Eat Your Heart Out

In a world of hate, let's serve up some love . . . Peta Mathias has encountered many a lovelorn tale on her gastronomic travels around the world. Searching further, she has unearthed more stories the heart-warming and heart-rending, the passionate and poignant, the macabre and merry and in these retellings brings them all to life. With her characteristic wit and colour, she also dishes up many of the ingredients of love:* intriguing courtship rituals, such as bundling and the apple slice dance;* poetry penned by those with their own stories to tell;* and, of course, romantic recipes, purported aphrodisiacs and alluring delicacies. Entertaining, hilarious and informative, this book is a smorgasbord of love.