Back-to-back Beale and Lamott’s Elixirs

Santa Barbara chef and author Pascale Beale is booked for two public events this week to celebrate the launch of her new cookbook, FLAVOUR – Savouring The Seasons: Recipes From The Market Table. This is the fourth in the Market Table series from the proprietor of Pascale’s Kitchen, the online culinary boutique. The new book offers ingredient-focused, Mediterranean-inspired, primarily plant-based recipes that explore the taste of seasonality. Beale will discuss and sign her book at Chaucer’s on Tuesday, November 12 before heading over to A to Z Cooking School for a more hands (and mouths) on opportunity as part of the Women’s Literary Voices Salon. At the November 13 event, guests can savor the flavors of autumn through a cooking demonstration and tasting of Beale’s Grape Harvester’s Salad, one of her signature dishes. Following will be an interview with the chef-author about her creative process in both the kitchen and on the page. Details at www.chaucersbooks.com or www.sbwomensliteraryvoices.org

Elsewhere, the highly-praised veteran author and writer Anne Lamott is heading our way again for a talk at the Arlington Theatre on November 13. Lamott has penned dozens of books both fiction and nonfiction, including Bird by Bird, the all-time classic guide on writing from a place of truth, as well as collections of essays on faith. Lamott’s latest is titled Somehow: Thoughts on Love, in which the enchanting, lyrical writer addresses some of the most complex and intimate parts of life with grace and precision as she explores the struggles of love and the transformative power of intimacy. Lamott’s trademark honesty and humor as she discusses finding love late in life, the changing ways we love our children, and the ways love can keep us going in a painful world, seems like a great idea in the post-election period. Visit www.ArtsAndLectures.UCSB.edu.