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Cooking as Courtship: March 2008

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A manual of sorts, exploring the ins and outs of love and friendship in the context of food. Introductory explanations and insistences to spur the faint of heart and calm the enthusiastic. Some squirm, uncomfortable with the idea of courting others, or confused by the thought that food might be for something besides maintaining one’s weight. They imagine it dishonest to do anything sheerly for the pleasure of another, fearing it may even be a betrayal of oneself. And offered freely will warm and court.

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Cooking as Courtship: Playing with Food, part 1

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A manual of sorts, exploring the ins and outs of love and friendship in the context of food. Playing with Food, part 1. Or, entertaining yourself at home. According to the delicious M - - -. Who can eat it? A monstrosity of overindulgence lauded by over-dressed hostesses. A blandly rich cheese thing baked in buttery pastry so there is no graceful way of eating it without it dripping oil on your invariably silk clothes which, by the way, you will soon be too voluptuous to wear. The savory tomato and the s...

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Cooking as Courtship: Finding Recipes

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A manual of sorts, exploring the ins and outs of love and friendship in the context of food. In which you find or invent some several things worth making and which you can make very well. How do you find your recipes? According to me, there are several ways and all of them incorporate a small amount of trial and error. Willingness to fail, and humility and humor because you will, are invaluable in the hunt for your house specialties. If you are impatient, seek out and commission a trainer. Whatever you c...

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Cooking as Courtship: The Complete Kitchen

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A manual of sorts, exploring the ins and outs of love and friendship in the context of food. In which the more likely kitchen tools are noted and their relative importance put forth. I suppose there is no reason not to do it this way if you have a good deal of money and even more cupboard space. Or if you are for some personal reason committed to radically increasing the role of cooking in your life. Even so, there is no imperative for such a monumental investment of money and space. Until you find yours...

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Cooking as Courtship: The End

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A manual of sorts, exploring the ins and outs of love and friendship in the context of food. In which you suffer closing arguments and frail conclusion. And if you can imagine that cooking might have been in Cleopatra’s bag of courtship tricks, why shouldn’t it also be among your fewer and less legendary attributes? Tell me, when did you realize this is not a book to stretch a repertoire of recipes grown dull? So it is not a real cookbook. So what? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Playing with Food, p...

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Cooking as Courtship: Inviting Them

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A manual of sorts, exploring the ins and outs of love and friendship in the context of food. In which we put forth sneaky ways of seeding and growing friendship and acquaintance, if not love. Easy enough to select your guest of honor.1 To take aim and fuel your own desires with healthy fantasy. But how do you get that figment of your imagination into your home and begin the irksome and possibly impossible task of turning sweet dream into radiant flesh and laughter and warmth of all sorts? And once they a...

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Cooking as Courtship: Dining Out

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A manual of sorts, exploring the ins and outs of love and friendship in the context of food. In which you do not cook, and courtship continues. Is it important to you or to another that the food be very good, or could the quality of the meal be compromised in favor of the perfect setting? Was anyone formerly married to the chef or currently dating one of the waiters? Is it a long way from home? Does anyone have food allergies or preferences which must be considered? Take care in choosing where to dine fo...

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Cooking as Courtship: Paying for It

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A manual of sorts, exploring the ins and outs of love and friendship in the context of food. In which some of the mysterious social aspects of money and its exchange are respected. And yet there I am, as seldom as I can arrange, surrounded by this sure magic, choosing not to eat. Does this happen to you? Why is she so wound up about money? Yes, well, what do I have to say about all this? No matter what approach to money and the sharing of food one chooses or finds oneself inconveniently possessed of, it ...

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Cooking as Courtship: Cooking as Courtship

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A manual of sorts, exploring the ins and outs of love and friendship in the context of food. Introductory explanations and insistences to spur the faint of heart and calm the enthusiastic. Some squirm, uncomfortable with the idea of courting others, or confused by the thought that food might be for something besides maintaining one’s weight. They imagine it dishonest to do anything sheerly for the pleasure of another, fearing it may even be a betrayal of oneself. And offered freely will warm and court.