Simple flour and baking powder are pantry staples and the foundation of the step-by-step recipe for Soda Bread. Jacques goes on to add yeast to flour for a country bread called Gros Pain.

In its 26th season, the Traveling Jewish Theatre (TJT) takes on its most challenging project to date, addressing the conflict in the Middle East. Spark visits the TJT’s ensemble cast of “Blood ...

Brandade De Morue au Gratin is a dish Jacques regularly made for his mother-in-law. He demonstrates it in the step-by-step at the beginning of the show. He continues on with an elegant Sea Bass in ...

The Navajo Generating Station is coal-fired power plant in Arizona, just outside the Grand Canyon National Park. It’s one of two coal plants that supplies more than 40% of Los Angeles’ power.

“When I start painting, I just smear paint on the canvas, for no reason at all. It just gets me started. After I do that, a certain feeling starts to take place and I go with it. So there’s no ...

Jacques Pépin is world-renowned as a chef and the host of his acclaimed and popular cooking programs on public television, and as a respected instructor, a prolific author and gifted artist.

Jacques doesn’t like to waste anything…not even the dough trimmings from his puff pastry. He uses them to make cookies like Pigs Ears and Sugared Puff Paste Sticks in the episode’s opening ...

Crêpes a la Confiture are a childhood favorite of many a Frenchman including both Jacques and his best friend of 50 years, Jean-Claude. Jacques quickly makes the crepe batter for this tasty ...

Jacques helps his daughter Claudine relinquish her fear of making pastry with his easy Tartelettes Aux Fruit Panaches. She goes on to assist her father in the kitchen as he makes his variation of ...

Episode 103: Sweets For My Sweet Recipe: Individual Chocolate Nut Pies The rich filling for these little pies is a mixture of bittersweet chocolate, corn syrup, eggs, and mixed nuts. Baked in a ...

“There have been a lot of moments where I’m just almost crying with joy and pride when I see my daughters playing and really having an effect on an audience.”— Miguel Govea Michael Govea ...