The FOOD AND SEX BOOK Offers Recipes and Sexipes for Caring Cooks

The Food and Sex Book has exactly 'what it says on the tin': recipes and sexipes for the caring cook. Professionally written and well presented, this new book breaks new ground by taking the same approach to both subjects. Sexipes are treated like recipes making them fun to follow, with ingredients spelled out clearly and methods easy to understand.

There are recipes for a few old favourites like chili con carne, with real flavour rather than pure heat, allowing for extra fire if needed, and a simple spaghetti Bolognaise to die for. Other recipes are more sophisticated, including Scallops, shell poached on the barbeque, with ginger and soy sauce, topped with crumbled Parma ham; showy, but easily cooked. Cod paste, Italian style (delicious on toast, inspired by Michael Dibden's Aurelio Zen novels) is excellent.

Sexipes vary from simple to elaborate: some with toys alone, some needing thought and preparationfixing securing points for bondage partners, for example. Options, featured throughout, include thirty techniques, in au Naturel (well mostly!), for oral sex alone! Dice are a creative ingredient.

Is this new book unusual? Yes, definitely. Taking the same approach to ingredients and methods for both works well though; it makes perfect sense. We have been referring to food and sex and their relationships in the same paragraphs for decades; this book simply does it more plainly, with a fresh, fun, approach.

Whether new to recipes and sexipes, an experienced chef and gourmet of the bedroom, male or female, young or old, there is something for everyone. It could be a regular cook book to make great food, an idea generator for the bedroom, or a neat gift for partner or spouse. Available from Amazon, it can be read on Kindle, Apple iPad and iPhone, PCs and android devices including phones.

Because of the way the sexipes are approached, this would also be ideal for those wanting help and guidance with their love life. The sub title is 'recipes and sexipes for the caring cook'; a sensitive approach is taken, providing good information about both sets of ingredients, including clear instructions on how to use them. More than ninety pictures help clarify and create ambiance.

It's not a book you'd want mum to see, or that you'd want to know she was using herself for that matter! Because it is an eBook though it easily remains hidden from prying eyes.

Helpful introduction, all the basics covered

Kitchen basics, from saucepans to knife sharpeners are here, while bedroom (garden, dining room, lounge...) basics include vibrators, dildos and more. Other kitchen essentials, always on hand, are listed, including shallots, parsley, balsamic vinegar, lemons and mustards. Bedroom essentials include soft ropes, wrist and ankle restraints, blindfolds, floggers, and pinwheel.

Stock making is included, and making excellent mashed potato; it also spells out the care and thoughtful approach needed for good sex, and has practical guides for hair maintenance and clothing.

Recipes: well organized, wide range of ingredients

Recipes are easily found for specific main ingredients, with chapters on meats, fish and seafood, vegetables, spicy, salads, sauces, omelettes, curry powders, bbqs and breakfasts. Meats has beef, lamb, pork, chicken, duck, goose and turkey; fish variety is extensive and includes conger, red gurnard, and ray wings.

Breakfasts feature some lovely fish dishes which save cooking time by using leftovers, BBQs has clear instructions for soot free meals over coals at the right temperature.

Sexipes: organized by session type

There are four chapters: Toys, Au naturel (well mostly!), Tied, and On demand. Toys features a wide variety including vibrators, dildos, nipple clamps, and crops. Au naturel (well mostly!) features natural ingredients like nipples, G Spot, lips and fingers, and some toys. Tied has erotic bondage using different locations including table, wall, floor and garage, while On demand has sessions which either partner can request at a time of their choosing.

The Book's Web site, at thefoodandsexbook.com has a selection of tempting recipes and sexipes, together with other helpful excerpts and pictures.

The Food and Sex Book; recipes and sexipes for the caring cook, by AJ Orchard, is available from Amazon for $7.99 or less, £4.99, or €5.99.

In summary, a good value eBook , definitely one to explore; creative, fun, helpful. Good for summer, with bbqs, salads and mini-salads; also for helping decide which toys to take on holiday!