Who knows how
to convert a gay man into a straight lover using a pineapple upside-down
cake? Only Ambrosia Bourgeois, The Food Temptress, can accomplish
such a task. The New Orleans Goddess of Gastronomy uses food to seduce
men in hopes of creating Mister Right. Paralleling southern cuisine,
each short story captures the hearts and minds of different men.
In the "Power
of the Pudding" chapter, Ambrosia realizes that her bread pudding
cannot withstand the demands of an associate minister's plans to make
her a dutiful wife. When she decides to forget about him and travels to
Atlanta to visit her friend, she ends up in the bathroom with Black
Thunder, a local stripper. It is not her fault; the peach cobbler was
intended for the birthday girl.
Ambrosia
perfects her craft by using traditional recipes from her deceased
grandmother and occasionally consulting her mysterious aunt. When she
discovers that her meals fall short of converting the man to her
specifications, she moves on to the next one—total of 16 ranging from
the local police chief to a Bourbon Street musician. Will she reach her
goal before the monstrous hurricane hits her city? The Food Temptress
serves a delectable treat connected by Ambrosia's continuing quest
for both romantic and culinary perfection.
