The New Intercourses: An Aphrodisiac Cookbook (gotta have it!)
Forget Spanish fly or powdered rhino horn; if you want to get your lover in the mood, look no farther than your local supermarket.
Strawberries, chocolate, caviar and asparagus have long been considered stimulants for the romantic appetite. For centuries, folk
wisdom held that foods either rare or resembling a sexual organ had tremendous power over the libido. Modern science has since debunked that theory, but there’s no denying that a meal lovingly prepared and properly presented with just the right ambience can precipitate the most passionate encounters. In Intercourses: An Aphrodisiac Cookbook, Martha Hopkins and Randall Lockridge appeal to all the senses as they offer up 85 heart-melting, temperature-raising dishes, along with an array of sensuous photographs that will make you look at food in a whole new light.
Cooking to Hook Up (gotta have it!)
Cooking to Hook Up: The Bachelor’s Date-Night Cookbook is really two books–a relationship guide and a cookbook–presented together in a hysterically funny, yet sophisticated voice. The authors carefully instruct their male readers to determine the type of girl his date is. They offer ten distinct types and clear profiles of each type. The book offers five complete menus per girl, as well as numerous other tips on how to get the girl. This is real information and these are real recipes.
Win her With Dinner (gotta have it!)
“Talk about being upfront on the hardcover. “This book’s premise is based upon the simple truth that women like to see a guy put forth a little effort.” Hallelujah. And hello to the intriguing blurbs on the acknowledgements page by Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. Ladies, if all this doesn’t get your attention, the back of the book will: “Any schmo can take a woman to a swanky restaurant and slap down his credit card. Cooking for a woman, however, shows her you’ve put a dash of initiative, a smidgen of energy, and a pinch of thought into the date.” Kitchen novices are walked through an entire meal and evening, including recommendations for wine and music, tips on etiquette and how to create a comfy setting. — USA Today”
Booty Food (gotta have it!)
A date by date, nibble by nibble, course by course guide to cultivating love and passion through food. If Sex and the City’s Carrie Bradshaw cooked, and wrote a cookbook, this might be it. It’s a sassy collection of recipes and menus for the occasions and stages of relationships (from flings to marriage), with dating advice, sex sidebars and a dash of etiquette-a primer on “caviar for newbies”; a key to the pronunciation of wines and international foods; suggestions for successful key exchange0thrown in for good measure. Jacqui Malouf, co-host of Hot off the Grill with Bobby Flay and host of the WE network’s Full Frontal Fashion, offers stories from her own dating life along with simple-chic recipes such as Funky Mimosas for the morning-after breakfast; Pan-Roasted Chicken with Rosemary-Lemon Butter, Blue Cheese Arugula Salad with Honeyed Walnuts, and Grilled Asparagus with Balsamic Vinaigrette for the first home-cooked meal; and Chicken Ramani, Cucumber Raita, and Minty Cuban Mojitos for keeping things”hot”.
Seduction and Spice (gotta have it!)
130 recipes for romance. “In Seduction and Spice, Rudi Sodamin will intoxicate you with delectable aphrodisiacs that will have you scurrying from the kitchen to the bedroom…do, rejoice and indulge in the world of Aphrodite and gastronomy.”–Jacques Pépin, chef, book author, and host of Jacques Pépin’s Kitchen: Encore with Claudine on PBS. Need I say more?
The Seduction Cookbook (gotta have it!)
“The Seduction Cookbook” is probably one of the most exciting cookbooks you will ever buy. Not only does it contain many secrets of seduction, the recipes are exotic and divinely delicious. Your lover will think you are a cooking god or goddess who has arrived to give them a tantalizing gourmet feast. They will worship you later in appreciation. “Cooking and seduction are delicious arts that involve head, hand and heart. Great lovers are inspired by passion, as are great chefs.” ~Diane Brown
Great Food Great Sex (gotta have it!)
If you are concerned about eating well and enjoying great sex, this book is for you. Written by two health psychologists with both clinical and academic experience in nutrition and sexual function, and backed by the latest nutritional and medical research, Great Food, Great Sex is the first food book designed to fire up sexual vitality in both men and women. The simple-to-implement program-including recipes from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health-serves up a dazzling array of sumptuous foods packed with the key nutrients that provide an ample supply of nitric oxide, the proven “miracle molecule” for optimal sexual function.
Will Cook for Sex (gotta have it!)
Women were once taught that the way to a man’s heart was through his stomach. In reality, fewer women cook, or really want to. Making reservations or ordering in has become one of the multiminded abilities of today’s more progressive woman. Therein is the problem. Men must learn to navigate their way around the kitchens, galleys and cucinas of the world. In fact, to every man’s advantage, the women can be very generous to men who know a spoon from a spatula. All men need is some
beautiful inspiration and a few words of simple instruction from Rocky Fino. Step-by-step pictorials include menus and recipes for important occasions like The Date, The Stacked Deck, The Closer, the Morning After and The Weekend Pass.
Will Mix for Sex (gotta have it!)
As if cooking for sex was not enough!…Ready to Mix it Up? Just in time for the holidays, Rocky Fino presents Will Mix for Sex: Twenty-One Classic Cocktails to Set the Mood – the perfect compliment to Rocky’s first book, Will Cook for Sex. Whether you are a woman looking to give a few hints to the man in your life or a man hoping to impress that special someone this is the book
for you. Following the format of Will Cook for Sex, author Rocky Fino details all the needed elements to make any man a master mixologist Find the perfect match for your date with chapters such as Sweet Girls, Tart Girls, Classy Girls, Sunny Girls or Guy’s Girl.
Dishing with Style (gotta have it!)
Trovato worked in just about every part of the cooking world before she became a food stylist, and her experiences all taught her one important lesson: “flavor and balance are the most important aspects of a dish; but without beautiful presentation, they’re essentially lost.” It’s surprising then, she says, that cookbooks rarely give any advice about plating a dish. In her guide, she teaches readers to “style outside the box,” encouraging them to serve hot chocolate in fancy brandy snifters and goat cheese
hors d’oeuvres on curly lettuce leaves. Each of her delicious recipes is followed by two style ideas (one formal, one casual) to help readers understand how the same dish can be served in multiple ways. .
