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From Food & Home, "Flowering Philanthropy"
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From Food & Home, "Whole Lotta' Love"
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From Food & Home, "Rock Star"
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Excerpt From "Aprodisiac Foods: Bringing Heaven to Earth" published in Gastronomica
Food and sex are to the survival of the species and have been rocking in bed together for as long as they have kept all creatures great and small alive. Languages on several continents have words that mean both "to copulate" and "to eat." The belief that certain foods can enhance sex and sexual function is as old as dirt and even messier. Which foods were believed to be aphrodisiacs, who used them, and why has depended upon the altitudes toward sex, procreation, pleasure, gender roles, religion, and class distinctions in any given time and place. The sticky subject of lewd food can therefore be penetrated through many different points of entry. I believe that, underlying all the cultural constructs surrounding aphrodisiacs, the boundless enthusiasm for them through the ages ultimately represents humankind's search for life's essence, for a divine substance that, like gods and goddesses, has the power to beget and prolong life and that, like the foods ascribed to those divinities, grants energy, ecstasy, and immortality. This essay explores a' variety of religious, medical, and scientific beliefs, some of which sound like divine comedies from our perch in the present. We'll look at how certain viands were linked to the universal attempt to experience the kingdom of heaven while on earth and to inspire the gods to share some of their endless vitality, euphoria, and longevity.