Chaucer’s Books will host chef and author Pascale Beale for a book talk and signing of her latest book “Flavour,” 6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12.

The ingredient-focused, Mediterranean-inspired recipes in Beale’s latest culinary book “Flavour,” (the fourth in her “Market Table” series) explores the taste of seasonality, encompassing the freshness of spring, the heat of summer, the warmth of autumn, and the cooling of winter.

Grouped by key seasonal ingredients, with full-page photos of every dish, anecdotes, practical tips, and uncomplicated recipes that work, “Flavour” focuses on Mediterranean-style seasonal cooking.

The book is a compendium of nearly 150 healthy, savory and sweet, primarily plant-based dishes, spotlighting the taste, textures and colors of some 90 different fruits, herbs, vegetables, and other seasonal produce.

Beale, chef, teacher, food writer, and owner of Pascale’s Kitchen in Santa Barbara, grew up in an eccentric European family that cherished food, wine and the arts. After moving to California and 14 years in the property business, she changed careers and opened her cooking school in 1999.

Beale is the author of 10 Mediterranean-style cookbooks, including the best sellers “Salade” and “Salade II,” and “Les Fruits: Savory and Sweet Recipes from the Market Table,” “Les Légumes: Vegetable Recipes from the Market Table,” and the four-volume Mediterranean-influenced cookbook series, “A Menu for All Seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn, and Winter.”

She is also an award-winning food columnist and photographer for Edible Santa Barbara. Her food memoir “9′ x 12′: Adventures in a Small Kitchen, Recipes for Stirring Times,” a multi-media book, hosted on Substack, was released in 2023. “Flavour, Savouring the Seasons: Recipes from The Market Table” is her 11th cookbook.

Beale’s articles and recipes from The Market Table can be found on her epicurean website. Pascale lives with her family in Santa Barbara.