Booty Food : A Date By Date, Nibble by Nibble, Course by Course Guide to Cultivating Love and Passion Through Food [Bargain Price] [Hardcover]

Jacqui Malouf (Author), Liz Gumbinner (Author), Ben Fink (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 2004

Booty Food n. Any food that causes weak knees, accelerated heartbeat, tingly body parts, and other symptoms traditionally associated with falling in love.

In the first guide for readers passionate about love and food, Jacqui Malouf, comedian and TV food personality, combines two of life's most primal drives. Equal parts naughty and nice, Booty Food is filled with laugh-out-loud advice about dating, sex, and relationships as well as more than seventy delicious yet user-friendly recipes designed to complement each stage of a long-lasting love affair.

Not just your run-of-the-mill aphrodisiac cookbook, Booty Food takes you on a culinary road trip through the major stages of a relationship-with tried and true tips on first date eating, seductive yet simple suggestions for the first home-cooked meal, menus for meeting the parents and friends, and imaginative dishes and desserts for keeping a long-term relationship hot and satisfying. Jacqui also serves up wildly original ideas for filling your "Passion Pantry" and, when you're ready for round two, dishes out tantalizing treats and tips in "Cheese: Nature's Viagra."

The recipes and gorgeous photographs by Ben Fink are just as tantalizing: Fresh Oysters with Red Wine Mignonette. Mango Brie Quesadillas. Sea Bass with Green Curry-Coconut Sauce and Nectarine Pico de Gallo. Pomegranate Margaritas. Lobster Eggs Benedict Poached in Champagne Butter. And Chocolate Souffle Cake with Chocolate Glaze and Shaved Chocolate. Destined to be flour-dusted and dog-eared, Booty Food is the ultimate guide to finding your soul mate inside and outside of the kitchen.

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Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

If Sex and the City's Carrie Bradshaw cooked, and wrote a cookbook, this might be it. It's a sassy collection of recipes and menus for the occasions and stages of relationships (from flings to marriage), with dating advice, sex sidebars and a dash of etiquette-a primer on "caviar for newbies"; a key to the pronunciation of wines and international foods; suggestions for successful key exchange0thrown in for good measure. Malouf, co-host of Hot off the Grill with Bobby Flay and host of the WE network's Full Frontal Fashion, offers stories from her own dating life along with simple-chic recipes such as Funky Mimosas for the morning-after breakfast; Pan-Roasted Chicken with Rosemary-Lemon Butter, Blue Cheese Arugula Salad with Honeyed Walnuts, and Grilled Asparagus with Balsamic Vinaigrette for the first home-cooked meal; and Chicken Ramani, Cucumber Raita, and Minty Cuban Mojitos for keeping things "hot." Readers in any phase of a relationship-and especially readers in no relationship at all-will be entertained and informed by this volume and will enjoy its modern design and fun photographs by Ben Fink.
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Review

"When it comes to a hot time in the kitchen, Jacqui is the Queen of Booty Duty!”--Al Roker, NBC Today Show

“Booty Food will be your ‘one-stop shopping’ to fulfill every sensual need...and the recipes are great too!” --Bobby Flay, Food Network

“Jacqui Malouf is sharp, sexy, and very smart, and so is her food in this hip guide to aphrodesia and the art of seduction.”--Mario Batali

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 272 pages
• ISBN-10: 1582342636
• ASIN: B000GG4H0C
• Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 7.7 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #788,787 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Booty book for Jacqui's photos..., September 24, 2005

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S. Ilkay "Perfectionist" (California, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Booty Food: A Date By Date, Nibble by Nibble, Course by Course Guide to Cultivating Love and Passion Through Food (Hardcover)

We bought Booty Food after reading the reviews raving about the book posted on Amazon.com and because we used to enjoy Jacqui Malouf's show Hot off the Grill with Bobby Flay on Food Network Channel. However, we are extremely disappointed with the contents of Booty Food. The book is full of photos of Jacqui Malouf specifically choreographed for this book and the recipes are nothing to write home about. We had such high hopes for this book, but they all faded away after trying few recipes in the book. If you really want a cookbook for special occasions to give your girlfriend or wife, buy instead Intercourses: An Aphrodisiac Cookbook by Martha Hopkins and Randall Lockridge. But if you find Ms. Malouf attractive and want a book of her photos with her significant other then buy this book. I guess our standards for good food are much higher than other reviewers'.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars You Wish You Wrote This..., February 9, 2004

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Jeremy du Brul (Chicago, IL USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Booty Food: A Date By Date, Nibble by Nibble, Course by Course Guide to Cultivating Love and Passion Through Food (Hardcover)

A simple concept that has been pondered and agonized for years. For centuries, food and sex has been linked... some of it are oysters, some of it is cobra's blood. Jaqui dispenses advice that does not deal with cobra's blood, but more readily found at your local grocery store (including cleaning products... i.e. clean up the joint before he/she comes over)and some pretty solid dating advice.

Let's face it, Bobby Flay's second bannana was the only reason why we guys watched Bobby; she's total eye candy, she's funny and she's into food. And she's written a nuts to bolts book on how to get the girl (or guy), centered around food.

For someone like me, I take the advice. I can cook circles around most... no idle boast. I welcome all challengers. But the dating thing, I can always use better information. Jacqui is irrevernt at times and very poinient at other times. Her language is breezy and fun, but drives some pretty solid points home... keep it simple, stupid!

If you want to impress, keep it tasty; but not so elaborate that you're spending all bloody night in the kitchen and not in the bedroom... except for a very special night. Then again, that's why the term "mis en plas" exists. Everything in it's place... plan ahead, prep ahead and you won't be stuck in the kitchen all night. And be yourself; keep your wits about you.

I don't know if this book will neccesarily help you in getting laid or finding that special someone that you're going to bring home to Mom and Dad, but this book ain't going to hurt your chances either. It's a fun read, the recipes are solid... and there are some way cute pics of Jacqui to boot.

And you don't have to grill the potatoes in the Grilled Red Bliss Potatoes with Wasabi Creme Fraiche either... boil till just done, chill 'em and slice 'em. Recipes like that are highly adaptable... improvisation in the kitchen is good for improvisation in the bedroom.

best of luck to all. And congratulations to Jacqui. It's a rock solid book.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love this cook book!!!, March 1, 2004

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Rachel Ann Hamilton (Washington, D.C.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Booty Food: A Date By Date, Nibble by Nibble, Course by Course Guide to Cultivating Love and Passion Through Food (Hardcover)

It's funny, it's sassy and the recipes are to die for!!! The bacon-wrapped scallops, the mango-brie quesadillas, the chocolate pudding....forget about it! And Jacqui Malouf is so funny and real that it's like cooking with a best friend. She takes the pressure to be perfect off with her hilarious commentary and her get-real approach. And, she provides all kinds of shortcuts so that you can get back to the bedroom as quickly as possible. This book would be a great gift for seasoned cooks or people who are new in the kitchen, not to mention a great wedding shower gift!