{"product_id":"9780007255504_love-bites-marital-skirmishes-in-the-kitchen","title":"Love Bites: Marital Skirmishes in the Kitchen","description":"\u003cp\u003ePrompted partly by gastronomic curiosity and partly by sheer greed, Mr H entered the kitchen with Mrs H as his guide. The result is perhaps the most honest food book ever written. It is certainly one of the funniest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhile exploring culinary items both famous and obscure, from pizza to pancakes, Seville orange marmalade to blancmange, they made an important discovery – there are several important differences between men and women in the kitchen.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWomen in the kitchen (according to Mr H)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWomen are very, very, very bossy.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWomen are very difficult to get out of kitchen shops. Their favourite reading tends to be the Lakeland catalogue.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWomen are obsessed with cleanliness to extent that it imperils our natural resistance to bugs and germs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eMen in the kitchen (according to Mrs H)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMen want a huge amount of praise for anything they do.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMen are reluctant to follow recipes in the same way that they are reluctant to ask for directions when they are lost.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMen tend to overdo the ingredients in recipes. They think that if a little is good then a lot will be even better.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eMany dishes in this perilous endeavour were seasoned with salty language and peppery outbursts. In the devastating heat of the kitchen, it was the most perilous of domestic adventures, but the marriage somehow survived.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome couples climb Kilimanjaro, Mr and Mrs H made a pork pie.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Christopher Hirst","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46895308079253,"sku":"9780007255504","price":39.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007255504_66ca6271-3ad2-4183-a7f2-770a99a771e2.jpg?v=1776888451","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007255504_love-bites-marital-skirmishes-in-the-kitchen","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}