Every young chef should read this book before they embark on a career in cooking. From Alsace to Yorkshire is more than a cookbook, it is Lionel's journey, a journey with which any chef or restaurateur will identify. Lionel's success however is not just his dogged determination, he is also a very talented chef with an enviable ability to fuse the cooking of two, vital, lively areas, Yorkshire and Alsace. Each has their own culinary identity yet Lionel has taken the best of each and let them shine individually as well as together. As the wealth of recipes in the book shows Lionel has held on to his roots whist embracing those of his 'new' home. Alsace's loss was certainly Yorkshire's gain. Great life story, brilliant and easy to follow recipes.