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](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vQMRTEmx_hrSYyzSHz4w-GvZakOE0VsG6cYRuF9ZxJvitR9QwoBkzclVyWyXTPrI5kCk11hDwtoxcyN8a8zVqWviJA5mJl4C3HLtChPq5KcOmf42E-HsNpyQy65_ivhdbv=s0-d)
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](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sp_MpoWcVZL066WY_MlGWcWe2xrfJZsRmSZp2Vz5I7UeLxTAlHbo6lwwyynJ2l0FnGOiKezqQgxCPfnpCBk5MHB1GyEzGaEihJih_S4gkp869HuFzy6MGeGSVbVRn85m96=s0-d)
I stood there while Chef Pepin was signing my book gushing about how his tome,
La Technique![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_vbPnBuAqTIQAYGqGWeyszIioFVp3x8M1KOUmy5YSdb2Ll8fpvk_q_2qVUxJ0VPHLpOUta-2VJWm0t03fH8qHgM-by9yCGBg69DuNHPTvYkuRDk8ioI2-eGt0SR5ahE33_PY8GLUORFBRx0-ZI=s0-d)
, 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.