'Worth the Journey!' trumpeted the Guide Michelin.
Crammed into a dilapidated vintage car driven by her eccentric father, seven-year-old Pascale Beale raced across Europe from one three-star restaurant to another. These world- famous temples of La Haute Cuisine, Pere Bise, Paul Bocuse, La Pyramide, all had a profound effect on her culinary aspirations, and it was only natural that she eventually follow their illustrious chefs' footsteps into the realm of cooking. These gastronomic pilgrimages always left a drizzly London behind and headed south into France and summer. Her new book takes us there too, both in title and spirit.
A mouth watering succession of recipes are like so many stops on a favorite road trip, each to be savored along the way, friends and family in tow. With delicious photographs illustrating the tempting menus, you can easily envision yourself pulling up chair at a sunny table and tasting the essence of summer in the meal before you.
Pascale's good friend and mentor, the late Julia Child once said, 'You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces - just good food from fresh ingredients.' In the pages of A Menu for All Seasons-Summer, you will see that this has become Pascale's motto.