Temptations: Igniting the Pleasure and Power of Aphrodisiacs

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Simon and Schuster, 19/04/2002 - 336 páginas
Eating and sex have never been such titillating bedfellows.

From the time Casanova proclaimed oysters "a spur to the spirit and to love," aphrodisiacs have been coveted for their sexually stimulating effects. However, the best ways to release and ignite their power have been shrouded in mystery.
Now, Ellen and Michael Albertson expose the hidden delights of aphrodisiacs -- ones you know about and many that will surprise you. From virgin-fresh basil to searing chiles, from edible blossoms to intoxicating vanilla, they present more than one hundred delicious and bedroom-tested edibles that are quickly made, fast-acting, and available in your pantry or supermarket. Here, too, are tips for incorporating aphrodisiacs into a creative love life -- including massage, aromatherapy, and foreplay.
Revealing new scientific discoveries and the secrets of lovers throughout the ages, the Albertsons show you how to:
  • Create more powerful orgasms with vitamins, minerals, and herbs
  • Design a six-day eating plan that will get you in shape for a weekend of sex
  • Prepare an erotic meal with only a few ingredients
  • Build a bigger, better penis
  • And more

Temptations will prepare you for tonight and beyond.

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The Joy of Aphrodisiacs
11
Neptunes Gift Oysters the Aphrodisiac King
21
Queen Chocolate The Supreme Aphrodisiac Diva
45
Princess Aphrodite Fishing for Love in All the Right Places
75
Chile Peppers The Aphrodisiac Dominatrix
115
Licorice and Its Kissing Cousins Inbreeding Allowed
140
Juicy Fruits
161
Lovable Lilies and Amorous Alliums
189
Enticing Herbs and Seductive Spices
221
Edible Orgy
258
The Cooking Couples Best Sex Diet Eating to Optimize Your Sexual Vitality
279
General Index
317
Recipe Index
328
About the Authors
333
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Página 190 - And the mixed multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, "Who shall give us flesh to eat? We remember the fish, which we did eat in Egypt freely; the cucumbers, and the melons, and the leeks, and the onions, and the garlick: But now our soul is dried away: there is nothing at all, beside this manna, before our eyes.
Página 225 - I where the bolt of Cupid fell : It fell upon a little western flower, — Before milk-white, now purple with love's wound, — And maidens call it love-in-idleness.
Página 56 - ... growth. By getting it good in quality, and cheap in price, the superiority of the article, both for health and nourishment, will soon give it the same preference over tea and coffee in America, which it has in Spain, where they can get it by a single voyage, and, of course, while it is sweet.
Página 86 - The same is the case with the man who during three days eats of the same mixture with onions. He who boils asparagus and then fries them in fat, and then pours upon them the yolks of eggs with pounded condiments, and eats every day of this dish, will grow very strong for the coitus, and find in it a stimulant for his amorous desires. He who peels onions, puts them into a saucepan, with condiments and aromatic substances, and fries the mixture with oil and yolks of eggs, will acquire a surpassing...
Página 171 - that figs increase the strength of young people, preserve the elderly in better health and make them look younger and with fewer wrinkles. They are so nutritive as to cause corpulency and strength ; for this cause,' continues he, 'professed wrestlers and champions were in times past fed with figs.
Página 224 - ... he clearly discerned, the single thread of interest running through all these pilgrimages. The discovery of the new Western World followed, as an incidental consequence, from the long struggle of the nations of Europe for commercial supremacy and the control of the traffic with the East. In all the dreams of the politicians and merchants, sailors and geographers, who pushed back the limits of the unknown world, there is the same glitter of gold and precious stones, the same odour of far-fetched...
Página 161 - You first parents of the human race . . . who ruined yourself for an apple, what might you not have done for a truffled turkey?
Página 176 - A DRINKING SONG WINE comes in at the mouth And love comes in at the eye ; That's all we shall know for truth Before we grow old and die. I lift the glass to my mouth, I look at you, and I sigh.
Página 173 - BACCHUS, n. A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk. Is public worship, then, a sin, That for devotions paid to Bacchus The lictors dare to run us in, And resolutely thump and whack us?
Página 141 - Hirsch is the neurological director of the Smell and Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago.

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Ellen and Michael Albertson are the hosts of Boston's popular weekly radio show The Cooking Couple™. Ellen, a Registered Dietician and medical journalist, has written for such magazines as Self and Natural Health. Michael is a chef and comedian who has written for Playboy and the Boston Herald. They live in Boston, Massachusetts.

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