UM, sex..UM, I remember it was good but, I'll be darned if I can remember what it was!

I do however, remember lobster drowning in butter.

Red

I prefer to mix the two.....specially when my incredibly sexy sous chef makes homemade pasta. The time the dough needs to rest is the best time of all ; )

Well, it sure as heck isn't anything on whole wheat bread . . .

Like Sharon, I prefer to mix the two. Bread has to rise SOMETIME, and beef marinates and soup simmers.....um hmmmm.

Then again, I guess it depends upon who you are having sex with. Hopefully it's with a partner, LOL, because chocolate cake would definitely be better than sex by yourself.

Annie

It all depends on who you are with and what you are eating.....

Alexa

I always look for it to be lively/feisty as opposed to lethargic/dying/dead.

Oh wait, sorry, thought I was still on the lobster thread!

Considering that Valenine's Day is coming up on Monday, I will let you know on Tuesday.

dcarch

To me, comparing food to sex is an apples to oranges thing. That article appeared to be mostly publicity for the chef's restaurants.

There are some foods I like almost as much as sex, because they are luscious and when I start eating them I just want to eat more and more. To me, that's the fruits, which come from the sex organs of the plants mostly anyway. Peaches, pears, strawberries, pineapple, raspberries, melon, apples, kiwi, oranges, etc. Fruit and vanilla pudding or tapioca! Fruit in any kind of luscious dessert. Then comes chocolate.

And I disagree about the whole wheat bread. I get these big whole wheat french loaves and they are a slice of heavan. Well actually, I take my inspriation from Omar Khayyam:

A loaf of bread beneath the bough,
A jug of wine, a book of verse,
And thou,
Beside me, singing in the wilderness.
Ah wilderness would be paradise enough!

Bring your food to bed....or on the sofa or on the kitchen counter...

Are you kidding? There is no contest!

Hmmm. There's good food and bad food. There's good sex and bad sex. And to me, the bad of each is equally disappointing and the good is... well, not quite equal! :)

Posted by johnliu "Are you kidding? There is no contest! "

Didn't know that you like food that much. :-) :-) :-)

dcarch

The picture of the chocolate cake on the website was pretty nice eye candy, and I suspect it tasted as good.

My meal would be a Dungeness crab. Artichoke and garlic bread, mayo and lemon, a nice oaky chardonnay.

I have lusted after a slice of coconut cake at a local place, but haven't succumbed to its allure for fear of disappointment.

But sexy? Let's just say that there's a time and place for everything.

Anyone recall Samantha's sushi-making in the first Sex and the City movie? If you try to mix sex and food, you may get disappointed in one or the other. ;-o

Well, one of the two I haven't had since Jimmmy Carter was president and Iran took the American hostages. I'm still alive, so I guess I know which is more important ;-)

Well... being 46, never married, and no children I hope food is the better.

: )
lyra

At my age (66) and single, no contest at all. Maybe it never was!

Oh darn, and I thought this was about "Better than Sex Cake".

In December I went to a new local winery that has a chocolate dessert wine named "Meglio del Sesso" which is Italian for better than sex. I don't normally like dessert wines, but this one comes close to living up to its name.

Food or sex?

My motto is love the one you're with!!

Oh, why not just mix the two?

"We are all as God made us, and many of us much worse."

Here is a link that might be useful: Tom Jones eating scene

Food cannot compete. When love is involved, thoughts of food go out the window. I could never compare an intimate relationship to a meal. Meals are much more forgettable, no matter how fantastic they are. They are also much easier to reproduce through written recipes - something that is rather difficult to achieve in a relationship. Food is much more predictable and easier to control, and if you prefer predictability over spontaneity, then food would be your choice. I had this question posed to me decades ago, and so I've had time to think about it. It's like comparing an intoxicating fragrance to an enchanting melody - it just depends on which sense pleases you more.

If you combine food and sex, then food is just an accessory and not the main course.

Lars (an incorrigible romantic)

I agree with Lars, food is an accessory.
HOWEVER my first thought was...homemade whipped cream...nuff said. :-)

Oh and I do recall a time many years ago when I gave DH a coupon for Thanksgiving dinner....on me. Never looked at the dining room table the same way again!

Oh moosemac, TMI!!!

I have thought more about this, trying to elevate my consciousness and evaluate the issue from angles both refined and earthy.

My conclusion is that the best sex, with someone you deeply love, eclipses any possible meal. Average sex, with someone you generally like, also beats every meal. Mediocre sex, with someone whose name you can't quite recall - I suppose food might have a fighting chance. Probably depends on how long it's been since you've had either.

Sorry, Food. There is no contest.

You know what does compare well to sex? Cooking. Way more fun than eating, more intellectually interesting than sex, and lasts longer than either.

Okay, this has gotten embarrassing enough. I think I'll go and . . . eat something.