Seduction Meals is about food + romance and the premise the everyone should learn to master one dish that is their signature dish--a Seduction Meal to enchant and captivate that special someone in your life.

From simple, sublime dishes to grand gourmet feasts; whatever your style, there's a signature dish you can master. While taste is paramount, the overall holistic experience is just as important: the ambiance of the room or location, the time of day, the presentation of your meal, the music played, the drinks served--it all adds up. Anytime you hear someone "oohing and ahhing" over the food you've served, and the overall experience moves you closer to your desired intent... you can consider that a Seduction Meal.

The purpose of this blog is to start a two-way dialog about the creative endeavors of everyday people, like you and me, in their pursuit of romance through a shared food experience (although stories and tips from chefs, foodies and food experts are highly welcomed). The aim is to provide a collective experience of two of life's universal pleasures--food + romance.

In addition to the content posted here I welcome YOUR stories: Your Seduction Meal Experience and Your Favorite Recipes. If you would like to be included in this blog, email me your recipe*, photos of your dish, and/or your Seduction Meal story. I will post as many as I can.

* If you are using a recipe from a cookbook or magazine, even if it is a family tradition, please provide as much information as possible where the recipe came from so credit can be attributed.

I am a food enthusiast. I love and appreciate good foods of all kind. I am not a professional cook, rather I am self-taught--more of the "happy-hands-at-home" type. I am fortunate to live in a city that allows me to experience some of the best restaurants and outstanding food from around the world. By day, I head up business development for an interactive agency in New York City. Before that I've run my own photo repping agency and co-founded a graphic design firm before focusing on sales and marketing for larger agencies. Interests and hobbies include travel, photography (I am now trying to teach myself to shoot food--its not easy!), collage, painting, reading, music, skiing, gardening, and sharing life with Stefan and the boys.

A few of my Seduction Meals include: Steak Au Poivre, Lobster and Fish Chowder, Hot + Spicy Garlic Shrimp, Crab Cakes with Spicy Remoulade, Grilled Rib Eye Steak with Tomato and Blue Cheese Salad, and many pasta dishes.

Please note, the material you find on Seduction Meals is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 License in which there are some rights reserved. You are free to share, to copy, distribute, display and perform the work under the following conditions:

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Recipes found on the Seduction Meals blog are furnished as suggestions only. Some recipes are my own. Others may be user generated and unless stated otherwise, are untested. Part of mastering your Seduction Meal lies in the pursuit of perfecting your dish--getting better and more confident each time you make it, and the special discoveries along the way such as food/spice combinations and experimenting with replacing key ingredients, not to mention lessons learned from the mistakes made along the way. I highly recommend you take time to test any new recipe, under your own conditions before serving up your special Seduction Meal. On a last note, as the author/producer of this blog, I assume no obligation or liability, and make no warranties with respect to the recipe formulations found on this blog, or the occasional and oh-so-human type error, especially in a recipe -- but I will do my best to aviod this from happening.

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