The holidays: the ultimate recipe for good times or high stress with your loved ones, depending on how you play it. One way to make the season a little more jolly is to work together, especially on the party preparations that can drive a single individual mad. By joining forces, you take the pressure off one person and, if you work at it, even build a little camaraderie in the process.

One of the best places to work together is in the kitchen. Holiday meal preparations can be grueling, but if both of you put on an apron, that means half … Read More

Thanksgiving is one of those holidays firmly planted in the realm of "the bigger, the better": large family gatherings, lavish dinners and no small amounts of hustle and bustle. But what if, by some wayward circumstance, you and your significant other find yourselves just a duo this holiday season? Here are three simple and fun ways to partake in the spirit of Turkey Day, when it's just two of you.

1. Start Your Own Traditions in the Kitchen. Chances are the older womenfolk in both your families handled much of the holiday cooking, so here's chance to take both of your … Read More

What do you do if you feel like your stomach is eating itself because of the torment of dating a married man? Make yourself a Sky-High Banana Cream Pie, says Heather Whaley, author of Eat Your Feelings: Recipes for Self-Loathing. Whaley is an advocate of taking the time to comfort yourself—especially when no one else will—with food. Self-Help Your Way To Love

This is what you will need for Sky-High Banana Cream Pie: 

1 frozen piecrust
4 bananas
2 boxes vanilla pudding
4 cups milk
4 cups cream
1/2 cup sugar

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Poke holes in piecrust and bake for 10 minutes … Read More

You felt like a lucky woman when your husband offered to stay home while you went out and earned the dough, until you walked in on him chatting online with other moms as your kids are watching cartoons. Don't get mad, make quiche, says author of Eat Your Feelings: Recipes for Self-Loathing, Heather Whaley. According to her, there's nothing like stuffing your face, crying, and then looking in the mirror and saying that it's not your fault—even if it is, technically, your fault. When you've come home to find your unemployed boyfriend playing video games instead of vacuuming, try … Read More

Dating can be as thrilling as a roller coaster ride, giving you butterflies in your stomach and so much excitement that you briefly lose your sanity, but it can also make your stomach turn in a less pleasant way if your date turns out to be a rotten egg. In Heather Whaley's book, Eat Your Feelings: Recipes for Self-Loathing, she explores the idea of cooking for life's not-so-kind moments.

"Treat yourself right, with delicious, succulent, home-cooked comfort food," Whaley says. The next time you go on a date with a nutty cheese ball, what you need is the recipe to … Read More

Thanksgiving is a sexy holiday, and Thanksgiving dinner, a sexy meal. Say what?

That's right: what happens at the Thanksgiving table has been proven to get the blood flowing, and we're not talking about your blood pressure. Many of the ingredients that go into turkey-day dinner are natural aphrodisiacs. Below are some of the top randiness-inducers, along with a few recipes that you may or may not want to include on the menu this November (depending on how close you're sitting to drunk Uncle Pete).

Pumpkin Pie: Pumpkin pie does more than expand your waitline: it's also an olfactory sexual Read More

We swear to God. Some women treat a marriage proposal like it's an ancient rain dance or some witchcraft-type of ritual requiring a full moon, a lock of hair, linens from Tibet, three lit candles and a stack of self-help books. Steve Harvey Advises Ladies To Think Like Men

We've suffered through The Rules. The Bachelor. Countless lady magazine articles. He's Just Not That Into You. But now they're bringing chicken into this. And lemons. Why?!

Get thee to the kitchen! Engagement Chicken is on the menu tonight, and if you follow this recipe, some are … Read More

It’s not just a game, it’s a party.

The Super Bowl is an excellent excuse for a party—invite your friends and his, splitting the guest list between those who are both pro and con football. If you’re into the game, hoot and holler with the other fans; if not, there’ll be lots of other guests.

Traditional Super Bowl fare consists of beer, burgers and pizza. This year, expand the menu with the following upgrades to the usual menu:

Seven Layer Taco Dip

Prep Time: 30 Min

Ready In: 30 Min

INGREDIENTS

• 1 (1 ounce) … Read More

I’ll always remember the guy who got away. Not because of his doe-brown eyes magnified through round glasses, which were cool even before Harry Potter. Not because he was a graduate of Brown and Columbia Business School and could make beautiful furniture by hand. And not because, as I found out years later reading about his wedding in The New York Times, he was sitting on a $100 million real estate fortune. No, what I’ll always remember about him was the dinner he cooked on our third date.

It was a rainy, blustery March evening. In his perfect … Read More

Do you have a "closer"—a sexy meal that seals the deal? In Tango's Summer 2007 issue, food writer Jane Black explores the seductive power of a luscious dish and discovers that the chef is often rewarded…handsomely. In the story, Black’s friend Paul reveals how his famous Chicken Rollatini led to a marriage proposal—now that’s a closer! Paul's Chicken Rollatini

4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves 3 cloves garlic, finely chopped 4 ounces thinly sliced prosciutto 10 ounces sliced whole milk mozzarella cheese 8 leaves fresh basil 1/4 cup olive oil plus 4 teaspoons black pepper Preheat oven to … Read More