favorite books for food lovers and cooks

january 2004

The Grand Champion Guide to Gastronomic Ecstacy:
No book better expresses the very adult pleasures of gastronomy than Isabel Allende's Aphrodite. A gorgeous gorging on the sensuous power of food, Aphrodite is combination memoir, encyclopedia, cookbook and myth tightly woven into all-consuming prose by one of the greatest literary minds of the modern age.

 
Honorable Mention:
Among the countless books exploring the romantic power of cuisine, we recommend Cooking for Mr. Latte as one of the sweetest culinary memoirs we've seen.

No ESS Valentine would be complete without mention of the most scintillating cookbook on the market, Intercourses: an aphrodisiac cookbook. A sexy skim and great gift, this is one book you will never outgrow.