Your plight with the Gentleman Caller leads me to memory. Have you ever read Isabel Allende's "Aphrodite"? Your guest is a romantic foodie. Why not use this week to read the spell Allende weaves around the bewitching power of the culinary arts?
Explore new flavors, textures, aromas, so you can share them with your Suave Guest - which gives him the entre to share what he knows, too. How's your cheesemaker in town? Olive supplier? Breadmaker? Wine supplier? Can you plan some field trips into the countryside where someone's growing leafy new varieties? Is your state fair going on, or a community festival coming up? We have every festival imaginable in Texas, celebrating black-eyed peas, rattlesnake, jalapenos and chili, to name a few.
Do a keyword search for "food festivals" + "Iowa." Saunter down the road of the unexplored, and share what you find.
Nothing is so tempting as the discovery process.
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