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Venus in the Kitchen

Venus in the Kitchen

by NormanDouglas (Author)

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    Paperback 2003

    $9.01
Synopsis

'It is fitting, I think, that his last book should be as unserious and shameless as this collection of aphrodisiac recipes. With its air of scholarship, its blend of the practical and the wildly impractical, the crispness of its comments, this book will be one of my favourite Douglas's.' - Graham Greene VENUS IN THE KITCHEN is a delightful and eccentric collection of aphrodisiac recipes. Here are dishes to seduce with and be seduced by - oysters with champagne, elderflower fritters and intoxicating love drinks, combined with fascinating recipes from antiquity to marvel at, from crane cooked with red wine to leopards marrow in goats milk. A classic, indispensable and utterly decadent book of recipes first published in 1952, Norman Douglas's VENUS IN THE KITCHEN is sure to put you in the mood for love.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 208
 Edition: UK open market ed
 Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 03 Feb 2003
ISBN 10: 0747562032
ISBN 13: 9780747562030
Book Overview: 'Any book that is written with such style, grace and comic sensuality, any book in short that dares be so different and so direct, can only be welcomed, reverenced and adored.' Stephen Fry 'The perfect gift jam-packed with assorted aphrodisiac recipes' WOMAN'S OWN 'A 50-year-old cult classic' NEW YORK TIMES

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'It is fitting, I think, that his last book should be as unserious and shameless as this collection of aphrodisiac recipes. With its air of scholarship, its blend of the practical and the wildly impractical, the crispness of its comments, this book will be one of my favourite Douglas's.' - Graham Greene
Author Bio
Norman Douglas is the author of classics such as SOUTH WIND and OLD CALABRIA. He lived in Capri ( and in fact immortalised it in his books) for many years and died there in 1952. VENUS IN THE KITCHEN was published posthumously in the same year and became a cult classic.