Columns – Love Bites
Food and love are closely allied. Love bites is about both. It’s about eating as an adventure, rather than a chore. Many lessons are learned through food and, although, one would assume these to be culinary, pay careful attention because they are very often lessons in love.
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Love Bites
Seduction and the spinach leaf
We all know how hard it is to achieve the two seemingly incompatible goals of seducing someone with food whilst, if not actually losing weight, at least clinging to a body that can play a role in the seduction process too. Of course these are not issues that come up in the writing of romantic fiction but in living out that life of romance they are all too real. So what does one do when the obvious solution to the second goal - to live on a diet of green leafy vegetables – is most certainly not going to help you achieve the first, ever so slightly more important goal?
Love Bites
On how to detox – or an excuse to spend the weekend giving and getting massages.
When those first heady months settle into something resembling a more permanent relationship, it’s time to take stock. Not only of the state of the relationship but of the state of your body.
My guess is that things have got a little out of hand, that there are a couple of extra kilos attached to the hips and that in the interests of lasting attraction a detox weekend is in order – for both of you, together.
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Sultry Nights in Zanzibar
I can tell you with absolute certainty that some of the most romantic meals in the world can be had in Zanzibar.
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On what to eat when disappointed in love
That inevitable day has come. It’s over. He’s gone for good. You haven’t yet got to the point at which you’re able to think about picking up the pieces and moving on. You need to indulge and wallow. In my opinion there is only one food suitable for this most miserable of times: chocolate.
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A picnic in Paris followed by a night or two ensconced in a romantic hotel
One of the most romantic things you can do is to walk hand in hand with your lover shopping for picnic provisions in that most gorgeous of Parisian enclaves the Île Saint Louis.
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Love lessons learnt though food
Many lessons are learnt through food and although one would assume these lessons are culinary pay careful attention because these are very often lessons in love. And these lessons are unfortunately mostly learnt the hard way.
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On how to stock a pantry for lovers
When in pursuit of love it is important to pave the way by stocking your pantry correctly. You must be aware that food plays a major role in seduction and a romantic meal in a restaurant is not the only way to go. You need to have the sort of provisions in your pantry that can be readily turned into the perfect morsel for the perfect moment.
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How to whip up a Valentine’s meal in sixty minutes including a relaxing bath but excluding shopping
If you are reading this on the morning of the 14th of February and you haven’t got it together to make a reservation at that elusive but perfect restaurant that has both good food and a romantic atmosphere, then take heart – you can cook a meal in the time it might take you to sit on the phone trying to find a table at what is sure to be a disappointing and second rate establishment. But you must get to the shops in a hurry.
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