an every day basis. My other issue has to do with some of the recipes seeming a bit mailed in: Microwaved bacon with maple syrup on it immediately comes to mind. Granted, this is one of the shows introductory 30 second recipes, but it just feels... I don't know... cheap. But it must be said that good recipes far outweigh these, so don't be put off by this. Also don't let that fool you into thinking this is a bunch of microwaved food - this is real cooking.
Overall this is another great series from Jacques and KQED, and would do wonders for someone who is new to cooking, or someone who just wants to add a few more simple but *good* recipes to their everyday repertoire. And if you're going to get this, you'd might as well spring for the companion book as well, so you can have everything down in writing to take with you to the market. (The nice thing is after you do a lot of these recipes, you realize you can do them again from memory without worrying too much about specific proportions/measurements. That's when you can start lending the book to all your friends!)
So four stars compared to the first Fast Food My Way, and about a million stars compared to any other cooking shows currently on-air. Check it out.
Summary of Jacques Pepin: More Fast Food My Way
In Jacques P?pin: More Fast Food My Way, the man who taught millions of Americans how to cook shares the techniques he honed in the most famous kitchens of the world to show you how to create simple, special meals in minutes. Jacques shows you how to create great-tasting dishes ranging from stunning salads to main courses to desserts - all special enough for company, yet easy enough for those weekday evenings when you have no time.Documentary DVD Video
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