Paganini once said that Stradivari, the most famous violin-maker, “used only the wood of trees in which nightingales sang”. Beautiful. I was reminded of this while reading an article in the January Food & Wine Magazine about the relationships between food and sex, love and romance. And these associations are not confined to just any one of our 5 senses. Think, the aromas of almond or vanilla, the taste of chocolate - apparently all to do with a chemical akin to amphetamine, truffles - they exude a chemical variant of testosterone, the texture of oysters. Unmissably suggestive fruits, peaches pomegranates, figs, For visual feasts think ripe asparagus spears, firm bananas - listen i'm only quoting whats written in the article. See page 52 for more and sorry not available full text online
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