The Seduction Cookbook: Culinary Creations for Lovers [Paperback]

Diane Brown (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 4, 2004

Here's one woman who can tell you how to cook, using romance as the main ingredient.-Ivanhoe Broadcast News "These lively recipes, each with a sexy reputation, can turn a meal from sedate to sizzling."-Rona Cherry, Editor-in-Chief, Love MagazineThe Seduction Cookbook offers tips and techniques for shooting Cupid's delicious arrow straight through the heart of a lover's sensual appetite.Great lovers are inspired by passion, as are great chefs. With nearly 90 recipes, The Seduction Cookbook delivers alluring menus and foods styled to fit your seduction method, whatever it might be.Grow an erotic herb garden and get warmed up with seductive starters. Start the morning after with breakfasts to rekindle the passion. The Seduction Cookbook contains all of the menus indispensable to making the mood magical.And remember if all else fails, showing up naked with the dessert course should get things moving in the right direction!

Editorial Reviews

Review

Ladies, leave this book lying around for your man on Valentine's Day...you may come home to a nice surprise! -- Rebecca Wilder, Los Angeles, CA

This book contains great food ideas for two. It's clever, funny, sexy and makes your imagination and appetite run wild. -- Tim Linehan, Los Angeles, CA

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Product Details

• Paperback: 156 pages
• Publisher: iUniverse Star (January 4, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595298842
• ISBN-13: 978-0595298846
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.5 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,607,343 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sensual Dining for Two, February 8, 2004

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Rebecca Johnson "The Rebecca Review" (Washington State) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Seduction Cookbook: Culinary Creations for Lovers (Paperback)

"Cooking and seduction are delicious arts that involve head, hand and heart. Great lovers are inspired by passion, as are great chefs." ~Diane Brown

"The Seduction Cookbook" is probably one of the most exciting cookbooks you will ever buy. Not only does it contain many secrets of seduction, the recipes are exotic and divinely delicious. Your lover will think you are a cooking god or goddess who has arrived to give them a tantalizing gourmet feast. They will worship you later in appreciation.

Diane Brown has been practicing the art of seduction cooking for years. Her recipes have also been featured in "Bon Appetit," "Gourmet," and "Sunset" magazine. Her introductions to all the chapters contain some of the sultriest sentence you will ever read and her recipes are all very easy to make.

What is Seduction Cooking? - This, you want to know! ;) Some great ideas that don't even involve cooking!

Write a Sexy Invitation to Dine - Romance, romance! I love the ideas especially writing "secret codes" only your lover could crack or delivering items to your lover that he/she has to wear to dinner.

Seductive Starters: Getting Warmed Up - Diane shows you how to create a mood for love and her idea about the tablecloth and rose petals could help you discover the pleasures of finger foods. There are recipes for Artichokes with Warm Vinaigrette, Chile Lime Shrimp, Lover's Purses and the delicious Endive, Orange and Fennel Salad.

The Main Event: Seduction Dinners - Imagine dining on Baked Cod with Shitake Mashed Potatoes and Shitake Sauce or Cornish Game Hens with Orange, Ginger and Soy Sauce. Baked Salmon with Raspberry Cabernet Sauce is one of the most interesting recipes I've tried in this cookbook. Shallots, raspberry preserves and Cabernet Sauvignon make a syrupy sauce to coat the salmon.

Seduction on the Side - Looking for zesty and provocative side dishes? Try the Broccoli in Orange Chile Oil that has a sauce you pour over steamed broccoli. The Green Basmati Rice is actually one of my favorite seduction secrets. I think it is the garlic. This recipe alone proved this book works.

Sweet Seduction: Desserts for Debauchery - If you love marscarpone cheese, the recipe for stuffed strawberries takes this creamy, dreamy cheese to new levels. Poached pears are drenched in a cardamom ginger sauce. Broiled Plums with Lemon Sorbet could not be easier and you have to try the honeydew recipe.

If you are looking for one sexy recipe for honeydew, it is in this cookbook. I made it twice in two days and plan to make it once a week. At first I was skeptical about the combination of rosemary and honeydew melon, but now I'm a believer. The syrupy sauce coating the melon is quite interesting and almost tingles on your tongue. I used vermouth but you can use a sweet white wine of your choice. Honeydew does soak up the syrup rather well, but I also love the syrup with other melons like cantaloupe. Imagine feeding your lover little slices or balls of melon dripping with an intoxicating syrup.

Late Night Seduction Snacks - Orange slices and Strawberries dipped in chocolate syrup or Toasted Cinnamon Raisin Bread with Cream Cheese are two of the ideas.

The Morning After: Breakfasts to Rekindle the Passion - Want to impress your lover with your "omelet" making skills? There are some delicious fillings too. Do Banana Pancakes with Caramelized Walnuts sound worth waking up for and how about serving breakfast with a seduction smoothie made from mangoes, strawberries and lemon yogurt. Diane even shows you how to make your own Chai Tea. There are also some "quickie" breakfast ideas like warm croissants with preserves.

Seduction Scenarios: Menus to Make the Mood - You will find Menus for: Valentine's Day, Romance of Italy, Indian Spice, Late Night Fireside Supper, Bewitching Bedroom Brunch and Decadent Dessert Orgy.

Seduction Staples - Diane shows you how to toast spices, purchase the freshest shellfish and roast peppers. Oh, and the all important... how to whip cream with vanilla and powdered sugar.

Grow an Erotic Herb Garden - Imagine your garden bursting with fresh herbs, especially rosemary, lavender and basil.

If you want to end up under the table, somewhere near the table or drifting towards the bedroom after dinner, this is your book. You might even want to eat dinner in bed or while reclining on velvet pillows in a room filled with candles.

This is one sexy cookbook! I'm in love with Diane's creative writing and sensual recipes.

~The Rebecca Review

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WHETHER YOU'RE IN A RELATIONSHIP, OR JUST DATING--BUY IT!!!!, April 22, 2001

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Tim Linehan (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Seduction Cookbook (Paperback)

The book didn't just contain great food ideas for two, it was very well written, clever, funny, sexy, and it makes your imagination and appetite take over and run wild. Author Diane Brown takes you on a rollercoaster ride of sights, tastes, and smells that appeal to ALL your senses. Recipes are pretty easy to make and turn out fabulous, even if you're just an amateur chef. Dining in has always been more romantic. Now it's a little easier to seduce that special someone!

16 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WHEN DINNER FOR TWO MEANS FOR THAN JUST DINNER!, April 7, 2004

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Steve Nakamoto "The Friendly Voice of the... (Huntington Beach, California USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Seduction Cookbook: Culinary Creations for Lovers (Paperback)

As a dating/relationship author and online advisor I'm always looking for new resources to recommend to interested people in my genre. Here's a simple yet profound book on how to make your relationship more romantic, exciting, and intimate.

For many men the three magic words that come out of his mouth when he talks to his wife are "what's for dinner" instead of "I love you." But a smart women looking to find his heart through his stomach, this is a book for you.

The ritual of cooking and dining have not been explored enough in our American culture in terms of romance. This book is about preparing sensual dishes (tastes and presentations) with the right atmosphere (candles, soft music, flowers, beautiful settings). All the recipes are simple and are clearly displayed on only one page thus freeing the cook to spend less time in the kitchen and more time at the table with her lover.

With today's busy lifestyles, here's a book that helps us focus on simple ways to bring more romance in our lives by doing what we do with more flair, style, and forethought.