In 1982, along with Alain Saihlac and André Soltner, Pépin was invited by Dorothy Cann Hamilton to become one of the deans at the newly formed culinary school, the French Culinary Institute, in New York City, now known as the International Culinary Center (ICC). Also 1982, he filmed his first television series, with PBS local station WJCT-TV in Jacksonville, Florida, and published a companion cookbook entitled "Everyday Cooking with Jacques Pépin". Through the 1980s and into the 1990s, Pépin was published as a columnist for "The New York Times", and a guest author for "Gourmet", "Food & Wine" and many others. He authored several more cookbooks, including "The Art of Cooking", volumes 1 and 2, and "The Short-Cut Cook".