EAT SOMETHING SEXY!

My guest today, best-selling author Amy Riley, has a master's degree in gastronomy from the prestigious Le Cordon Bleu. She's the author of five aphrodisiac cookbooks.
Yes, keyword aphrodisiac. She has dedicated the past 18 years to the study of aphrodisiac foods.
She has been featured as an expert in several publications, websites, radio and television shows, such as BBC, The Today Show. She's a freelance food, wine and health writer.
She speaks and consults internationally. And she started a really, really cool website called Eat Something Sexy.
So true to Cat on the Loose organic approach when it comes to doing podcasts, I decided to take this one out of the studio and into a fabulous kitchen because I wanted Amy to show us what are some of these fantastic aphrodisiac ingredients and explain to us how can we incorporate them in some delicious and easy and romantic and sexy recipes. So if you're listening to the audio episode, I highly recommend you go to our YouTube channel, Cat on the Loose podcast, or even if you just want to see snippets of the episode, go to Instagram, realcatontheloose, or my personal Instagram, catzamuto, cat, Z-A-M-M-U-T-O, and go check it out because it was such a fun episode.
We did it at the home of my dear, dear friends, Natalie and Nicholas Highlander. Nicholas even participated.
He is a very, very successful, fantastic opera singer. We had so much fun in their kitchen and I really hope you guys are going to enjoy this really fun, fabulous episode with Amy.
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There is no reason to be in pain, right? I'm even going to give you guys the phone number to make this easier 212-682-6620 for medicine and for greenwich 212-374-0150 amy reilly welcome to cat on the loose oh my goodness thank you and people always ask me why is cat on theuz an organic podcast? And this is exactly why. We take the podcast out of the studios, today into the kitchen, since you are a fabulous cookbook writer, and you write the sexiest cookbooks I've ever seen in my life.
So today we're going to talk about how to cook with aphrodisiac ingredients, right Amy?

Yes.

And how to make romantic meals and all that good stuff.

So before we get started with Amy, let me explain where we are.

We are in this fabulous kitchen at the house of a dear friend of mine,

Nicholas Highlander, who is a very, very talented opera singer.

Can you guys believe that? Yes.

I'm an actress. It's family.
Yeah, it's family. So let's say Nicholas wants to cook a fantastic romantic meal for Natalie.
Let's start with that. So we just had a crazy fight.
Okay. She's Latina, just to add to that.
So it's a little... She's spicy.

She's spicy as it is without the food being just bland, right? I can make bland food and she makes it spicy with her attitude. So what I want to do is to appease her, which obviously, you know, we like to do it in the primal way.
Perfect. But even though huffing and puffing may be my forte, cooking very good spicy food perhaps is not, especially if it's organic.
So if you can give me a little pointers. And we all love to cook.
We all love to cook. I love cooking.
So let's start from the get-go. You told me to bring a few ingredients that you said are considered aphrodisiac.
So can you first, like for people that don't know your work and don't know your fabulous book, can you explain a little bit about why these ingredients are considered aphrodisiac? I'd love to. So first of all, I picked out ingredients, some that are particularly good for men's sexual health, and some that are very good for men's sexual health and some that are very good for women's sexual health and some that are just good for seducing someone.
So we've got this really nice combination of ingredients here as you can see and they're all natural healthy things. So what is Afro? I know it's something with Africa.
Is that the origin of it? No, it's Aphrodite. Aphrodite? The goddess of love.
I like that. So where does it get the name? It's like the goddess? It implies sexuality? Yes.
So it is supposed to be foods that increase sexual desire and sexual performance. And the word stems from Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of that! It encompasses not only desire but also a little romance there and Aphrodite in the mix right? I love it! So I have a website called eatsomethingsexy.com and on that website I have a list of the 10 best foods for men and the 10 best foods for women and I picked a couple of ingredients from each list so that you're not only having this romantic dinner but you're eating foods that are going to support your libido they're going to support your sexual performance our main course is going to be salmon as you can see yeah okay so let's talk about this salmon why is salmon considered enough for I love salmon we all know that's one of the healthiest things we can all eat.
It was right on Nicolas' refrigerator. I eat it all the time.
But why is it considered aphrodisiac? So salmon is, well, first of all, Aphrodite, since we were talking about her, she was supposed to have come to the shore from the ocean, and that's how she first appeared.

And so all seafoods are therefore associated with Aphrodite. I didn't know that, did you? No, I had no idea.
She makes the salmon look sexy. In ancient Greece, all seafood was considered sexy food.
And to be quite honest, now that we know a lot more about nutritional science, we can say, hey, you know, these Greeks were onto something because salmon is a great source of protein. It's a superior, when it comes to your libido, it's a superior source of protein to red meat.
And that is because it's the proteins more accessible. It's easier to digest.
It has less fat. So you're getting this high-quality source of protein.

Okay.

Now, protein, you might think, well, I need it for exercise.

But hello.

Yeah.

Sex is exercise.

Yes.

So you need it.

You need that protein.

Yeah.

So that's important.

Yes.

It's also a good source of omega-3 fatty acids.

Uh-huh.

And there aren't a lot of good sources of omega-3 fatty acids, but they're essential to our brains. We become more creative lovers.
We're better thinkers. They're also associated with improved mood.
And I can tell you from my own experience, when my husband's a little grumpy, I start giving him foods with omega-3s I really do this and honestly within like a day it turns him around it's amazing so interesting got someone grumpy and you're like try omega-3 yeah there you go now let's I mean chocolate I don't know why but I agree I I think chocolate is very sensual, right? Who doesn't love chocolate? Like in the movie, chocolate. Chocolate is super, super sexy.
It is, it is. And so we moved on.
Main course, dessert. Oh, okay.
Yeah, I skipped everything else. That's okay.
We hit the important points, right? We hit the important ones. So, chocolate is...
Sorry, but you specifically said dark chocolate. Yes.
So, we do need to talk about that. So, not all chocolate is created equal, right? We've been hearing this for a while, that we're encouraged to eat dark chocolate, not necessarily milk chocolate.
And that's because there's more chocolate in dark chocolate. There's more cacao.
It's a higher... Because you'll see a percentage of cacao.
Let's have a little. Oh, please.
When you're having dark chocolate, you might see that on the label of a bar. Oh, she's really into her dark chocolate.
Too bad my wife's not here. I know.
Natalie's camera is shy. She might give you a free pass today.
But we don't need the food. The good news is, Nicholas, you're going to have all the sexy dinner for you.
Wow. So dark, so darker the better, dark chocolate.
This actually makes my list of the 10 best foods for women's sexual health. As well as being an incredibly sexy, sensual, experiential kind of food.
Oh my God. It's loaded with antioxidants.
Mmm. And.
It're so good. Right.
And this is the really crazy part. So what's an antioxidant? I hear that.
So, you know, people trope on this. So they fight what's called free radicals in our body.
And basically the simple way to say it is they stop, they stop these things that are kind of aging us that are that are aging both internally and externally you know they're they're aging our our skin they're aging our appearance but they're also aging our heart and we talk about when we talk about aphrodisiacs we have to talk about heart health believe it or not we think it's all about down here but it's about circulation you know right and so you need heart health in order to have sexual health you need heart health you need good circulation you can't experience um an orgasm without yeah without good blood flow therefore antioxidants are important I hope people will see this face in the video episode. Yeah!

I'm like having a...

Things you've never thought about, right?

Natalie! I hope Nico will see his face in the video episode. I'm like having a...
Things you've never thought about, right? Natalie, if you're listening, you better be ready when you come home tonight. Because Nicholas is going to be...
I'm coming home, baby. So, okay.
But it has to be dark chocolate. You emphasize that.
Dark chocolate. Because all the other stuff is pure sugar.
It's like lots you don't need it. You don't need it.
And by the way, it tastes insane because it tastes so rich. How about coffee? I've always been an advocate of adding a little pinch of coffee.
I'm into it. I love it.
Do you know, coffee is also considered aphrodisiac. And it's one of my favorite things when I'm helping people plan a romantic meal i will if they like coffee i will suggest ending with coffee and they'll say but but then i won't go to sleep exactly because you don't need the sleep right yeah stay up on eyes yeah and you have some activities to yes you have plans you need yes but also um coffee's He's a mood enhancer.
Did you ever notice that? No, I did not. Mood enhancer, you mean for sex? I don't know.
If people are not familiar with coffee, this is how it looks like. I don't know.
Can you get in here? The grains. And it smells the aroma.
It smells insane, yeah. You know, it kind of does.
Very nice coffee. I do the same.
I grind my own coffee fresh every morning. I mean, I'm from Brazil.
I'm obsessed with fresh coffee. Oh, that's...
Wow. You guys are like the main hub.
Yeah. No wonder all the Brazilian chicks are like, you know, have a reputation here.
It is true. It is true.
It is true. Now we're putting it all together.
I got it. So, moving on, because we have so much of it.
so much i gotta ask you about the peanuts i'm not a huge peanut fan but i know but whatever but why are peanuts aphrodisiac so this also makes my list of foods for women oh really um yeah peanuts peanuts are good for uh if women who are looking to conceive it's good for fertility oh really also, peanuts are a nice source of protein, a plant-based source of protein, which is becoming more popular. We're trying to limit our meat, so peanuts are a great choice for that.
Peanut butter. Yeah, and peanut butter works too.
Peanut flour. You can use peanut flour in your baking, and then you're getting a little protein and peanut flavor.
How about peanut oil? But what if you don't want to conceive?

No, not so much.

What if you don't want to conceive?

You can still eat peanuts.

And my favorite thing about peanuts,

and the reason I always say it's definitely the woman's aphrodisiac

is because, did you know, if you take peanut butter

and put it in a high-pressure lab, like put a high pressure on it, you'll get diamonds.

Oh, wow.

Peanut butter turns into diamonds.

Diamonds?

No way.

Yes.

Wow.

Well, that's a new one.

It's my favorite thing about peanuts.

So you can eat your jewelry.

That's amazing.

I never heard of that.

I heard if you want to stay away from conceiving, you'd have to stay away from peanuts.

I mean, peanuts. Yeah, Nicholas, sure.
Now, you told me to buy chili peppers. I didn't find fresh ones, but I did bring...
Oh, I have chili peppers. I did bring diced green chilies.
I think they're too spicy. I don't need them, but...
Okay. So let's say...
You're aphrodisiac. But honestly, let's say somebody's cooking me a sexy meal.
So that's a tough question. If they put...
Oh, yeah. That's a nice big chili.
And this one is erect. So it's right into that.
Yeah. So that's a tough question.
I understand maybe this is aphrodisiac. But if somebody's cooking for me and they put a chili pepper on my meal That's the end of me Because I cannot have spicy My mouth is gonna be on fuego.
I'm gonna be feeling sick. I'm not gonna be in the mood for anything This is something that's really important for everyone to keep in mind When you're cooking a romantic meal, I always say I can't I can't one meal that's going to be right for everyone.
The most important part of planning a romantic meal is considering the other person's preferences. Really, that's going to go a lot further than whatever aphrodisiacs you put on the plate, honestly.
And so, if it's someone who doesn't like chilies, don't serve them chilies. So you should ask the person first.

Yes, you need to know a little bit about them.

Don't give them oysters if they don't like oysters.

Don't give them chilies.

So you should consider and say, by the way, are you allergic to peanuts?

Or do you like spicy?

Don't chop up a whole chili on the person's food without making sure that they're okay with it. Now if you are okay with it this is one of the best date foods they raise your body temperature okay they warm you up a little you're a little more ready to tear off your clothing but they also they make your lips tingle and plump a little bit so you look a little more kissable a little more sexy

we don't hear that we have a very good lip spina i can use it i don't like chili very much but i can use that part of it i need lip reduction a nice plump pillowy kiss me lips yeah it saves money on botox i mean yeah and then the last's a win-win. Yes.
And then the last thing, a lot of psychologists say that, that you know how it will, you'll kind of get flushed if you eat a lot of turkey. Yeah.
That to someone who's attracted to you, in their mind, it will kind of equate to a sexual flush. And they'll even turn on by looking at you when you have these plump lips.
Yeah, it gives you that vibrant, more like, vivacious, love, healthy glow.

And Amy, you said chili, but does that go for other peppers or specifically chili?

Chili.

It's got me the heat.

You know, it kind of resonates with the fact that we look at, you know, Latin lovers, Italian, you know, like the European people who eat very bland, they're not known for their sexual, you know, virility. Like the British.
Like the British. Yeah.
You know. Sorry, British people.
With very bland food. Yeah, exactly.
Bland diets. Bland food.
No, not necessarily. But there could be a correlation.
But it is true. it is true.
If you think about the hottest cultures, they're very... I think food is a very...
It's a sexual language. Yes.
I definitely think it's a way of showing love. Yes.
It's a way of communicating. And it's true.
Like, if you think about the hottest cultures, Italians, French, Brazilians. African.
Yeah, Africans. They spend a lot of time in the kitchen.
And they show a lot of food. And very spicy.
I had an African food. It was so spicy.
So maybe that has a lot to do with, yeah. And by the way, just notice that coffee also, like I say, comes from Latin America and also from Africa.
So those two coffees are pretty phenomenal. And there's chocolate.
And I'm like staring at the chocolate like a kid. I'm like, oh, look.
This is a big epiphany here. We'll just keep passing it to you.
Oh, refill. Oh, my God.
And you're going to cook the chocolate soon. Yes, we are going to cook the chocolate.
Yes. Okay, the fruits.
The fruits. You said pineapple.
Pineapple. I love pineapple.
I always, before you today, I always associated pineapple with losing weight because I learned that like, like, for example, after you drink on a weekend, I learned like, if you want to flush your body, you drink like pineapple, asparagus, mint juice on one day. It's a great detox to flush.
Now I've never heard of it with asparagus. That's...
Asparagus I heard a lot of It's like fatness. It increases semen.
Yeah, it's a fatness detox juice. But mine with pineapple, okay.
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Don't forget, send me a message. So when you told me pineapple is an aphrodisiac and I love pineapple, I'm like, okay sounds good because i like pineapple so can you explain why is it's an aphrodisiac and I love pineapple.
I'm like, okay, sounds good because I like pineapple. So can you explain why it's an aphrodisiac? I love talking about pineapple, actually.
So the first thing you might have heard, a lot of people, what comes to mind, have you heard the thing about pineapple juice? I'm sure. Well, I haven't.
No, I have not. I'm acquainted with you.
Supposed you supposedly if a man drinks pineapple juice a few

hours before a certain sexual act his semen will taste better it's gonna taste pineapple-ish

it's that's okay there's a lot of anecdotal evidence but but for this but what what if the

nicolas eat all this pineapple and i'll ask natalie tomorrow

i don't know okay no i'm sorry i'm sorry. I'm going to disappoint you.
We don't have to ask it on you. Well, so there's a lot of anecdotal evidence.
I'm down to try it out. Oh, definitely.
And I do think, you know, when there is anecdotal evidence, it's like, well, there must be something to it. So I've asked a few doctors about it, and most of them theorize that it's really just high acidic foods, pineapple and other high acidic foods.
Acidity will reduce any bitter flavors. So that's really what it's all about, probably.
It's like, yeah, it actually does mask bitterness. You know, there are supplements for the vagina to taste better.
I'm more interested to hear this. Chocolate.
I forgot to say that. Have you guys heard of it? I don't as often taste the other part.
No, it's true. One of the good things about chocolate for women is that it balances vaginal pH.
Oh, really? Yes. So that's one of the reasons I I write my name Dark Chalker every day.
Every day. I'm going to incorporate that in my diet.
Now, here's a technical question. What if you're, you know, you want to get a blowjob, but your wife is allergic to nuts? That is one of your silly jokes.
I am. Here I was, I was all like, oh no.
Eat your pineapples.

Go eat your pineapples.

So, okay, so the strawberries, I mean, are a given because strawberries are just sexy,

right?

Strawberries are sexy.

Oh yeah.

Strawberries are sexy.

Strawberries are sexy.

Strawberries are also loaded with antioxidants.

Oh really?

And something interesting about both pineapple and strawberries is actually, it's not that

Thank you. Oh yeah.
Strawberries are sexy. Strawberries are sexy.
Strawberries are also loaded with antioxidants. Oh really? And something interesting about both pineapple and strawberries is actually it's not that interesting it's but it's sad that people don't think of it.
They're loaded with water. Oh really? Which is one of the keys.
I did not know that. I eat the strawberries every day.
It's one of the keys to your sex life is having enough water. Wow.
Yeah and you can get it from fruit. Wow.
As well as. That's interesting because you know i kind of i don't drink a lot when i'm busy because i don't want to be looking for a place to pee all the time oh so i'm like a very important you know especially if you're like in manhattan walking around like don't two places to pee is like a mcdonald's or starbucks and it's winter and it's cold but the time you it out, you're freezing.
So I tried to reduce water, but I don't want it to affect the chocolate. It's so important when you drink.
You need to drink your water. But strawberries is something like...
I agree. It's an easy dessert.
It doesn't make you feel super full. It's so romantic.
I think strawberries and chocolate. Yes, strawberries and chocolate in a minute.
Now, something we don't have here, but I want to ask you about. How about in terms of like a drink? Yeah.
Like, would you say adding, because one of my favorite combinations in the world is like a glass of red wine with chocolate. Okay.
I think that's super, I don't know if it's aphrodisiac, but I think that's very romantic. It always puts me in the mood.
I think it's sexy. Do you think that helps or do you think, because I know for a lot of guys, even a glass of wine makes it harder for them to have sex.
Right, not usually a glass. A glass.
I don't know. I don't know what guys you've been around.
Apparently not the best, right? Hence, I'm still single. But I think one class, you know, I read it's actually, well, first of all, I think it does have, so this is a personal, this is completely experiential, I have no evidence, and I probably forgot about this, and it just kind of, you gave me a flashback in childhood so there was a direct correlation we would have a Shabbat dinner you'll get wine I know it was a little but it was enough it got so I got so embarrassed so it kind of crawls so we don't see no go to the bathroom I would look like what's going on here it was every Friday night and I was like I wonder if this I never shared it and I wasn't I like, what's going on here? And it was every Friday night, and I was like, I wonder if this is...
I never shared it, and I wasn't... I thought maybe I have something going on, and I didn't know that that's natural.
But that was something that was specifically with wine. That's fine.
I don't know why. That's really interesting.
I mean, wine is considered an apodysia. Also, it is considered an apodysia.
So there is some validation. I do think it's think it's okay if you make a romantic, fabulous dinner.
Of course. And I also think that the things that you enjoy and you feel are sexy, just go with them.
You don't have to have it validated. If you find this is sexy, there probably is something to it.
I mean, that's how aphrodisiac started. People found something sensual or sexual about foods or food combinations, and that's how the whole idea of aphrodisiac started.
People found something sensual or sexual about foods or food combinations and that's how the whole idea of aphrodisiac started. Now we have a better understanding that most of it is nutritional.
It turns out we're getting the nutrients we need. But absolutely anything that you think.
But both of those ingredients are considered aphrodisiac. Makes sense to me.
I would actually go with champagne. I champagne do you guys remember that movie from probably a lot of people that listen to this podcast never even watched it but it's one of my favorite movie scenes ever nine and a half weeks oh yeah with Mickey Rourke and Kim That is one of the most amazing food scenes ever! Did you watch it? I haven't, but I've done! And they are literally in the kitchen and he blinds her eyes, like he puts something on her eyes and he's feeding her a bunch of foods.
And she has to guess what the foods were, and some are delicious. And then it gets messy.
And it gets super... But I thought that was so sensual.
Then he puts on like, whoa, whoa, what was... And it was such a fun game.
And of course, then they end up having like this hot and heavy fabulous sex, like right in the kitchen. And I always have that scene in my mind, like how you can transform food into like this fabulous foreplay for sex.
I mean, in some ways it kind of, it changed the kitchen forever. Yes.
That scene. Yes.
Oh, you guys should definitely watch the movie. Yeah.
I mean, you could fast forward through a lot of the movies. A lot is pretty boring.
Yes. Yes.
Yes. They should remake that movie.
Cut to the sex scene. It's an old movie, but it's a classic.
But that scene is very hot, right? Definitely. So you have the chocolate here and you are going to show us something that you make with this chocolate for like how people eat it, like for essential desserts.
So can you demonstrate? Oh my God, try this. I just took a chocolate and a fresh bean and I ate it.
I don't like to eat the bean. It's really hard.
So if you guys are listening to the audio episode you're welcome to go see the video episode on all my social media platforms and youtube because amy is going to demonstrate what she does with the the dark chocolate to make it super super sexy so go for it amy can you pass me the cream yes so you get a heavy cream, so don't be shy, right? It's not like we eat heavy cream like every day. Now, you have a double boiler.
I'm using a double boiler. Yeah.
If you don't have one, you can put a metal boil, a metal bowl on top of a pan. Yeah.
And what's in here, I should show you. So I've just got water gently simmering.
Boiling water.

Yes.

Well, it should be simmering, not quite boiling.

Yeah.

You add the cream.

Okay.

And you're going to wait until the cream simmers, so we can turn it up a little.

We have to wait.

And when the cream starts to simmer, we'll take it off the burner.

Okay.

So it's a double boiler, and you put some cream, and you let the cream simmer.

And then you're going to put the dark chocolate.

Thank you. That's great.
You can pour it over a chocolate cake instead of a buttery buttercream. Yes, just an intense chocolate topping.
So there are a million things you can do with a ganache. You can just eat it on a spoon, frankly.
And it's literally just cream and dark chocolate. Cream and dark chocolate.
And it's, so a traditional ganache is half and half. So the same amounts of cream and chocolate.
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If you wanted to make truffles, sometimes I make it a little thicker, a little more chocolate, so it's less squishy. And while we're waiting for the cream to boil, I forgot to mention something.
You had asked me to bring pomegranates, which I didn't find because it's not seasoned now. But I did find.
We have a picture of it. Just to demonstrate.
Just to know it. This pomegranate-flavored dark chocolate.
But I wanted to ask you about pomegranates. Why are pomegranate aphrodisia? It's a fruit that I do love.
Every Christmas season when they come out, I eat tons of pomegranate. I just eat the plain fruit.
I love it. Do you like it? I do.
I make fresh squeezed pomegranate juice at home. Oh, well, I can tell you about pomegranate juice.
Well, first of all, so pomegranate, the fruit. So this is, eat one.
Oh, I'll try one. Just an excuse to eat a pomegranate.
I just don't like the pits. Is there any pits in here? No.
No, it's got the pomegranates in the center. Mm.
Yeah. So pomegranate, the fruit, first of all, it's low calorie, high nutrient.
And these are great foods for us in general, right? It's also high in fiber. And people always find this weird, but fiber is really important to your sex life.
Wow. I mean, when you think about it, so you don't want to be bloated.
You need to move the waste. You don't want to have that belly when you're having sex.
The waste needs to go through in order to be healthy and in your prime and ready to go. So pomegranate's a great food for that.
Now, pomegranate juice. Oh, and pomegranates, well, as I said, they're nutrient-rich.
They offer a lot of nutrition for your sexual health. Pomegranate juice has been studied extensively.
And a lot of studies have shown different ways in which it potentially boosts men's sexual performance and sex drive. Really? Mm-hmm.
Yes. Pomegranate juice? Add it to the list.
Wait, add it to the list. I have to add one thing.
Almost every study on pomegranate juice has been paid for by a pomegranate juice company.

They sell condoms.

Yes, exactly.

But different companies have run similar tests and have the same results.

So you kind of have to look at who made the study, but at the same time, these results are real.

Yeah.

I heard like a million stories how it's good for men's health, but I had no idea that it's good for, you know, men's sexual health. But it's a fruit that it's hard to find.
But yeah, I think it's great for the heart. Great for both men and women's heart health.
Very important. And how about if you buy the extract like 100 percent? They're expensive.
They're like 10 bucks, but I guess it's worth it. So i'm into eating whole foods real foods yeah okay okay yeah no and let me ask you your opinion what do you think about bringing some foods into the bedroom like i know we talked about playing in the kitchen but like you know like playing with certain foods in bed absolutely you know yes.
Absolutely. You like that? In my second book, over there, Romancing the Stove, I had this whole section on venues.
Where can you change it up and have this sexy meal? And the bedroom is one of them. Have a picnic in bed.
Absolutely. I mean, don't choose.
If it bothers you, no. If you have a little OCD, don't choose foods with crumbs right don't have french fries like can you what would be your favorite food one ingredient to bring to bed one ingredient to bring to bed i know mine if you have to choose the one um let's see i know it's right here but chocolate chocolate chocolate yeah chocolate's a good one because it's you know if you cook it well and then your red wine and chocolate that works red in bed really well.
Red wine is fine. That does.
That's a good. I would do.
You know what I have to say? Because I do whipped cream. Oh, whipped cream.
Well, that's a different activity. Yeah, but it's fun and sensual.
Yes. And I, you know.
Well, it's easy for you. You just lay there while we're doing all the lay things.
No, but you can lick off of each other. Guys love that.
You know? I think that's fun. but how about adding a little chocolate to the whip yeah so you could get this ganache you could take this ganache and you know and you could do brazil you know wax you put some chocolate oh no well now you're making it like now you're ruining the romance i'm not trying to get creative here.
Like kill two birds with one stone. And we have my friend BK here behind the scenes doing his camera and he's laughing.
BK is like, whatever, these people are crazy. We might do it.
I think that's hot enough now. These guys are kinky as hell.
They're crazy. I think our next book should be called Fuck Viagra.
Why don't you do that? I mean, that's really, that's what it's all about. If you eat the right things.
Yeah. Listen, if you need Viagra, you need Viagra.
I think you need cheese. Anything that you need.
Mother Nature is like that. Yes, Mother Nature, there are foods such as watermelon.
Watermelon. Oh, we didn't bring watermelon.
Watermelon does what? I didn't want these off. I don't want to get them in.
Watermelon can be potentially as effective as Viagra. It has a nutrient called citrulline.
Really? Guys, I hope you're listening to them. You know, this makes so much so much sense to me you see my dad used to work in selling watermelons and he had a baby like from every woman that came in the store like i was like how does he do it and then it makes sense well she's saying she's the expert guys next time before you take my grade like a whole watermelon and see what happens that's not me i'm, I'm just saying, try it out, try it out.
So we put the chocolate in. So what I've done, I took the double boiler off of the burner, right? Now we still have the hot water under here, but we don't have any additional heat.
And I added all of the chocolate. Yeah.
And we're going to stir it together until the chocolate melts. There's a reason we do this.
Do you know why? Why? So it doesn't burn and stick to the pan. Yes! Have you ever smelled burning chocolate? It's like burning plastic.
It's bad. It's bad.
So this is like gradually. So you just mix it up with all the fire.
Yeah. Very easy.
I may have added too much milk. We kind of have like dark milk chocolate.
So we can have more chocolate. I have more chocolate.
You want more chocolate chips?

Yeah. There's tons of chocolate.

Yeah.

There's tons of chocolate.

Very easy.

Now, Amy, so he can eat the ganache with the fruit, with the strawberry, with the pineapple.

Let's say he's going to cook the salmon.

What would be like a side dish for this romantic, aphrodisiac dinner that you would eat with

the salmon?

So, I was thinking, you know, we can of have a perfect dish here. If you like chilies, you could do the salmon with the pineapple salsa.
Chilies, pineapple, pineapple salsa, that would be wonderful. That's interesting.
We have our chocolate and strawberries to go for your dessert. I mean, so, you know, we've got...
Do and that's another thing too right you don't want to cook a very heavy no that's too noisy for the oh okay you don't want to cook um something that's very heavy if you want to have a very fun sexy sexual night right right let's say you don't want to cook mashed potatoes, rice. You are so spot on.
And I consult occasionally for restaurants, like for Valentine's dinners or romance packages at hotels. Yeah.
And I have to talk to the chefs. They'll want to do something like, we're going to have filet mignon and curry potatoes.
Blue cheese sauce. No, why would you do that to people yes i remember i had to talk one chef had planned this chocolate ice cream sundae extravaganza for dessert and i was like no no no no yeah you try to find the nicest way to say like that's crazy by the time they get home remember i don't know if you remember there was an episode of sex in the city like that that charlotte and her husband they went to this super fancy fabulous meal like in a french restaurant but the meal was so heavy so heavy by the time they get home and they want to have this fabulous delicious sex they start feeling like super sick oh so i think that's like really important to mention that it should be sexy and like like even the chocolate you should have little nibbles and bites of it but you don't want to like eat the whole pot of chocolate at once right because you don't want to have a tummy ache in the middle of it.
I mean yeah it defeats the purpose. In fact one of of the foods I encourage for an aphrodisiac dinner is ginger.

Oh, I eat a lot of ginger.

Because it's really, it promotes your digestive, healthy digestion.

I mean, he's also an aphrodisiac.

It raises his body.

Nicholas has everything.

I love this kitchen.

That's why I said it.

So let's do this episode here because if they have everything.

Is that it all?

I know they love to cook.

This is great.

No, and the funny thing, I don't often have ginger. I just did.
I with a Trader Joe's and I just, hey, ginger, you know? Yeah. I love ginger.
I do tons of ginger tea and ginger juice. Have you heard of something called Spanish fly? Yes, I have.
The Spanish fly, I haven't heard. I heard of Spanish flu, but not the Spanish fly.
Spanish fly doesn't come from a fly. It's worse.
It comes from a beetle. Oh, yuck.
But do you think it works? I've read enough to say that it could potentially work but no one should touch that. It also could be incredibly painful.
It's a dangerous thing. There are a lot of...
It's a substance, right? Yes, there are a lot of aphrodisiac that you extract from the beetle. They claim that it's the substance that you extract from a beetle that is very aphrodisiac, so they make all this product from it.
Yeah, no, it's from... Yeah, I would have ventured there.
It could be very bad. Somebody asked me, when I said I was going to interview you, and somebody asked me about it, to ask you about it, I'm like, I don't know.
Stay away from that. Stay away from it.
Unnecessary, right? Unnecessary. I listen to the Beatles.
I don't do it. So you think if somebody incorporates all of these foods into their lives, they will definitely see a difference in their libido in their sex drive yes well we need to all go home tonight and reconvene tomorrow to talk how how it how'd it go yes well yes i'd love to hear how it happened you you got it all right i mean respectively right you do because you have natalie yeah because you have that i'm still I'm still there.
Oh, we gotta take it out because you have Natalie. You do, because you have Alice.

I'm still... Oh, we got to take it out.
He's done. I know, I'm still dating and figuring things out.
But, you know, just, you know... But I do agree.
You can put, like, an ad looking for experimental partners. Oh, yeah, I am dating.
I am out of the hospital. But I do agree like of all these foods, all these foods are part of my regular diet except like I said I don't do peppers by the way.
Now everybody that's gonna date me knows don't put pepper on it. Don't put the chili in my food.
She's got it on record. That's the end of me.
I do eat peanuts but it's not my favorite. Yeah everything else I And I'm fanatic.
Of course, I could eat chocolate every day. I control it because I don't want to get fat.
So how do you employ the ginger? Do you eat it fresh? Do you chop it up? Do you make juice? What do you do? Anything you want. Actually, I love ginger juice.
Do you ever do that? No, I haven't. Oh, yeah.
Just ice water, ginger, ice water, some honey. Put it in the blender, it gets kind of frothy and it's like going to wake you up.
I would love to try that. It's delicious.
The only thing I've tried is gingerbread cookies. Oh, anything.
Like tea, ginger water, ginger salad. Wait, you have it in your refrigerator? What are you doing? Oh, you could even...
I don't know. I was thinking, Timmy.
You could even season the salmon, right? Now, we're running out of time. Oh, tea or something.
Put it in the tea or something. Yeah.
Amy, before I let you go, oh my God, this is so much fun. We're running out of time.
To flip the coin in case somebody is wondering, are there any ingredients that you would say like absolutely avoid if you want to have a romantic, fabulous date night or night and that answer is really simple we touched on it already heavy food heavy foods don't have a heavy meal don't have heavy foods i do not recommend having a steak or a burger oh having a steak why not because a lot of guys they they think and even like you know especially they say oh because a steak makes the guy feel like so so i actually i understand that i get it it has a lot of saturated fat it's slow it sits in your stomach a long time it's slow to digest so when i if you go to eat something sexy.com and you find my list of the 10 best foods for men you'll notice i put bisonison on the list. Bison? As an alternative.
It's more gamey, right? Right. It's lower in saturated fat.
It's easier to digest. There's actually more blood in the meat.
It means more nutrition. It's a more nutritious meat.
Excellent, yeah. You're getting more protein.
You're getting more of all of the things, you know, the iron, all the things that you want from your red meat. So that is on my list.
So so you could have but also keep it small like even even with bison don't have like a fried flintstones yeah yeah yeah the tip of small portions is the name of the game for a sexy fabulous night right exactly and then maybe having a nice snack yeah right have a light dinner yeah I think there there is no better meal I even think I did a post like that on my Instagram I think the best hunger is the hunger after sex yes I think there's that you can have you can come here in this kitchen and then you can really like afterwards then you can stuff yourself. You can eat the leftovers.

I love that. I hadn't thought of it that way.

I love that you're so i hadn't thought of it that way but you're so right it is it's the best time after i have like tons of sex then i'm like i want to eat like everything yeah so that's a good way to go about start off with like like stuff yeah do the activity yeah after a few hours later you can eat yeah eat the leftovers eat the leftovers and relish in it that's the way and well now you're making me remember when my husband and i were first together that would be our thing we'd like order in midnight thai food and we'd just be so hungry you know i don't even think we'd have dinner we'd just go for a romp and then we'd have like giant bowls of midnight thai food yeah i miss days. Thank you so much.
You're amazing. This was so much fun.
Nicholas, thank you so much for having us. Thank you.
I'm so happy. Thank you for welcoming us.
Your kitchen is beautiful. I know Natalie is going to have a great time tonight.
Oh, yes. And you have all this food.
You have the ganache. This was incredible.
Guys, don't forget to go look at the video episode available on youtube and all my social media platforms and to find out more about amy's work eatsomethingsexy.com and i'm putting all of her links on my website catondelouse.com and also i'm gonna put nicolas links there so you guys can find out about his work and his beautiful singing and everything that he's up to.

BK behind the scenes.

Thank you so much.

I'm going to put his links because BK is a fantastic videographer.

We work together in a movie.

He's amazing.

Thank you so much for helping.

Thank you.

BK, thank you, Natalie, my friend, Nicolas' wife.

I mean, it's a village that makes cannabinoids happen.

And I love it because we do it organic. We make mistakes.
We laugh, but that's what makes it so much fun. You're incredible, Amy.
Thank you so much. Congratulations on your amazing work.
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