Link Buffet: Food for the eyes
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 […]
Category Archives: Sexuality
Food Music Playlist #6: All sweetness and light
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 […]
Food Music Playlist #4: Euphemisms
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 […]
Aphrodisiacs of yore
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. […]
The Basics
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 […]
Sweetrolls and soupe aux choux in Anna Karenina
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, […]
Microaggressions
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 […]
Racist Cakes
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 […]
I’m Starved for You by Margaret Atwood
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 […]
About Aphrodisiacs
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, […]
