The Seduction Cookbook - Sex and the Kitchen

Lovers and food have been written about in epics, told in sonnets and used in rituals to unite people together.  Wars have been fought over cuisine, and kings have made treaties over exquisite dinners.   Love is the one topic that even Shakespeare couldn't really quite wrap his finger around and has churned out the most novels in the history of literature.

We live in an age, where we have all varieties of food right at our fingertips and sex can be an easily spoken topic at the dinner table.  Food and sex are both very important, passionate affairs in our lives; except, they are almost always performed in two very far and separate rooms.  Then, what is it about food and sex that we always associate together?

Diane Brown, author of The Seduction Cookbook, has attempted to entwine food and sex from an ambiguous relationship to a no nonsense fusion of words and produce.  The first impression you receive of the book cover is of pears laid out seductively caressing each other.  Reminiscing of a trio of woman languidly holding each other, I thought this would be a promising afternoon of romping around the kitchen and flashing naked produce with a 'come hither' look at my unfortunate test subject, who in the meantime, was more intent on staring at half naked woman on Elimidate and squirming every time I brought the sensual edamame towards him.

Nevertheless, I persevered and tried to pick out a simple yet, ravishing meal that would ensure a lot of finger licking, pushing all dinnerware aside, and displace the idea that food and sex could not be succeeded in one room.  As I searched through the cookbook, anticipating a Casablanca afternoon, making a love potion to seduce my unwilling test subject, I had to stop fantasizing.  First, I realized that I would have to find these items and then learn how to use a broiler or an oven.  If you do not regularly cook and do not know what a puttanesca is, the Seduction Cookbook will be a little hard to interpret.  The directions were vague in some recipes and it was hard to deduce what the author meant by grilled bread perfumed with olive oil.  I didn't have any unused perfume bottle, so I thought a water bottle could be a good substitute.

Overall, the dish was prepared without complications.  I couldn't say that the same zest was used as I had earlier with my endeavors but, I had a dish that looked like pasta and not a whole lot like a Pasta Puttanesca.  So, I put on my best 'I am a whore come to seduce you' outfit and presented my seduction (Pasta Puttensca was a recipe made for prostitutes to entice sailors).   The meal was delicious and I soon became more engrossed with eating then, seducing my subject. 

Unfortunately, I wasn't able to succeed in seducing my test subject but, I did enjoy fantasizing about it the whole afternoon.

This is definitely a cookbook for lovers.  The words border on very graphic descriptions and can definitely stir up some actions before the placemats are set.  But, unfortunately there are no love potions in here to seduce unwilling test subjects.

The Seduction Cookbook is a fascinating collection of recipes and a very sensual introduction.  Diane Brown has a very unique approach to showing us what she's made of.  A lover herself, she is definitely trying to make others into lovers too.  She has carved a place for herself in the male dominated world of culinary arts.  How she does it is very titillating, and I recommend this to all the enthusiastic lovers and culinary lovers also.

Diane Brown has definitely entwined food and sex into a map for lovers to enjoy.  These two very passionate affairs have come together under The Seduction Cookbook and she has proven that Food and Sex is something that can be enjoyed in the 21st. century.  So, if you have a hungry lover waiting for you at home, I'd hightail it to the supermarket and learn how to use a broiler.