Jacques Pepin, the man who taught millions of Americans how to cook, shares the techniques he honed in the most famous kitchens of the world to show you how to create simple, special meals in minutes.

This 4-hour, 2-disc DVD set, the 3rd volume in the Fast Food My Way series, pays tribute to a very simple cuisine, with recipes that require little work and fit nicely into the fast-paced lifestyles of today.

Use the interactivity of the DVD format to learn how to create 8 complete menus -- 31 great-tasting dishes -- all special enough for company, yet easy enough for those weekday evenings when you have no time. Easy and fast can still be deliciously elegant -- with Jacques Pepin Fast Food My Way 3. Disc 1 Lesson 1: scrambled eggs on tomato jus, cauliflower with scallions & sesame oil, grilled striped bass with pimento relish, pink grapefruit terrine Lesson 2: corn & hominy chowder, red snapper with mussels & chorizo, banana bourbon coupe Lesson 3: salmon rolls on fennel salad, broiled lamp chops with spinach, baked potatoes with chive sour cream, crepes with banana-rum filling Lesson 4: crusty tomato savory, shrimp & scallop pillows on boston lettuce, grapefruit gratinee, bowtie pasta with fried eggs & cheese Disc 2 Lesson 5: scrambled eggs with mushrooms & truffles, cubed potatoes with garlic & sage, sauteed quail with raita, pears in honeyed wine Lesson 6: silky tomato soup with spinach coulis, oasted bread & mozzarella, little shrimp casseroles, rhubarb & berry crumble Lesson 7: warm chocolate cakes with apricot-cognac sauce, chopped chicken livers with spinach salad, glazed salmon in mirin, silky chestnut & apple puree Lesson 8: hasty pudding with apricot sauce, instant vegetable soup, broad beans with shallots, halibut on fresh polenta with pepper oil.