VALENTINE’S DAY RECIPES
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AGNES PEILLET
cooking WITH LOVE
Going out to restaurants for Valentine’s Day is great, but sometimes it pays
to go the extra mile and make it special within the walls of your home
R
eally guys? Valentine’s Day
is just around the corner
and you’ve got nothing
planned? No little box
with something shiny
inside tucked away somewhere?
No tiny item of clothing covered in
lace, bows and a crystal or two for
her but really for you? No reservation at some super fancy new hip
restaurant? Don’t panic. We’ve got
your back. This year you are going
to celebrate love, this most pesky
and elusive of emotions with a Date
Night at Home! Think of the possibilities. When she hears that you’ve
booked a hot reservation for two at
home, she’ll be mad. She’ll throw her
arms up in the air, stomp her feet,
throw a major tantrum, yell that she
hates you, that you don’t deserve her
and can start packing! Think of it as
the perfect scenario for a break-up
and make-up session. How you want
to tame her will depend on the type
of a lioness you got. Once she is in
that relenting space, you can go in
for the kill with food, love food that
is. Nothing says I love you more than
a mouth watering dish prepared with
oodles of tender care.
For a kinky and daring scenario
like the 9 1/2 weeks’ extremely sensual food scene in front of the fridge,
stock up on hand-feeding food.
Think maraschino cherries, strawberries, honey, Champagne and if you
dare, butter. Where aphrodisiac food
is concerned, no forks are allowed.
Just like in French kissing, lips and
tongues are the only ‘utensils’ you’ll
need. And because the mind is the
most powerful aphrodisiac of all,
make sure to have a silk scarf to
blindfold her.
For a cook-up, hook-up and curlup combination where the act of
cooking together is a way to ease
into things, think oysters, honey,
asparagus, bananas, caviar, and figs.
If you plan on cooking, check out our
V-day menu planner which includes
watermelon and mozzarella, salmon
and asparagus and a chocolate fon-
dant—all of which include sex-drive
increasing ingredients.
Whether it’s the shape, the colour,
the consistency, the smell or the
texture, aphrodisiac food is only as
sensual as at the person you share it
with and the mood you set for sharing it. So think beyond intercourse,
channel your inner romantic and
light up some candles, start a fire,
plan to picnic in front of the fireplace
wrapped up in some fake animal
skin and get it on like they do on the
Discovery Channel.
For a cook-up,
hook-up and curlup combination,
ease into things
with oysters, honey,
asparagus, bananas,
caviar, and figs.
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