Jacques Pépin And Isaac Mizrahi Team Up On Kickstarter

French chef Jacques Pépin and fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi have announced a collaborative Kickstarter campaign to fund "Artist's Table," an hour-long PBS special that will "highlight their own approaches to food and the parallels between the culinary arts and design."

Sponsorship for the campaign begins at $5, and includes options like a Mizrahi ringtone for $50 ("Darling, answer the phone!"), or a Pépin version ("Répondez, répondez, répondez au téléphone!").

The Kickstarter campaign, which aims to raise $290,000 to fund the hour-long special, will begin Thursday, May 15^th and end Sunday, June 15^th. If the campaign is successful, production will begin in August.

"If we are successful, we will definitely continue with our efforts and make this into a series," Pépin announced. "I would invite artists from the world of music and dance who share a passion for food such as Mark Morris, Yo-Yo Ma, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Michael Tilson Thomas. After all, the food tastes better when you cook with a friend."

Karen Lo is an associate editor at The Daily Meal. Follow her on Twitter @appleplexy.