The Food of Love.....

[LakeArenal]

Watching Food Network and some cook says the South (presumably US) makes the food of love.

I think the “South” proclaims too much.


In any event. To you, what is the food of love?

Italian to me. Starting with antipasto, olives. stuffed pastas, meat balls, red sauce, wine fresh bread, cheese,….cannellonis, gelato….

And pizza.

[hippywife]

1. Anything anyone...

took the time and effort to make, pickup, pay for, etc. It all works.

[Diamond_Dog]

2. I can't argue with Italian.

[LakeArenal]

5. I can smell the garlic bread.....🥖

[Diamond_Dog]

6. Chianti ....

[Karadeniz]

3. Near East....

[LakeArenal]

4. Dish suggestions?

[Karadeniz]

9. My favorite breakfast is Turkish ekmek... Sort of like sourdough... With rose jelly and feta, and

cay...tea double boiled. I don't much like meat, but I have been known to follow up a swordfish steak...this was on the bosphorus, so it was probably very fresh... with a second swordfish steak for dessert!!! I'm not kidding!!! I don't like desserts that are too sweet, so that lets out baklava. Ouzo, yuck...no licorice!!! There are some Turkish cooks on YouTube, but I'd ignore the potato, pasta based dishes.

[LakeArenal]

11. Can't say I've had any of those things. But if I run into a Turkish restaurant I would try it.

[Karadeniz]

13. If you find a Turkish or Middle Eastern restaurant, go for breakfast and tell them what you want,

but don't let them give you fake rose jelly. Sometimes they take honey and throw in some rose essence, but that's not how it's made.

[LakeArenal]

14. Noted

[applegrove]

7. My lasagna. I would make it when my sister and her family came into town

when her kids were young. Would take me a whole afternooon but it is so worth it. She visited last week and I made some for her and my brother to take home.

"If Music be the food of love, play on" Twelfth Night WS

[rubbersole]

8. Baby back ribs, garlic toast, baked beans, coleslaw, sweet tea...

..and peach cobbler alamode for dessert. Very hard to beat.

[quaint]

10. Potato onion soup and Lebanese-style spinach pies.

If my hands won't knead, spinach salad.

[LakeArenal]

12. Love onion soup. Love potato soup.

Can’t say I’ve tried the two together.

[The Polack MSgt]

16. I've stopped making the Irish buttered potato soup my mom taught me

Started making potato leek soup instead.

It's a bit more prep work because you are dealing with leaks, but the soup is better.

I figure it counts as the food of (platonic) love since I make it for relatives and friends all the time.

In fact, I have a standing list of folks who want a couple quarts every Thanksgiving and Christmas, so I make a couple chili cauldrons' worth every fall.

This is the recipe I use, except I use Krakow Nights and I skip the Rosemary. I use Greek yogurt instead of sour cream too.

[yellowdogintexas]

15. The Food of Love is that which is prepared with love

especially if it is for a well loved person (or persons).