Just returned from
Taste of the Nation New Haven courtesy of
Foodbuzz. What a fantastic event for a great cause, ending child hunger in the US with
Share Our Strength. I'll be giving you the complete run down tomorrow but I just had to share a small moment with you.
Look what I came home with!
![More Fast Food by Jacques Pepin](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3536/3469217777_af53d54aa0_o.jpg)
I've had
Julia fondle my cheese and now I can cook with Jacques looking over my kitchen.
![Jacques Pepin's Autograph in my cookbook](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3654/3470030962_6717414d05_o.jpg)
I stood there while Chef Pepin was signing my book gushing about how his tome,
La Technique![](http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=thesourdough-20&l=as2&o=1&a=0517324199)
, taught me knife skills. What an blubbering idiot I must have seemed.
Still, it doesn't get any better than being the presence of one of your cooking idols.