"Kinky in the Kitchen (Food of Lovers)"

Kinky food play is about turning fantasy into reality.

PREPARATION:

Your attitude effects your cooking. If you cook with passion and creativity it will be reflected in both your food and relationship.

There is a great deal of fun to be had in the kitchen. If you’re passionate about food, you’re more than likely to be passionate about sex.  If you’ve never thought of combining the two, now, here is your chance.  Food and sex are two of the greatest pleasures in life and both appetites need to be fed.

This article looks at cooking, eating, and playing with aphrodisiac foods to add sizzle and spice to an old or new relationship.

What is an aphrodisiac? According to the USA Food and Drug Administration: "An aphrodisiac is a food, drink, drug, scent, or device that, promoters claim, can arouse or increase sexual desire, or libido. A broader definition includes products that improve sexual performance. Named after Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of sexual love and beauty, the list of supposed sexual stimulants includes anchovies and adrenaline, liquorice and lard, scallops and Spanish fly, and hundreds of other items."

ENTREE:

When Aphrodite the Greek goddess of love, sprang from the sea on an oyster shell and gave birth to Eros, a working aphrodisiac was born. Of the many types of seafood, oysters are the best-known aphrodisiac. Caviar too, has earned itself a reputation as a stimulant of sexual desire. Serve caviar chilled with toast points. Alternatively serve it with minced onions, lemon wedges and chopped hard-cooked egg. If it's good quality caviar, garnish is unnecessary.

Oysters are particularly esteemed as sex aids, possibly gaining their reputation at a time when their contribution of zinc to the nutritionally deficient diets of the day could improve overall health, with a resultant increase in libido. Some people are drawn to oysters, as they resemble the female vulva. Others delight in the texture of the sexually changing mollusc, which spends its life alternating between female and male. Casanova is said to have been a firm believer in oysters, eating 50 each morning in the bath, together with the woman he fancied at the time. Serve oysters in the raw [uncooked, in the half shell] or try a new recipe. Normally, oysters are eaten raw, but Gordon Hamersley, the owner and executive chef of the Boston restaurant 'Hamersley's', suggests a topping of sea urchin roe [which he says is a well known aphrodisiac] and caviar to amplify the effects.

You won't end up overstuffed [and under performing] after half a dozen oysters in their shells, followed by a mains of pasta [with tomatoes, onion, garlic and herbs] and sensual fruits and chocolate for dessert washed down with a glass of champagne or chardonnay.

MAIN COURSE:

Chillies, curries, and other spicy foods have been viewed as aphrodisiacs because their physiological effects. A raised heart rate and sweating are similar to the physical reactions experienced during sex. Some foods were glorified as aphrodisiacs based on their rarity and mystery. While chocolate was once considered the ultimate aphrodisiac, the reputation wore off as it became more commercially available.

Any food you eat with your fingers is sexy and romantic. Some foods are known aphrodisiacs like oysters because they are filled with zinc, which is said to increase sperm and testosterone production as well as the secretion of a vaginal lubricant. Other foods are visually stimulating such as strawberries. Red is also the color of sex. So find out what your lover’s favorite food aromas are and indulge them. Share meals and feed one another. Share finger foods by one person taking one end of the food in their mouth and the other person taking the other end, then meet in the middle. This can be fun with asparagus, long slices of cucumber, carrot, celery and fruit.

Early Middle Eastern royalty regarded the carrot to be a significant aid in seduction and enjoyed it often. Grown deep in the earth this vegetable inspires deep, private fantasies. Either raw or cooked, carrot can ignite passions. Onions also have a great history. Egyptian priests were not allowed to eat onions in case temptation became too great. Greeks and Romans also believed that onions have powerful aphrodisiac qualities. Garlic's use as an aphrodisiac was widespread not only among Egyptians, but also among Greeks, Romans, Chinese and Japanese, and has persisted to this day.

Long tender stalks of asparagus evoke erotic images. Bert Greene writes that in nineteenth century France, convention decreed that a bridegroom's prenuptial dinner contain at least three courses of warm asparagus because of its reputed aphrodisiac powers. Any food that resembles the sexual organs is visually erotic.

Cook with an oil high in Vitamin E, which prevents impotence and enhances sexual function. You'll find Vit.E in most vegetable oils, particularly corn and wheat oil, sunflower oil, a variety of nut oils like peanut or hazelnut, in oats, spinach, asparagus, dandelion, parsley and sprouted corn.

Onions have, almost since prehistoric time, been attributed aphrodisiac properties. They are mentioned in classic Hindu texts on the art of making love. They were the most used aphrodisiac in ancient Greece, and are frequently included as an ingredient in erotic recipes. Pasta dishes, flavoured with the above herbs and spices (as below) and lots of ripe, luscious, red tomatoes are especially seductive.

SPICES: 

Ginger has a solid reputation of being a powerful aphrodisiac. The compound allegedly responsible for hallucinogenic and aphrodisiacal effects of nutmeg is myristicin, which also occurs in parsley and carrot. Saffron can reputedly make erogenous zones even more sensitive and have a hormone-like effect. Saffron is a key ingredient in many erotic dishes. Rock salt obtained from the salt mines of Sindh was considered to be an aphrodisiac and a heart tonic. Herbal spices such as mint, rosemary, salvia and thyme also have aphrodisiac qualities.

The reputation of pepper being an aphrodisiac goes back to Antiquity, when Egyptians, Greeks and Romans used it. Black pepper is the dried, unripe fruits, and white pepper the dried, ripe fruits. The Arabs not only added pepper to food, but also used it other ways. For example a powder applied vigorously to the penis was designed to increase the size. The effect was said to "[The penis] will then grow large and brawny, and afford the woman

a marvellous feeling of voluptuousness."

Vanilla is the unripe fruit of an orchid, Vanilla planifolia. Derived from the Spanish word vanilla, a diminutive of vaina meaning vagina. Vanilla is a well-known powerful aphrodisiac, acting through its odour as much as through its taste. Vanilla essence [extracted from real vanilla] can be added to your bath to produce a mild sexually arousing effect, especially when you and your partner bathe together.

DESSERT:

After a delicious [or a more formal] dinner, you can turn dessert into a sensual ritual. With some fruits, chocolate and/or whipped cream and some crushed ice, take your and your lovers taste buds on an erotic journey.

Strawberries and cherries are both very sensual. Fresh strawberries covered in white chocolate are heavenly. Bite into the strawberry and taste the sweetness of the chocolate and then the squirt of sweet strawberry juice. Lick the juice from your lover’s lips. Serve cherries in a bowl of juice or better still dipped in dark chocolate. Figs and bananas are naughty looking fruit that stimulates our most erotic organ, our brain. Food that looks, feels, smells and tastes good is erotic and sensual. The peach is ripe, sensual and arousing. The Chinese have long associated the peach with ripe sexuality. It resembles the female genitalia. The papaya's (pawpaw) musky fragrance and sweet, succulent flesh is a tropical delight, bespeaking passion! Grapes are thought to be the oldest fruit and their reputation as an aphrodisiac seems to be as old. A fruit platter including a generous bunch of firm and juicy green or red grapes, plump with juice, are a treat with a side bowl of freshly whipped cream to dip the fruit into, and then dripped into your lovers mouth.

Everyone has unique areas that can be stimulated to produce sensual and erotic feelings. Rub ice up and down your lovers spine, behind their ears and down the neck, around the nipples and breasts, on the inside of the thighs ... Spray whipped cream or chocolate mousse or drip fresh chocolate sauce [recipe in "Seduction by Chocolate"] on the parts of your lovers body you most enjoy licking off. Hide small wedges of fruit or chocolate on your body and let your lover find it using only their tongue. Use food on top of your lover not inside them.

BEVERAGES TO SIP: 

The aphrodisiac virtues of wine were born a long time ago. There is a saying that 'Whiskey makes a girl stop arguing, Beer soothes her, Gin disarms her, Rum cajoles her and Champagne arouses her.'

Champagne has proven to be a lavish tool to stimulate lust in one's lover! Casanova, the great lover, gave champagne to his new conquests so that they should fall into his web. Biochemists have studied the champagne phenomenon and discovered that it acts upon certain areas of the brain by releasing them.

Alcohol is actually a depressant, and so, as the porter in Shakespeare's Macbeth observed, it "provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance." Drinking too much actually decreases desire. A 1994 study published in the British scientific journal Nature claimed that intake of alcohol would raise the testosterone level of women. Normally, women produce about one tenth the amount men do. According to Dr. Weil "additional small amounts can dramatically increase the libido. For women who lack sexual interest and desire, the treatment can be life-changing."

So there you have it. With a bit of imagination and a trip to the market for some fresh meat, fruit, cream, vegetables and other ingredients, and a bottle of champagne, the time is ripe for a sensual and sexy dinner for two.

Enjoy….

DocHunny

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