Photo by Tom Hopkins
John Hennelly and Janice Staires
John Hennelly (CAS’72) (far left) and his wife, Janice Staires (CAS’73), hosted celebrated chef, cookbook author, and BU faculty member Jacques Pépin (Hon.’11) at their Connecticut home in December. Jan’s book club had been reading Jacques’ memoir, The Apprentice: My Life in the Kitchen (HarperCollins, 2003), so she wrote to the chef—also a Connecticut resident—and asked him to dinner. Joining them were the couple’s daughter Karen Staires Hennelly (Wheelock’05) and Jacques’ friend and photographer Tom Hopkins (who took the photo) and pup, Gaston.
From the Winter-Spring 2025 issue.