LouieNep Food

Rose Elliot’s The Zodiac Cookbook is one of those rare cookbooks that we keep not in the kitchen, but in the bedroom. It’s just that kind of a cookbook- which makes for interesting reading during times of leisure. According to the book’s introduction,

“Each sign has its own clearly defined personality, strong and weak points, likes and dislikes. These extend to the types of food preferred, how it is cooked and how and when it is eaten.”

Each chapter in the book corresponds to -you guessed it- a zodiac sign, and features several recipes that are meant to appeal to people of that particular sign.

Sound far-fetched? I thought so too.

My fiance is a Libran, so I thought I would try out the so-called “Libran Canapes”:

Stuffed cherry tomatoes. Cut the tops off cherry tomatoes and level the bases to enable them to stand upright. Carefully scoop out seeds. Spoon or pipe curd cheese into the tomato cavities (I used cream cheese mixed with some chopped chives).
Cream cheese balls. Form cream cheese into even-sized balls about the size of large marbles. Roll 1/3 of the balls in crushed roasted peanuts, another 1/3 in chopped chives, and the rest in very finely chopped red pepper.

They were a hit. Okay, so Raine does love cream cheese- I didn’t need a book to tell me that. But what appealed to her about these was how small and dainty and “poppable-in-the-mouth” they were. Apparently, she loves canapes- especially when she can have as many as she likes- and that’s something I didn’t know about her.

I do realize that one hit does not prove this cookbook’s claim, so we’ll be trying out other recipes in the future- and featuring them here as well. I must admit that the recipes under Taurus (my sign) look very appetizing to me…

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