Food and sex have been deeply intertwined in our cultural imagination for millennia. Anita talks with a cultural historian who has combed through centuries of sex and food chronicles to understand what makes that connection so strong. Plus, Puerto Rican chef Manolo López shares a Valentine’s recipe and his favorite sexy food.Meet the guests:- <a href="https://rachelhopecleves.com/">Rachel Hope Cleves</a> is a historian, a professor at the University of Victoria and the author of “<a href="https://www.wiley.com/en-ie/Lustful+Appetites%3A+An+Intimate+History+of+Good+Food+and+Wicked+Sex-p-9781509553631">Lustful Appetites: An Intimate History of Good Food and Wicked Sex</a>"- <a href="https://www.manololopez.com/">Manolo López</a> is a Puerto Rican chef and storyteller<a href="https://www.wunc.org/2025-02-12/why-is-good-food-so-sexy-transcript">Read the transcript</a> | Review the podcast on your preferred platformFollow Embodied on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/embodiedwunc/?hl=en">Instagram </a><a href="https://www.speakpipe.com/msg/s/254474/43/83gu0x074ydhd8wm">Leave a message for Embodied</a>

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Anita talks with a cultural historian who has combed through centuries of sex and food chronicles to understand what makes that connection so strong. Plus, a chef shares a Valentine’s recipe.

Food and sex have been deeply intertwined in our cultural imagination for millennia. Anita talks with a cultural historian who has combed through centuries of sex and food chronicles to understand what makes that connection so strong. Plus, Puerto Rican chef Manolo López shares a Valentine’s recipe and his favorite sexy food.

Meet the guests:

- <a href="https://rachelhopecleves.com/">Rachel Hope Cleves</a> is a historian, a professor at the University of Victoria and the author of “<a href="https://www.wiley.com/en-ie/Lustful+Appetites%3A+An+Intimate+History+of+Good+Food+and+Wicked+Sex-p-9781509553631">Lustful Appetites: An Intimate History of Good Food and Wicked Sex</a>"

- <a href="https://www.manololopez.com/">Manolo López</a> is a Puerto Rican chef and storyteller

<a href="https://www.wunc.org/2025-02-12/why-is-good-food-so-sexy-transcript">Read the transcript</a> | Review the podcast on your preferred platform

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Why Is Good Food So Sexy?

Why Is Good Food So Sexy?

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