My college human sexuality class put me in the mood to eat.

Inspired by Jamie Oliver’s inhibited approach to food, I fantasized a delicious combo: sensual meals and my text book.

Jamie at Home made me feel guilty. Over the clatter of pots and pans, I heard the voice of a masculine Brit, a free-spirited food cowboy not afraid of curvy squash or a “good splash of olive oil.”

I got high on Jamie’s hyperactive confidence, actually buying and cooking fish from a Chinese fish shop. I also roasted shoulder butt, and it was good.

Here are the things I’ve made:
1. Beautiful zucchinei carbonara, p. 134: Excellent but must cut vegetables before boiling pasta. I overcooked the pasta in the time it took for me to cut them up. I used real Parmesan for this. It made a pleasurable lunch when paired with wine (shown in photo) and the poetry of e.e. cummings.
2. Spicy pork and chilli-pepper goulash, p. 257-Very, very good. It took more than three hours to make, but the meat fell off the bone. This was my first shoulder butt, also known as pork shoulder.
3. Superb squash soup with the best Parmesan croutons, p. 361-Delicious. Freezes well.
4. Old-fashioned sweet shortcrust pastry, p. 352-Interesting. Hardly any butter. I made a pumpkin pie with it, which is more of an American thing, but the crust was good, toasty with a lemon zest zip.
5. Roasted white fish and leeks, p. 334-I wasn’t wild about this, but the cod turned out okay, and the bacon added a buttery taste. I could have added more pepper though. A little bland.

These meals sustained me through the complex human expression known as sex. I ate while studying, everything from Anal Warts to Zoophiles. Not all sex is sexy.