Art of the Chicken: A Master Chef's Paintings, Stories, and Recipes of the Humble Bird

"“Proust had his madeleine, I have chickens.” So says Jacques Pépin, legendary French chef and artist of the dinner plate, who turns out to be as adept with canvas, oil and acrylic as he is with a knife and skillet. Colorfully daubed, brilliantly wattled roosters strut across these pages. Pépin has lived a gloriously full life, and his reminiscences are as savory as his artwork. What you won’t find here, though, is recipes – just soulful little paragraphs rendering homage to oeufs en gelée or coq au vin or poulet Pavillon. It’s a feast for the eyes that leaves you tantalizingly hungry for more."