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¿De verdad existen los alimentos afrodisiacos o son un mito?
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It s Valentine s Day, when couples all over the world plan special dinners and desserts to get in the mood, as it were. Indeed, in the Western World, our sole holiday celebrating love and romance has its own concomitant food culture: chocolates, strawberries, oysters, caviar and red wine are all intrinsic to Valentine s Day menus because of their reputation for being aphrodisiacs meaning food that can, supposedly, make one feel more amorous.
The idea that some food or drink are aphrodisiacs dates back millennia: The ancient Greeks believed in the sensual power of pomegranates, truffles and garlic; the ancient Roman poet Ovid recommended everything from eggs to honey from Mount Hymettus (a range in the Athens area) to get into the mood; and the medieval philosopher St. Thomas Aquinas argued that meat and red wine could produce the vital spirit.
perform a monologue, originally commissioned by the Repertory Theater of St. Louis, exploring the unrest in Ferguson, Mo., after a white police officer shot and killed Michael Brown, a Black teenager, in 2014. Presented by the Center Theater Group, All Arts and eight regional theaters, the production pulls from Ms. Orlandersmith’s own interviews with residents in the Ferguson area, and uses footage from her performance at the Rattlestick Playwrights Theater in New York. This event is free to watch at any time, although donations are accepted.
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Celebrate the Lunar New Year’s unique food traditions in a talk from the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, which make up the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Asian Art. Jan Stuart, the Melvin R. Seiden curator of Chinese art, will present works from the museum’s collection that relate to the holiday’s culinary traditions, and Lydia Chang,of the Peter Chang restaurant empire, will share stori