[Jamestown1630]

A story about Howard Johnson’s should include Jacques Pepin - he was invited to work in the Kennedy White House, but turned it down to work at HoJo’s instead.

[Sacajaweau]

I saw his Life Story on PBS?? Amazing man. Dedicated and quite handsome. Add the accent...and Voila...a star is born.

I love the shows when he works with his granddaughter....and his daughter.

[dennisw]

Jacques Pepin is 86 so he must have been doing something right. He had a very good TV show. PBS used to have quite a few of them a while back. Yan can Cook and that Louisiana guy who poured wine into everything he cooked. Even that bald church minster guy from Seattle, who turned out was gay and was getting it on with his young assistants.

Floyd on Fish from England (BBC) was a favorite. He was hilarious, and drank vino openly during his show.