Lustful Appetites: An Intimate History of Good Food and Wicked Sex YA_Gift_Guide Mackenzie Reed’s sophomore novel offers

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Lustful Appetites: An Intimate History of Good Food and Wicked Sex YA_Gift_Guide Mackenzie Reed’s sophomore novel offersWe take the edible trappings of flirtation for granted: chocolate covered strawberries and romance, oysters on the half shell and desire, the eggplant emoji and a suggestive wink. But why does it feel so natural for us to link food and sexual pleasure? Rachel Hope Cleves explores the long association between indulging in good food and an appetite for naughty sex, from the development of the Parisian restaurant as a place for men to meet with