AIXulent: the recipes

Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah!

So many recipes, so little time…Life is full of good times and great people, and you don't want to waste it slaving away in the kitchen. Or maybe you do, if you're that kind of person. It's okay, I have recipes for you, too.

Here's a buffet of some of my popular favorites. I've listed them by theme…

Loaves & Fishes: How to feed everybody all the time.

It starts with knowing what you've got, and how to use it.

The most popular request I get from the foreign exchange students who come to Aix is, "will you teach me how to cook?" Julia Child taught traditional American housewives how to prepare classic French dishes, but what about today's exhausted hungry people? A ready-made world doesn't leave much room for spontaneous creativity. We don't have the time to work up a meal to impress the husbands' boss. Nor do many of this generation know what to do with what we've got. That's the theme of these recipes.

Remember that the bonus from learning-by-doing is that you get to eat the results!

Mustgoes? What are those?!

Magical Mustgoes: Pizza

Potato-Rice Stew: Inside-Out Warmth

Mother's Butter Cake: taste the love!

Guacamole as a reward for your labors

Let 'em eat Quiche!

Stuff Dat!

the Great Expatriate American Thanksgiving: or how the foreigners feast in Provence

In honor of Pancake Day!

the Mustgoes in China: fried rice

Stone Soup: the more, the merrier

10 Years in Provence

My local favorites, Mediteranean delights, and some table stories, but no tripe.

Paella at Work and Play

Salut, Primavera! The sensual pleasures of a silky smooth Hollandaise sauce

Humus that can move mountains

Summertime is PESTO season!

Amazing Mid-East Marinade

It must be Friday, there's Aiöli on the menu

Summer in a Jar: oven-dried tomatoes

Oh yes, oh yes, oh Gnocchi!

Those yummy bacon-date tapas

Les Aperitifs: the start of something wonderful

Les Aperatifs: amuse your mouth with garbanzo beans

Oso bucco and friends: variations on a Mediterranean beef stew

Choux-Fleurs au Gratin & Sauce Béchamel

Provençal Poule au Riz au Safran

Pot-au-Feu: the 100-year old recipe

North African Aubergine (Eggplant) Pancakes

Nocino: Walnut Wine

The Losers' Game

A variation on 'French Women Don’t Get Fat,' because I’ve seen it happen…Here’s healthy eating for contented eaters. Weight loss doesn’t have to be painful!