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Synopsis
Restaurateur Mimi Bean and food writer Rebecca Chastenet de Gery have concocted recipes that are geared to help women get to their man's heart in record-breaking time. A lighthearted look at dating a range of men from The Starving Artist to The Rugged Outdoorsman to The Alpha Male, and the meals that will lure them to love. Along with delectable recipes Cooking for Mr. Right includes suggestions for music to set the mood, cocktail and appetizer ideas, Aphrodisiacs 101, and a section of dream menus from celebrities.
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Bean and co-author de Gery offer up a fistful of menus for landing different types of men in this jejune cookbook that reads as if Sex and the City were set during the Eisenhower administration. The premise is recipes (and table settings, music, drinks, behavior and home décor) have been tailored to appeal to different male personality stereotypes: there's Mr. Magnate, a "Daddy Warbucks who's a catch on two fronts" and responds to dishes like Swordfish Au Poivre with Cognac Mustard Sauce. Then there's Mr. All-Nighter, a boozehound fueled by carb-heavy food like pizza, fried calamari and tiramisu. The recipes are varied, complex and well-balanced, yet are probably beyond the scope of the intended audience. The Key West Key Lime Pie, for example, calls for actual key limes, yet offers no tips on how to juice the gumball-sized limes (though readers can substitute bottled key lime juice if they can find it). The Swordfish Au Poivre requires clarified butter, a relatively simple but maddening technique for those unfamiliar with it. The recipes and menus are inventive and challenging (much more so than the men they're designed to attract), but they're unfortunately paired with advice that alternates between the sophomoric and pedantic. With a lighter hand, the book could have been fun, but a current of desperation and neediness undermines the text.
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Cooking for Mr. Right: More Than 100 Recipes to Land Your Man: More Than 150 Recipes to Land Your Man
Seller: World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
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Cooking For Mr Right
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Kensington Publishing Corporation, 2006
ISBN 10: 0806527021
ISBN 13: 9780806527024
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Seller: World of Books Inc, Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
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Paperback. Condition: Like New. Advice on cooking up and hooking up from restaurateur Mimi Bean and food writer Rebecca Chastenet de Gery. Contains sample menus guaranteed to charm the pants off any type of man in any situation. Recipes include Hot Bacon Spinach Salad, Roasted Wild Duck, Zesty Zucchini and a Grand Marnier Souffl©. The authors give plenty of hot tips on how to take culinary advantage in any situation and include both a Pure Seduction menu and a course on Aphrodisiacs 101. As if that wasn't enough, they provide an easy culinary glide into the Morning After. Seller Inventory # CIN0806527021LN
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Cooking for Mr. Right
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Paperback. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # G0806527021I5N00