food & art

 Ok, since people are dropping recipes in here, I will share one of my favorite books to give to chefs.

Here is some of the intro..."Ever since Marc Antony first fed Cleopatra grapes, sensual foods have been intertwined with romance. InterCourses: an aphrodisiac cookbook follows suit, bringing more than 85 heart melding dishes to the table, the bed, and wherever else might be entertaining..."

"But the cherry on the top, so to speak, is the array of full color photographs that reveal a new side to seemingly normal food." (Whew, you can say that again! Mamma Mia, beautiful spicy photos!)

This book is great, however I really loved the very exotic photos in the original one. I'll try to find it and post it.

 great recipes, sometimes campy discussion of love, March 7, 2002

By	NotATameLion (Michigan) - See all my reviews

As far as recipes go, Martha Hopkins and Randall Lockridge's "InterCourses" is top notch. This book is full of consistently great recipes. It is probably the best book I've ever read for finding great ways to use Rosemary.

The recipes are listed under the following headings: chocolate, asparagus, chiles, coffee, basil, grapes, strawberries, honey, artichokes, black beans, oysters, rosemary, edible flowers, pine nuts, avocado, libations, and figs. Particularly strong sections are the aforementioned Rosemary, the section on Strawberries and the one on Honey. The best recipes I've tried so far are the easy strawberry empanadas, and the pasta with rosemary cream sauce.

The photography is outstnding and (surprisingly) rather tasteful. My quibble is with the all too campy final section of the book. We are definately dealing with the "eros" form of love here (which is quite dangerous without knowledge of "agape" love).

All in all, "Intercourses" is a very solid cookbook. Despite the flashes of camp, it is very nicely put together--and it features a ton of good recipes. I recommend it.

Some more very spicy books on the next page, for some VaVa Voom click on read more and scroll to the bottom!