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Amping Up the Romance with Chocolate and Other Legendary Aphrodisiacs

Jordan Wright February 2011 Special to The Washington Examiner

La Naissance de VénusUffizi – Gallery in Florence,Italy

Rosemary, figs, pine nuts, honey. Oysters, grapes, avocado, chiles. Strawberries, coffee, lavender, ginger. Of all the foods reputed to inspire romance, it is chocolate that is most closely associated with gift giving on Valentine’s Day.

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An Essay on Passion and Desire for Valentine’s Day

By Jordan Wright

As Valentine’s Day is quite nearly upon us, I thought I would write about what I call one’s “foodheart,” which is what I have come to regard as the “extra sense”, and the other better-known senses that drive our passions to satisfy it. We know that our food memory is a […]