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Category Archives: Sexuality

Link Buffet: Food for the eyes

August 15, 2014by Sara Davis Leave a comment

I’m delighted to be participating in Deborah Hemming’s Women in the Kitchen series, which explores the different relationships specific women have with cooking and kitchen spaces. As you may have […]

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Anthropomorphism, Fruit, Gender, Link Buffet, Sexuality, Visual appeal and presentation

Food Music Playlist #6: All sweetness and light

April 12, 2014by Sara Davis 2 Comments

Like “baby,” the word “honey” as term of affection appears in thousands of songs across eras and genres. But every now and then a lyric will extend the endearment into a more […]

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Coffee & Tea, Dessert, Music, Sexuality

Food Music Playlist #4: Euphemisms

February 13, 2014by Sara Davis 7 Comments

If I were a sitcom character, one of my recurring gags would be to insert ridiculous, obvious innuendo in the midst of casual conversation and then protest “Not a euphemism!” The process of cooking recommends […]

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Music, Playing with Food, Sexuality

Aphrodisiacs of yore

February 5, 2014by Sara Davis 3 Comments

I’m skipping out for the rest of the week to attend the nuptials of two beautiful friends in the tropics, so I thought I’d leave you with some erotic plant trivia. […]

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Cultural connotations, Sexuality, Vegetable

The Basics

May 6, 2013by Sara Davis 5 Comments

In several relationships over the last few years, I’ve practiced the kitchen rule–like the campsite rule, except that the commitment is to leave my partners better cooks than they were when […]

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Cooking, Gender, Reviews, Sexuality

Sweetrolls and soupe aux choux in Anna Karenina

November 26, 2012by Sara Davis Leave a comment

The new Anna Karenina film is absolutely gorgeous–which anyone can plainly see from the trailer–but it is also quite sharp. I read the novel over the summer and was enthralled, […]

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Cultural connotations, Film, Gender, Literature, Novels, Regional, Sexuality

Microaggressions

June 14, 2012by Sara Davis Leave a comment

Microaggressions are behaviors–frequently speech acts–that demean or discriminate.  They are often seemingly minor acts that may be brushed aside by others–“you’re taking it too seriously,” “I didn’t mean to offend […]

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Cultural connotations, Ethnicity, Gender, Race, Sexuality
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Racist Cakes

April 24, 2012by Sara Davis 1 Comment

Last week when my Twitter feed blew up with references to a racist cake, I thought it was a revival of the criticism of Sandra Lee’s Kwanzaa “harvest” cake. Racist […]

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Art, Body, Cannibalism, Dessert, Gender, Holidays, Performance, Playing with Food, Race, Sexuality, Violence

I’m Starved for You by Margaret Atwood

March 18, 2012by Sara Davis Leave a comment

Slow as usual to catch up with the spirit of the times, I still haven’t quite gotten the hang of Twitter.  I’m a seasoned haikuist but 140 characters is a […]

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Food Distribution and Resources, Gender, Language, Literature, Sexuality

About Aphrodisiacs

February 9, 2012by Sara Davis Leave a comment

Once upon a time, I hosted a blog on which a modest cadre of columnists wrote about sex and sexuality.  The focal point of the blog was an advice column, […]

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Cultural connotations, Science, Sexuality, Spices and seasoning

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