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What is it about Nana's two lovers, Dimitris and Damocles, that makes her relationship with each of them so expectantly delectable? Could it be the succulent dishes with which they compete so eagerly to tempt her? The 17 chapters of this book include recipes from the shores of the Aegean.
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Dimitris and Damocles are in love. The trouble is, they're in love with the same woman--the deliciously fruity Nana. She's a pretty special lady, what with her iridescent crimson toenail (yes, just the one) and high-heeled, peep-toe mules decorated with black tassels and tiny ostrich feathers. Irresistible.
The only answer is a duel; as Nana is a slave to her taste buds, it's to cookery that the cuckolded lovers turn. The dishes they tempt her with are fabulously far-fetched--sea urchin corals drowning in a spoonful of Aegean water, stuffed vine leaves à la Gialantzi, Constantinople artichokes. Plus there's plenty of sauce--lemon-squeezing sessions in the kitchen, with only a chef's hat and an apron for garnish.
Mouthwateringly measured, Les Liaisons Culinaires bubbles between morsels towards a grand finale of just desserts. It's delectably hedonistic, punctuated by traditional Greek recipes and illustrations by Jeff Fisher, and told with a light, tantalising touch. If all this talk of lavish gastronomy isn't getting the juices going, there's an erotic charge that won't fail to whet the appetite. Now where's that lemon. --Jane Honey
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"Delightfully written" (Canberra Times)
"This is the most delicious book that you will ever read" (The Times)
"A curvaceous little tale of a pair of suitors, Dimitris and Damocles, who vie for the favours of their mutual mistress through the medium of the mezze... Call it culinary onanism for Greek gastronomes. And, incidentally, the recipes are terrific" (Elizabeth Luard Good Book Guide)
"If you are even just a tiny bit of a gourmand, and have a mischievous streak, surrender yourself to Andreas Staikos' amusing novel... the language is beautiful and lively, the love affair passionate and the recipes appetising" (L'Humanité)
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- PublisherThe Harvill Press
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 1860468020
- ISBN 13 9781860468025
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages105
- IllustratorFisher Jeff
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