Cookbook author, journalist, and teacher Wells spends much of her time in the south of France, and several of her previous titles, including The Provence Cookbook, have featured the food of that region. Here, she focuses on the abundance of vegetables available to her there, with simple but delicious recipes ranging from Chunky Corn Soup with Cilantro and Smoked Paprika to Lemon-Roasted Potatoes with Bay Leaves. Vegetables are the featured player, but this is not a vegetarian cookbook: there are recipes for meat and fish main courses as well. Wells’s recipes are always mouth-watering, and her books are always popular. Highly recommended.