Picnics for Romantics, Putting the Fun Back in Romance From Foodplay to Foreplay

If you find that:

• You and your partner don’t schedule enough “fun and playful” time alone together
• Your relationship is lacking that spark it had when you were first courting
• You wish you knew how to have hours of flirtatious foreplay filled with loving laughter.

Then Picnics for Romantics is for you!

Picnics for Romantics, Putting the fun back in romance from foodplay to foreplay is a book of 12 Recipes for Romance. Picnics holds your hand step-by-step as you and your mate capture that “away on vacation” feeling every month, right in your own home or neighborhood. It shows you how to create an atmosphere so your relationship has a chance to feel like it did back when you were courting. The result is food-fueled, flirtatious foreplay in unconventional settings, filled with hours of loving laughter.

Imagine sharing these picnics with your partner:

• S’mores Indoors: A summery dessert cook-in and sleepover in your living room in January
• Arrive In Your Own Drive-In: A fast food feast and window fogging instant drive-in movie in your car in the month of May
• Trick and Treat: An October make-your-own sundae picnic where your partner’s body is the bowl

Picnics for Romantics is a book in search of a publisher. If you feel it fits in with your line, please contact me (Picnics@BonnieNeubauer.com, 610-446-7441) and I will have my agent, Jennifer DeChiara, get back in touch with you and forward a comprehensive proposal. Hurry – Don’t let another Valentine’s Day or Wedding?Anniversary Season go by without this book!

Until the book is published, here is a pdf of a cheat sheet for a FREE SAMPLE PICNIC for you to print out.It's called Literary Liaisons. Gather all the ingredients below and then read through the recipe (also below) to get a feel for the flow of the evening. Don't worry about retaining the order of events because all the steps are on the pdf you'll be printing out and taking with you for your LITERARY LIAISON.

Ingredients:

[ ] 1 Book from this list: Griffin and Sabine series by Nick Bantock; 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff; Love Letters, the play, by ???

[ ] A reservation at an ethnic restaurant you’ve never been to before, such as a Tapas or Sushi Bar or Japanese, Persian, Thai, or Indian Restaurant.

[ ] Bottle of wine if it’s a BYOB

Recipe:

1. In advance, locate an ethnic restaurant you’ve never been to before and make a reservation. (This reminds me of the old joke that I relate to all too well: “What do Jewish American Princesses make for dinner? RESERVATIONS!”)
2. Also in advance, buy a copy (or take one out of the library) of one of the above books.
3. On the way to the restaurant, begin to read the book aloud. Since the books are all correspondences, mostly between 2 people, you can each take a character and read passing the book back and forth. (If your partner is like my husband, you’ll be reading it all! And, needless to say, the driver should only read when stopped at red lights.)
4. At the restaurant, order drinks (or your bottle of wine if it’s BYOB) and at least 6 appetizers… no entrees. Ask the waiter for suggestions and/or translations if necessary. Order the most exotic items you can!
5. While waiting for your food, get real close to one another so you can hear and continue to read aloud. Use your voice to romance and seduce your partner. Embody the characters. Let them come alive.
6. When the food arrives, revel in the orgy of a feast at your table. Feed one another the first bite. Use your fingers if you like. Eat slowly. Savor the new smells, textures and tastes. Describe them to one another.
7. Take a break and leisurely read some more.
8. Finish your food and share a local dessert, or split two desserts, and read on.
9. Pay the tab.
10. On the way home, continue reading… but don’t finish the book… stop at a suspenseful or lustful moment…
11. Once at home, create your own ending to the story. Let the characters come alive within you. Have fun.
12. In your afterglow, quietly read until you get to the end of the story.

Let me know how you make out (literally and figuratively) by sending an email to picnics@bonnieneubauer.com. HAVE FUN!!