I love the way the recipes are set out. They
seem to assume that the reader is an adult who’s been living and eating for a
few years and doesn’t have to have the obvious pointed out like, before you can
eat an orange you need to peel it.
I also like the fact that the major form
of measurements used are cups and spoons rather than weight. Somewhere along
the way my scales became erratic and put away somewhere in the deep recesses of
the cupboard which one day I’ll tidy up. But not just yet.
Now to the nitty gritty. The title is suggestive.
So is it about a man giving a woman a good time by feeding her the right foods?
As the author points out, over the centuries - and even now – some ingredientsthat we take for granted are thought of as having characteristics that will help lovers in their intimate moments.
Take the Mediterranean diet, for example.
From Casanova down the Italian male has had the reputation of being a romantic.
What’s their secret? Fish, olive oil and garlic. And you’ll find plenty of
recipes based on these ingredients.
For Catherine the Great of Russia, who
changed lovers as often as……I can’t think of an appropriate simile, but it was
often, especially as she got older and her lovers got younger, it was the ever
popular apple a day.
And when it comes to truffles, anyone who
was anyone – Madam de Pompadour, Napoleon and Rossini to name a few – couldn’t
get enough of them.
Best way to find out is to try out some of
these recipes on that special someone and see what happens. My own feelings are
that good lovers are people who love food to start off with.
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