NOUVELLE CUISINE
Credit: LA Times Crossword
Sylvia Bursztyn and Barry Tunick  (#1-4)

The answers to the clues below will have something in common.

1. Recipe for fitness
2. Recipe for an insincere apology
3. Recipe for exacerbation
4. Recipe for equivocation
5. Recipe for yours, mine, and ours
6. Recipe to cause problems
7. Recipe to relax
8. Recipe for a tribute, often
9. Recipe for intense anger
10. Recipe for a local fund-raiser
11. Recipe for taking time to make a decision

Answers:

1. Whip into shape
2. Cook up an excuse
3. Add insult to injury
4. Beat around the bush
5. Blended family
6. Stir up trouble
7. Chill out
8. Celebrity roast
9. Reach the boiling point
10. Bake sale
11. Reserve judgement